[Coco] Some CoCo ideas to ponder...

[Mark Marlette]

At 07:44 AM 2/8/2004 -0800, you wrote:

We looked at a MP3 decoder for a Palm OS app. They make the encoder/decoder 
ASICs. I don't recall how much they were now.

No new devices for the SB.. The SB NEEDS to get done! :)



>--- Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
> > On Sunday 08 February 2004 06:33, Bob Emery wrote:
> > >
> > >Next question... I'm sure I'm not the first to wonder if the CoCo
> > > can play MP3s. [snip]
>
> > The decodeing horsepower required for an mp3 would probably render
> > that to be a 2 step process ...[snip]
> >
> > Besides, sonicly, ogg beats mp3 in any same data rate listening test
>[snip]
>
>Okay... format isn't really important. I have a 5+ minute song squeezed
>down to a 1073 Kbyte mp3. It sounds pretty decent coming from that tiny
>little phone. Can CoCo do OGG?
>
>Another thought, probably directed mostly at Mark M. How about an MP3
>cartridge (MP3 decoder chip) for the CoCo (addon for the superboard?)
>Transfer files via USB to the CoCo's HD (or flash memory), add a GUI
>CoCo interface to control playback. Eh? I guess a decoder chip is
>within reason, no?
>
>Bob
>
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