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Vorbis Hardware

2009-09-05T15:11:33Z

RealLeo: /* Non-consumer products */

This is a list of hardware of all categories, from chipsets to ready-to-use products, that support Ogg [[Vorbis]].

Hardware support status for Ogg Vorbis is relatively good, you can choose between a huge number of mobile flash players, many HDD based players and a respectable number of Hi-Fi components. More than 50 different companies offer a total of more than a hundred products for virtually every application, there is even a knife that can play Ogg Vorbis now ;-). If you can't find a suitable player come back next week -- new products are added on a weekly basis, as many companies are working to support Vorbis on their hardware.

If you know of any hardware or projects that are not yet mentioned here, please add them to the list. More (outdated) hardware info can be found at [http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/hardware.html vorbis hardware page].

== Consumer products ==

These players support Ogg Vorbis either out of the box or after a firmware upgrade.

* [[PortablePlayers]]: mobile players
:[[PortablePlayers#Flash_Memory_Storage|Flash Memory Storage]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Harddisk_Storage|Harddisk Storage]]
:[[PortablePlayers#CD.2FDVD_Audio_Players|CD/DVD Audio Players]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Mobile_Phones|Mobile Phones]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Others|Others]]
* [[StaticPlayers]]: installed players
:[[StaticPlayers#Hi-Fi_components|Hi-Fi components]]
:[[StaticPlayers#Car_Audio|Car Audio]]
:[[StaticPlayers#Media_Storage|Media Storage]]

For hardware that is able to run third-party software (such as PDAs and video game consoles), please visit [[VorbisSoftwarePlayers]].

== Non-consumer products ==

This is Vorbis in Silicon, meaning chips from which actual consumer products can be built.

;[http://www.vlsi.fi/ VLSI Solution Oy]: VLSI provides two Ogg Vorbis capable chips.

:[http://www.vlsi.fi/en/products/vs1000.shtml VS1000] is an Ogg Vorbis decoder and controller chip based on a 16-bit DSP.

:[http://www.vlsi.fi/en/products/vs1053.shtml VS1053] is a low-power "MP3 decoder" chip based on the same DSP. What makes the IC unique is that it can both decode and [http://www.vlsi.fi/en/support/software/vs10xxapplications.html encode] Ogg Vorbis files. There are several different quality settings to choose from varying from narrowband speech to high-quality stereo music.

;[http://oggonachip.sourceforge.net/ Ogg On A Chip]: A hardware/software implementation with a good report showing how to make FPGAs and the like to decode Vorbis streams.

;[http://www.finearch.com/english FineArch]: FineArch, Inc. developed a hardware core and control software for decoding Vorbis. This technology can be integrated into portable players or cell phones, and since it runs at only 12MHz, it uses very little battery power. It supports files up to 64Kb/s, but could be scaled to 16MHz and 128Kb/s, at the expense of battery life. For more information, see FineArch’s [http://www.finearch.com/english/news/pr_20030715/pr_20030715.htm press release].

;[http://www.mcslogic.com/ MCS Logic]: MCS Logic creates single chip decoders that can play Ogg Vorbis. They supply the Vorbis decoding chips for Havin and Freemax.

;[http://www.telechips.com Telechips]: Telechips has developed the TCC72x, a single chip decoder that can play Vorbis. The TCC72x series is based on on an ARM940T core, and it is used widely in Korea for players such as Iops or MobiBlu.

;[http://www.tamulsite.co.kr Tamul Multimedia]: Tamul Multimedia manufactures decoding chips for Samsung. They claim they have Ogg Vorbis decoding firmware, according to [http://www.dt.co.kr/print.html?gisaid=2003031002011367704002 The Digital Times] (Korean).

;[http://www.sigmatel.com/ SigmaTel]: SigmaTel makes several chips which support Ogg Vorbis decoding. After this quote years ago, we knew it was only a matter of time:
<blockquote>"I talked to Deborah Clark, product marketing engineer for audio chipmaker Sigmatel out of Austin, Tex. She is the company's expert in audio decoders. She says there is a growing base of support for Ogg Vorbis. "We can't keep paying these high licensing fees for this. Manufacturers would flock to something that's free." </blockquote>
:from a 2000 [http://www.forbes.com/2000/09/18/dvorak_index.html column in Forbes]

:Some STMP3500-based devices supports Ogg Vorbis, but there are no notes about this on SigmaTel-website.

:SigmaTel introduces the STMP3600 with support for Ogg Vorbis, MP3, AAC, WMA and more.[http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2005-10/artikel-5493211.asp]

== See also ==
* [[Theora Hardware]]

[[Category:Vorbis]]

FLAC

2009-06-23T10:21:02Z

RealLeo: /* Non-PC playback support */

'''FLAC''' stands for '''Free Lossless Audio Codec'''. FLAC is an [[wikipedia:audio compression|audio compression]] [[wikipedia:codec|codec]] that is [[wikipedia:lossless data compression|lossless]]. Unlike [[wikipedia:lossy data compression|lossy]] codecs such as [[Vorbis]] and [[wikipedia:MP3|MP3]], it does not remove any information from the audio stream.

On January 29th, 2003, the [[Xiph.Org Foundation]]) announced the incorporation of FLAC under their flag, to go along with Vorbis, [[Theora]], and [[Speex]].

== The Project ==

The FLAC project consists of:
* the stream format
* libFLAC, a library of reference encoders and decoders, and a metadata interface
* libFLAC++, an object wrapper around libFLAC
* flac, a command-line wrapper around libFLAC to encode and decode .flac files
* metaflac, a command-line metadata editor for .flac files
* input plugins for various music players ([[wikipedia:Winamp|Winamp]], [[wikipedia:XMMS|XMMS]], [[wikipedia:Foobar2000|foobar2000]], and more in the works)

"Free" means that the specification of the stream format is in the [[wikipedia:public domain|public domain]] (the FLAC project reserves the right to set the FLAC specification and certify compliance), and that neither the FLAC format nor any of the implemented encoding/decoding methods are covered by any patent. It also means that the sources for libFLAC and libFLAC++ are available under The New BSD license and the sources for flac, metaflac, and the plugins are available under the [[wikipedia:GPL|GPL]].

== Comparisons ==

FLAC is distinguished from general lossless algorithms such as ZIP and gzip in that it is specifically designed for the efficient packing of audio data; while ZIP may compress a CD-quality audio file 20–40%, FLAC achieves compression rates of 30–70%.

While lossy codecs can achieve ratios of 80–90+%, they do this at the expense of discarding data from the original stream. Though FLAC uses a similar technique in its encoding process, it also adds "residual" data to allow the decoder to restore the original waveform flawlessly.

FLAC has become the preferred lossless format for trading live music online. It has a smaller file size than Shorten, and unlike MP3, it's lossless, which ensures the highest fidelity to the source material, which is important to live music traders. It has recently become a favorite trading format of non-live lossless audio traders as well.

There are other lostless audio codecs, however: WAVPACK (marginally better compression, slower), TAK, Monkey's audio and some more.

FLAC compiles on many platforms: most Unices (including Linux, *BSD, Solaris, and Mac OS X), DOS, Windows, BeOS, and OS/2. There are build systems for autoconf/automake, MSVC, Watcom C, and Project Builder.

== More information ==

* [[FLACDecoders]]: List of decoders
* [[FLACEncoders]]: List of encoders

== Non-PC playback support ==

FLAC is supported by a wide range of devices such as:

* iAudio http://www.iaudio.com
* Kenwood Music Keg
* Naim HDX http://www.naim-audio.com/products/hdx.html
* PhatNoise Home Media Player
* PhatNoise Phatbox
* Rio Karma http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/rioaudio/
* SlimDevices Squeezebox http://www.slimdevices.com

FLAC is supported by the following chips and/or chipsets:

* VLSI Solution OY's [http://www.vlsi.fi/en/products/vs1053.html VS1053b] decodes FLAC

== External links ==

*[http://flac.sourceforge.net/ Project homepage]
*[http://mikewren.com/flac/ Unofficial FLAC installer for Windows]
*[http://www.danrules.com/macflac/ MacFLAC] [[GUI]] frontend to encode/decode FLAC on [[Mac OS X]]
*[[Wikipedia: FLAC]]
*[http://www.losslessaudioblog.com/ The Lossless Audio Blog] Lossless Audio News & Information Site.

[[Category:Xiph core projects]]

Vorbis Hardware

2009-06-23T10:14:24Z

RealLeo:

This is a list of hardware of all categories, from chipsets to ready-to-use products, that support Ogg [[Vorbis]].

Hardware support status for Ogg Vorbis is relatively good, you can choose between a huge number of mobile flash players, many HDD based players and a respectable number of Hi-Fi components. More than 50 different companies offer a total of more than a hundred products for virtually every application, there is even a knife that can play Ogg Vorbis now ;-). If you can't find a suitable player come back next week -- new products are added on a weekly basis, as many companies are working to support Vorbis on their hardware.

If you know of any hardware or projects that are not yet mentioned here, please add them to the list. More (outdated) hardware info can be found at [http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/hardware.html vorbis hardware page].

== Consumer products ==

These players support Ogg Vorbis either out of the box or after a firmware upgrade.

* [[PortablePlayers]]: mobile players
:[[PortablePlayers#Flash_Memory_Storage|Flash Memory Storage]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Harddisk_Storage|Harddisk Storage]]
:[[PortablePlayers#CD.2FDVD_Audio_Players|CD/DVD Audio Players]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Mobile_Phones|Mobile Phones]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Others|Others]]
* [[StaticPlayers]]: installed players
:[[StaticPlayers#Hi-Fi_components|Hi-Fi components]]
:[[StaticPlayers#Car_Audio|Car Audio]]
:[[StaticPlayers#Media_Storage|Media Storage]]

For hardware that is able to run third-party software (such as PDAs and video game consoles), please visit [[VorbisSoftwarePlayers]].

== Non-consumer products ==

This is Vorbis in Silicon, meaning chips from which actual consumer products can be built.

;[http://www.vlsi.fi/ VLSI Solution Oy]: VLSI provides two Ogg Vorbis capable chips.

:[http://www.vlsi.fi/vs1000/vs1000.shtml VS1000] is an Ogg Vorbis decoder and controller chip based on a 16-bit DSP.

:VS1053 is a low-power external audio codec based on the same DSP. What makes it unique is that in addition to decoding it can also [http://www.vlsi.fi/en/support/software/vs10xxapplications.html encode] Ogg Vorbis files. There are several different quality settings to choose from varying from narrowband speech to high-quality stereo music.

;[http://oggonachip.sourceforge.net/ Ogg On A Chip]: A hardware/software implementation with a good report showing how to make FPGAs and the like to decode Vorbis streams.

;[http://www.finearch.com/english FineArch]: FineArch, Inc. developed a hardware core and control software for decoding Vorbis. This technology can be integrated into portable players or cell phones, and since it runs at only 12MHz, it uses very little battery power. It supports files up to 64Kb/s, but could be scaled to 16MHz and 128Kb/s, at the expense of battery life. For more information, see FineArch’s [http://www.finearch.com/english/news/pr_20030715/pr_20030715.htm press release].

;[http://www.mcslogic.com/ MCS Logic]: MCS Logic creates single chip decoders that can play Ogg Vorbis. They supply the Vorbis decoding chips for Havin and Freemax.

;[http://www.telechips.com Telechips]: Telechips has developed the TCC72x, a single chip decoder that can play Vorbis. The TCC72x series is based on on an ARM940T core, and it is used widely in Korea for players such as Iops or MobiBlu.

;[http://www.tamulsite.co.kr Tamul Multimedia]: Tamul Multimedia manufactures decoding chips for Samsung. They claim they have Ogg Vorbis decoding firmware, according to [http://www.dt.co.kr/print.html?gisaid=2003031002011367704002 The Digital Times] (Korean).

;[http://www.sigmatel.com/ SigmaTel]: SigmaTel makes several chips which support Ogg Vorbis decoding. After this quote years ago, we knew it was only a matter of time:
<blockquote>"I talked to Deborah Clark, product marketing engineer for audio chipmaker Sigmatel out of Austin, Tex. She is the company's expert in audio decoders. She says there is a growing base of support for Ogg Vorbis. "We can't keep paying these high licensing fees for this. Manufacturers would flock to something that's free." </blockquote>
:from a 2000 [http://www.forbes.com/2000/09/18/dvorak_index.html column in Forbes]

:Some STMP3500-based devices supports Ogg Vorbis, but there are no notes about this on SigmaTel-website.

:SigmaTel introduces the STMP3600 with support for Ogg Vorbis, MP3, AAC, WMA and more.[http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2005-10/artikel-5493211.asp]

== See also ==
* [[Theora Hardware]]

[[Category:Vorbis]]

Talk:Vorbis Hardware

2007-12-04T09:51:28Z

RealLeo: /* Vorbis encoder location */

http://web.archive.org/web/20040208141117/http://wiki.xiph.org/VorbisHardware/editform

Follow the link above to get a less outdate cache.

---

Some stats to write down in here:
The new VorbisHardware Wiki has been up since 16:29, 27 Aug 2004. Now, one month later this site had more than 4600 visits (grabbed from counter on the bottom).
The page is 8.5 screen units to scroll on my 1024px high monitor. Time to reconsider a split of contents as mentioned above?
--[[User:Bodo|Bodo]] 14:49, 29 Sep 2004 (PDT)

== product description scheme ==

Could we also agree on a scheme how and what information about products is posted ? Current scheme is mostly ok, but there are some crappy entries. I'd keep company name first, linked to international company site -- it's confusing if it is used to directly link to the product in question.

Then follow the unlinked names of the products. In the text itself the product names should be linked to their respective sites. Also a short discription of other features would be nice, not just 'supports vorbis'. Then about third party links: only one review per product should be linked, extra photo links and other bullcrap can be skipped. Maybe some firmware links if necessary.

Ingmar (updatemeister)

Forgot: entries should be sorted alphabetically.

== Other comments ==

Anyone know anything about Frontierlabs and the NEX ia? I have emailed their techsupport numerous times, to try and find out how they are progressing with their Ogg support (if at all), but have never received a reply...
:They used to say they were working on it (for the Nex II) but they stopped answering. That was a couple years ago. I don't think they'll ever support Ogg on the Nexia. Sorry. It's a nice player in other regards, though behind the times in terms of hardware performance. It gets about 10 hours of playtime (mp3) on two AA cells where other players get more time than that on one AAA cell.

== Vorbis encoder location ==

I added a link to VLSI Solution's VS1053, which is capable of both encoding and decoding Ogg Vorbis with a 16-bit DSP. As far as I know this is a somewhat unique feature and I thought of bumping the reference up.

However, as I am affiliated with the company, I feel a conflict of interests, so I will not do that. But just in case some of you more independent people think hardware Ogg Vorbis encoders are interesting enough, I wanted to raise a discussion whether it would be ok to move the VS1053 to a more visible position on this page, e.g. creating subheadings like "Ogg Vorbis Encoders" / "Ogg Vorbis Decoders" or similar. Again, I will not do that personally.

(I have no idea whether raising this question in itself is a violation of something. I don't think so, but if I'm wrong, please just delete this discussion point.)

- RealLeo

:Raising the question is not a violation of anything. While the feature seems pretty interestiing, and we'd like to know what other HW encoders are there, I do not think a single product justifies making a whole section. For now, at least.--[[User:Saoshyant|Ivo]] 10:42, 13 September 2007 (PDT)

:I have now moved VLSI Solution's Ogg Vorbis chips to the top of the list. My rationale is that the VS1053 is the only Ogg Vorbis encoder of the whole group, so I felt this to be OK now that the encoder has been officially released. However, I _am_ still affiliated with the company (read: I wrote the encoder and I am very proud of it), so if you think my reasoning really stinks, feel free to undo my changes. [[User:RealLeo|RealLeo]] 01:51, 4 December 2007 (PST)

Vorbis Hardware

2007-12-04T09:46:05Z

RealLeo: Updated VLSI Solution's entry and moved it to the top because it's the only Ogg Vorbis encoder of the group

This is a list of hardware of all categories, from chipsets to ready-to-use products, that support Ogg Vorbis.

Hardware support status for Ogg Vorbis is relatively good, you can choose between a huge amount of mobile flash players, many HDD based players and a respectable number of Hi-Fi components. More than 50 different companies offer a total of more than a hundred products for virtually every application, there is even a knife that can play Ogg Vorbis now ;-). If you can't find a suitable player come back next week -- new products are added on a weekly basis, as many companies are working to support Vorbis on their hardware.

If you know of any hardware or projects that are not yet mentioned here, please add them to the list. More (outdated) hardware info can be found at [http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/hardware.html vorbis hardware page].

== Consumer products ==

These players support Ogg Vorbis either out of the box or after a firmware upgrade.

* [[PortablePlayers]]: mobile players
:[[PortablePlayers#Flash_Memory_Storage|Flash Memory Storage]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Harddisk_Storage|Harddisk Storage]]
:[[PortablePlayers#CD.2FDVD_Audio_Players|CD/DVD Audio Players]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Mobile_Phones|Mobile Phones]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Others|Others]]
* [[StaticPlayers]]: installed players
:[[StaticPlayers#Hi-Fi_components|Hi-Fi components]]
:[[StaticPlayers#Car_Audio|Car Audio]]
:[[StaticPlayers#Media_Storage|Media Storage]]

For hardware that is able to run third-party software (such as PDAs and video game consoles), please visit [[VorbisSoftwarePlayers]].

== Non-consumer products ==

This is Vorbis in Silicon, meaning chips from which actual consumer products can be built.

;[http://www.vlsi.fi/ VLSI Solution Oy]: VLSI provides two Ogg Vorbis capable chips.

:[http://www.vlsi.fi/vs1000/vs1000.shtml VS1000] is an Ogg Vorbis decoder and controller chip based on a 16-bit DSP.

:VS1053 is an external audio codec based on the same DSP. What makes it unique is that in addition to decoding it can also [http://www.vlsi.fi/software/plugins/plugins.shtml encode] Ogg Vorbis files. There are three different quality settings to choose from varying from narrowband speech to high-quality stereo music.

;[http://oggonachip.sourceforge.net/ Ogg On A Chip]: A hardware/software implementation with a good report showing how to make FPGAs and the like to decode Vorbis streams.

;[http://www.finearch.com/english FineArch]: FineArch, Inc. developed a hardware core and control software for decoding Vorbis. This technology can be integrated into portable players or cell phones, and since it runs at only 12MHz, it uses very little battery power. It supports files up to 64Kb/s, but could be scaled to 16MHz and 128Kb/s, at the expense of battery life. For more information, see FineArch’s [http://www.finearch.com/english/news/pr_20030715/pr_20030715.htm press release].

;[http://www.mcslogic.com/ MCS Logic]: MCS Logic creates single chip decoders that can play Ogg Vorbis. They supply the Vorbis decoding chips for Havin and Freemax.

;[http://www.telechips.com Telechips]: Telechips has developed the TCC72x, a single chip decoder that can play Vorbis. The TCC72x series is based on on an ARM940T core, and it is used widely in Korea for players such as Iops or MobiBlu.

;[http://www.tamulsite.co.kr Tamul Multimedia]: Tamul Multimedia manufactures decoding chips for Samsung. They claim they have Ogg Vorbis decoding firmware, according to [http://www.dt.co.kr/print.html?gisaid=2003031002011367704002 The Digital Times] (Korean).

;[http://www.sigmatel.com/ SigmaTel]: SigmaTel makes several chips which support Ogg Vorbis decoding. After this quote years ago, we knew it was only a matter of time:
<blockquote>"I talked to Deborah Clark, product marketing engineer for audio chipmaker Sigmatel out of Austin, Tex. She is the company's expert in audio decoders. She says there is a growing base of support for Ogg Vorbis. "We can't keep paying these high licensing fees for this. Manufacturers would flock to something that's free." </blockquote>
:from a 2000 [http://www.forbes.com/2000/09/18/dvorak_index.html column in Forbes]

:Some STMP3500-based devices supports Ogg Vorbis, but there are no notes about this on SigmaTel-website.

:SigmaTel introduces the STMP3600 with support for Ogg Vorbis, MP3, AAC, WMA and more.[http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2005-10/artikel-5493211.asp]

== See also ==

* [[TheoraHardware]]

----

Vorbis Hardware

2007-09-13T19:26:02Z

RealLeo: Removed incorrect data; Sparkfun is a reseller of VLSI Solution's VS1000 and not a Vorbis silicon creator

This is a list of hardware of all categories, from chipsets to ready-to-use products, that support Ogg Vorbis.

Hardware support status for Ogg Vorbis is relatively good, you can choose between a huge amount of mobile flash players, many HDD based players and a respectable number of Hi-Fi components. More than 50 different companies offer a total of more than a hundred products for virtually every application, there is even a knife that can play Ogg Vorbis now ;-). If you can't find a suitable player come back next week -- new products are added on a weekly basis, as many companies are working to support Vorbis on their hardware.

If you know of any hardware or projects that are not yet mentioned here, please add them to the list. More (outdated) hardware info can be found at [http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/hardware.html vorbis hardware page].

== Consumer products ==

These players support Ogg Vorbis either out of the box or after a firmware upgrade.

* [[PortablePlayers]]: mobile players
:[[PortablePlayers#Flash_Memory_Storage|Flash Memory Storage]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Harddisk_Storage|Harddisk Storage]]
:[[PortablePlayers#CD.2FDVD_Audio_Players|CD/DVD Audio Players]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Mobile_Phones|Mobile Phones]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Others|Others]]
* [[StaticPlayers]]: installed players
:[[StaticPlayers#Hi-Fi_components|Hi-Fi components]]
:[[StaticPlayers#Car_Audio|Car Audio]]
:[[StaticPlayers#Media_Storage|Media Storage]]

For hardware that is able to run third-party software (such as PDAs and video game consoles), please visit [[VorbisSoftwarePlayers]].

== Non-consumer products ==

This is Vorbis in Silicon, meaning chips from which actual consumer products can be built.

* [http://oggonachip.sourceforge.net/ Ogg On A Chip]
:A hardware/software implementation with a good report showing how to make FPGAs and the like to decode Vorbis streams.

* [http://www.finearch.com/english FineArch]
:FineArch, Inc. developed a hardware core and control software for decoding Vorbis. This technology can be integrated into portable players or cell phones, and since it runs at only 12MHz, it uses very little battery power. It supports files up to 64Kb/s, but could be scaled to 16MHz and 128Kb/s, at the expense of battery life. For more information, see FineArch’s [http://www.finearch.com/english/news/pr_20030715/pr_20030715.htm press release].

* [http://www.mcslogic.com/ MCS Logic]
:MCS Logic creates single chip decoders that can play Ogg Vorbis. They supply the Vorbis decoding chips for Havin and Freemax.

* [http://www.telechips.com Telechips]
:Telechips has developed the TCC72x, a single chip decoder that can play Vorbis. The TCC72x series is based on on an ARM940T core, and it is used widely in Korea for players such as Iops or MobiBlu.

* [http://www.tamulsite.co.kr Tamul Multimedia]
:Tamul Multimedia manufactures decoding chips for Samsung. They claim they have Ogg Vorbis decoding firmware, according to [http://www.dt.co.kr/print.html?gisaid=2003031002011367704002 The Digital Times] (Korean).

* [http://www.sigmatel.com/ SigmaTel]
:SigmaTel makes several chips which support Ogg Vorbis decoding. After this quote years ago, we knew it was only a matter of time:
<blockquote>"I talked to Deborah Clark, product marketing engineer for audio chipmaker Sigmatel out of Austin, Tex. She is the company's expert in audio decoders. She says there is a growing base of support for Ogg Vorbis. "We can't keep paying these high licensing fees for this. Manufacturers would flock to something that's free." </blockquote>
:from a 2000 [http://www.forbes.com/2000/09/18/dvorak_index.html column in Forbes]

:Some STMP3500-based devices supports Ogg Vorbis, but there are no notes about this on SigmaTel-website.

:SigmaTel introduces the STMP3600 with support for Ogg Vorbis, MP3, AAC, WMA and more.[http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2005-10/artikel-5493211.asp]

* [http://www.vlsi.fi/ VLSI Solution Oy] introduced [http://www.vlsi.fi/vs1000/vs1000.shtml VS1000], an Ogg Vorbis chip based on a 16-bit DSP, as well as VS1053 which can both encode and decode Ogg Vorbis files

== See also ==

* [[TheoraHardware]]

----

Talk:Vorbis Hardware

2007-09-13T17:00:47Z

RealLeo: Cleared suggestion

Talk:Vorbis Hardware

2007-09-13T16:58:38Z

RealLeo: Vorbis encoder location

http://web.archive.org/web/20040208141117/http://wiki.xiph.org/VorbisHardware/editform

Follow the link above to get a less outdate cache.

---

Some stats to write down in here:
The new VorbisHardware Wiki has been up since 16:29, 27 Aug 2004. Now, one month later this site had more than 4600 visits (grabbed from counter on the bottom).
The page is 8.5 screen units to scroll on my 1024px high monitor. Time to reconsider a split of contents as mentioned above?
--[[User:Bodo|Bodo]] 14:49, 29 Sep 2004 (PDT)

== product description scheme ==

Could we also agree on a scheme how and what information about products is posted ? Current scheme is mostly ok, but there are some crappy entries. I'd keep company name first, linked to international company site -- it's confusing if it is used to directly link to the product in question.

Then follow the unlinked names of the products. In the text itself the product names should be linked to their respective sites. Also a short discription of other features would be nice, not just 'supports vorbis'. Then about third party links: only one review per product should be linked, extra photo links and other bullcrap can be skipped. Maybe some firmware links if necessary.

Ingmar (updatemeister)

Forgot: entries should be sorted alphabetically.

== Other comments ==

Anyone know anything about Frontierlabs and the NEX ia? I have emailed their techsupport numerous times, to try and find out how they are progressing with their Ogg support (if at all), but have never received a reply...
:They used to say they were working on it (for the Nex II) but they stopped answering. That was a couple years ago. I don't think they'll ever support Ogg on the Nexia. Sorry. It's a nice player in other regards, though behind the times in terms of hardware performance. It gets about 10 hours of playtime (mp3) on two AA cells where other players get more time than that on one AAA cell.

== Vorbis encoder location ==

I added a link to VLSI Solution's VS1053, which is capable of both encoding and decoding Ogg Vorbis with a 16-bit DSP. As far as I know this is a somewhat unique feature and I thought of bumping the on reference up.

However, as I am affiliated with the company, I feel a conflict of interests, so I will not do that. But just in case some of you more independent people think hardware Ogg Vorbis encoders are interesting enough, I wanted to raise a discussion whether it would be ok to move the VS1053 to a more visible position on this page. Again, I will not do that personally.

(I have no idea whether raising this question in itself is a violation of something. I don't think so, but if I'm wrong, please just delete this discussion point.)

Vorbis Hardware

2007-09-13T16:48:10Z

RealLeo: Slight changes to VLSI reference

This is a list of hardware of all categories, from chipsets to ready-to-use products, that support Ogg Vorbis.

Hardware support status for Ogg Vorbis is relatively good, you can choose between a huge amount of mobile flash players, many HDD based players and a respectable number of Hi-Fi components. More than 50 different companies offer a total of more than a hundred products for virtually every application, there is even a knife that can play Ogg Vorbis now ;-). If you can't find a suitable player come back next week -- new products are added on a weekly basis, as many companies are working to support Vorbis on their hardware.

If you know of any hardware or projects that are not yet mentioned here, please add them to the list. More (outdated) hardware info can be found at [http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/hardware.html vorbis hardware page].

== Consumer products ==

These players support Ogg Vorbis either out of the box or after a firmware upgrade.

* [[PortablePlayers]]: mobile players
:[[PortablePlayers#Flash_Memory_Storage|Flash Memory Storage]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Harddisk_Storage|Harddisk Storage]]
:[[PortablePlayers#CD.2FDVD_Audio_Players|CD/DVD Audio Players]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Mobile_Phones|Mobile Phones]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Others|Others]]
* [[StaticPlayers]]: installed players
:[[StaticPlayers#Hi-Fi_components|Hi-Fi components]]
:[[StaticPlayers#Car_Audio|Car Audio]]
:[[StaticPlayers#Media_Storage|Media Storage]]

For hardware that is able to run third-party software (such as PDAs and video game consoles), please visit [[VorbisSoftwarePlayers]].

== Non-consumer products ==

This is Vorbis in Silicon, meaning chips from which actual consumer products can be built.

* [http://oggonachip.sourceforge.net/ Ogg On A Chip]
:A hardware/software implementation with a good report showing how to make FPGAs and the like to decode Vorbis streams.

* [http://www.finearch.com/english FineArch]
:FineArch, Inc. developed a hardware core and control software for decoding Vorbis. This technology can be integrated into portable players or cell phones, and since it runs at only 12MHz, it uses very little battery power. It supports files up to 64Kb/s, but could be scaled to 16MHz and 128Kb/s, at the expense of battery life. For more information, see FineArch’s [http://www.finearch.com/english/news/pr_20030715/pr_20030715.htm press release].

* [http://www.mcslogic.com/ MCS Logic]
:MCS Logic creates single chip decoders that can play Ogg Vorbis. They supply the Vorbis decoding chips for Havin and Freemax.

* [http://www.telechips.com Telechips]
:Telechips has developed the TCC72x, a single chip decoder that can play Vorbis. The TCC72x series is based on on an ARM940T core, and it is used widely in Korea for players such as Iops or MobiBlu.

* [http://www.tamulsite.co.kr Tamul Multimedia]
:Tamul Multimedia manufactures decoding chips for Samsung. They claim they have Ogg Vorbis decoding firmware, according to [http://www.dt.co.kr/print.html?gisaid=2003031002011367704002 The Digital Times] (Korean).

* [http://www.sigmatel.com/ SigmaTel]
:SigmaTel makes several chips which support Ogg Vorbis decoding. After this quote years ago, we knew it was only a matter of time:
<blockquote>"I talked to Deborah Clark, product marketing engineer for audio chipmaker Sigmatel out of Austin, Tex. She is the company's expert in audio decoders. She says there is a growing base of support for Ogg Vorbis. "We can't keep paying these high licensing fees for this. Manufacturers would flock to something that's free." </blockquote>
:from a 2000 [http://www.forbes.com/2000/09/18/dvorak_index.html column in Forbes]

:Some STMP3500-based devices supports Ogg Vorbis, but there are no notes about this on SigmaTel-website.

:SigmaTel introduces the STMP3600 with support for Ogg Vorbis, MP3, AAC, WMA and more.[http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2005-10/artikel-5493211.asp]

* [http://www.vlsi.fi/ VLSI Solution Oy] introduced [http://www.vlsi.fi/vs1000/vs1000.shtml VS1000], an Ogg Vorbis chip based on a 16-bit DSP, as well as VS1053 which can both encode and decode Ogg Vorbis files

* [http://www.sparkfun.com Sparcfun Electronics] introduced [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8300 VS1000A], a single-chip Ogg Vorbis decoder pricing from $9.95.

== See also ==

* [[TheoraHardware]]

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Vorbis Hardware

2007-09-13T16:45:55Z

RealLeo: Added mention of VLSI Solution VS1053 Ogg Vorbis encoder.

This is a list of hardware of all categories, from chipsets to ready-to-use products, that support Ogg Vorbis.

Hardware support status for Ogg Vorbis is relatively good, you can choose between a huge amount of mobile flash players, many HDD based players and a respectable number of Hi-Fi components. More than 50 different companies offer a total of more than a hundred products for virtually every application, there is even a knife that can play Ogg Vorbis now ;-). If you can't find a suitable player come back next week -- new products are added on a weekly basis, as many companies are working to support Vorbis on their hardware.

If you know of any hardware or projects that are not yet mentioned here, please add them to the list. More (outdated) hardware info can be found at [http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/hardware.html vorbis hardware page].

== Consumer products ==

These players support Ogg Vorbis either out of the box or after a firmware upgrade.

* [[PortablePlayers]]: mobile players
:[[PortablePlayers#Flash_Memory_Storage|Flash Memory Storage]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Harddisk_Storage|Harddisk Storage]]
:[[PortablePlayers#CD.2FDVD_Audio_Players|CD/DVD Audio Players]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Mobile_Phones|Mobile Phones]]
:[[PortablePlayers#Others|Others]]
* [[StaticPlayers]]: installed players
:[[StaticPlayers#Hi-Fi_components|Hi-Fi components]]
:[[StaticPlayers#Car_Audio|Car Audio]]
:[[StaticPlayers#Media_Storage|Media Storage]]

For hardware that is able to run third-party software (such as PDAs and video game consoles), please visit [[VorbisSoftwarePlayers]].

== Non-consumer products ==

This is Vorbis in Silicon, meaning chips from which actual consumer products can be built.

* [http://oggonachip.sourceforge.net/ Ogg On A Chip]
:A hardware/software implementation with a good report showing how to make FPGAs and the like to decode Vorbis streams.

* [http://www.finearch.com/english FineArch]
:FineArch, Inc. developed a hardware core and control software for decoding Vorbis. This technology can be integrated into portable players or cell phones, and since it runs at only 12MHz, it uses very little battery power. It supports files up to 64Kb/s, but could be scaled to 16MHz and 128Kb/s, at the expense of battery life. For more information, see FineArch’s [http://www.finearch.com/english/news/pr_20030715/pr_20030715.htm press release].

* [http://www.mcslogic.com/ MCS Logic]
:MCS Logic creates single chip decoders that can play Ogg Vorbis. They supply the Vorbis decoding chips for Havin and Freemax.

* [http://www.telechips.com Telechips]
:Telechips has developed the TCC72x, a single chip decoder that can play Vorbis. The TCC72x series is based on on an ARM940T core, and it is used widely in Korea for players such as Iops or MobiBlu.

* [http://www.tamulsite.co.kr Tamul Multimedia]
:Tamul Multimedia manufactures decoding chips for Samsung. They claim they have Ogg Vorbis decoding firmware, according to [http://www.dt.co.kr/print.html?gisaid=2003031002011367704002 The Digital Times] (Korean).

* [http://www.sigmatel.com/ SigmaTel]
:SigmaTel makes several chips which support Ogg Vorbis decoding. After this quote years ago, we knew it was only a matter of time:
<blockquote>"I talked to Deborah Clark, product marketing engineer for audio chipmaker Sigmatel out of Austin, Tex. She is the company's expert in audio decoders. She says there is a growing base of support for Ogg Vorbis. "We can't keep paying these high licensing fees for this. Manufacturers would flock to something that's free." </blockquote>
:from a 2000 [http://www.forbes.com/2000/09/18/dvorak_index.html column in Forbes]

:Some STMP3500-based devices supports Ogg Vorbis, but there are no notes about this on SigmaTel-website.

:SigmaTel introduces the STMP3600 with support for Ogg Vorbis, MP3, AAC, WMA and more.[http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2005-10/artikel-5493211.asp]

* [http://www.vlsi.fi/ VLSI Solution Oy] introduced [http://www.vlsi.fi/vs1000/vs1000.shtml VS1000], an Ogg Vorbis chip based on a 16 bit DSP, as well as VS1053 which can also encode Ogg Vorbis

* [http://www.sparkfun.com Sparcfun Electronics] introduced [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8300 VS1000A], a single-chip Ogg Vorbis decoder pricing from $9.95.

== See also ==

* [[TheoraHardware]]

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Vorbis Hardware

2007-02-07T10:55:30Z

RealLeo: Corrected a link

This is a list of hardware of all categories, from chipsets to ready-to-use products, that support Ogg Vorbis.

Hardware support status for Ogg Vorbis is relatively good, you can choose between a huge amount of mobile flash players, many HDD based players and a respectable number of Hi-Fi components. More than 50 different companies offer a total of more than a hundred products for virtually every application, there is even a knife that can play Ogg Vorbis now ;-). If you can't find a suitable player come back next week -- new products are added on a weekly basis, as many companies are working to support Vorbis on their hardware.

If you know of any hardware or projects that are not yet mentioned here, please add them to the list. More (outdated) hardware info can be found at [http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/hardware.html vorbis hardware page].

== Consumer products ==

These players support Ogg Vorbis either out of the box or after a firmware upgrade.

* [[PortablePlayers]]: mobile players
* [[StaticPlayers]]: installed players

For hardware that is able to run third-party software (such as PDAs and video game consoles), please visit [[VorbisSoftwarePlayers]].

== Non-consumer products ==

This is Vorbis in Silicon, meaning chips from which actual consumer products can be built.

* [http://oggonachip.sourceforge.net/ Ogg On A Chip]
:A hardware/software implementation with a good report showing how to make FPGAs and the like to decode Vorbis streams.

* [http://www.finearch.com/english FineArch]
:FineArch, Inc. developed a hardware core and control software for decoding Vorbis. This technology can be integrated into portable players or cell phones, and since it runs at only 12MHz, it uses very little battery power. It supports files up to 64Kb/s, but could be scaled to 16MHz and 128Kb/s, at the expense of battery life. For more information, see FineArch’s [http://www.finearch.com/english/news/pr_20030715/pr_20030715.htm press release].

* [http://www.mcslogic.com/ MCS Logic]
:MCS Logic creates single chip decoders that can play Ogg Vorbis. They supply the Vorbis decoding chips for Havin and Freemax.

* [http://www.telechips.com Telechips]
:Telechips has developed the TCC72x, a single chip decoder that can play Vorbis. The TCC72x series is based on on an ARM940T core, and it is used widely in Korea for players such as Iops or MobiBlu.

* [http://www.tamulsite.co.kr Tamul Multimedia]
:Tamul Multimedia manufactures decoding chips for Samsung. They claim they have Ogg Vorbis decoding firmware, according to [http://www.dt.co.kr/print.html?gisaid=2003031002011367704002 The Digital Times] (Korean).

* [http://www.sigmatel.com/ SigmaTel]
:SigmaTel hasn't announced anything that we've heard, but we do like this quote:
<blockquote>"I talked to Deborah Clark, product marketing engineer for audio chipmaker Sigmatel out of Austin, Tex. She is the company's expert in audio decoders. She says there is a growing base of support for Ogg Vorbis. "We can't keep paying these high licensing fees for this. Manufacturers would flock to something that's free." </blockquote>
:from a 2000 [http://www.forbes.com/2000/09/18/dvorak_index.html column in Forbes]

:Some STMP3500-based devices supports Ogg Vorbis, but there are no notes about this on SigmaTel-website.

:SigmaTel introduces the STMP3600 with support for Ogg Vorbis, MP3, AAC, WMA and more.[http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2005-10/artikel-5493211.asp]

* [http://www.vlsi.fi/ VLSI Solution Oy] introduced [http://www.vlsi.fi/vs1000/vs1000.shtml VS1000], an Ogg Vorbis chip based on a 16 bit DSP

== See also ==

* [[TheoraHardware]]

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