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max_wedge
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exactly so. A hardware implementation was too costly for W800 when under development, and a firmware solution now would require a complete rewrite, since the mediaplayer only plays the data output from the on chip decoders. The firmware has no encoder/decoder from my understanding. (someone please correct me if wrong)
W900 has the hardware, so no doubt SE music phones will all support AAC+ from now. |
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dreams
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I was thinking they could just alter the firmware to do whatever they want with what they have.
Just like a PC with the same hardwares but being able to play different codecs that are introduce in the future. |
max_wedge
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yes, but to alter the firmware in that way would involve rewriting the firmware completely, not just adding a minor piece of code. Without a hardware chip for aac+ decoding, the W800 hardware is probably too slow and has not enough memory to run a software decoder in firmware alone.
Believe me, what you are asking, is not a simple task. It probably can't be done without changing the hardware as well as the firmware anyway. Even if it could, it would be thousands of hours of coding and testing to add a feature that's available in the W900 anyway.
Like some other guy just said, let's get the current firmware right first  |
blu_6779
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the dbpoweramp plugin is crap. Sound of cymbals is very flat at highest encoding setting of 64 kbit/s stereo.
Edit: I stand corrected. Winamp 5.1 can't seem to play it right, playing it at 22 kHz, but plays excellent on wmp with the coreaac library at 44 kHz. Definitely smaller and better than mp3  .
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dreams
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What I see from the internet.. MP3 is still widely most common format. |
hotcha
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The new winamp is all buggery and such. Try MPC |
dreams
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Foobar2000.org rocks. |
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Posted: 2005-10-29 13:14
