Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!trsoft.demon.co.uk!ARoss From: Tony Ross Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.programming.sound Subject: Re: mp3 on yaroze.... Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 15:22:01 +0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <7v2toh$6s1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <7v4171$6kf1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <7v7481$f4p1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <38197cd9.204929122@news.playstation.co.uk> <7vbsj3$7l1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: trsoft.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike (32) Version 4.01 In article <7vbsj3$7l1@chuka.playstation.co.uk>, Stanley Lim writes >I'm not so sure about that.... Let's look at the Philips Nino 312(A Palmtop >PC) having a processor of R3000(same as Yaroze) but with 8mb ram is able to >play MP3. So I think that it is possible. In that case then it is probably do-able (is that a word.......it is now) but surely you would have to dig into asm and the sound processor to get it going and I'm not sure that we are allowed to do that. (Hey what do I know anyway!) It amazes me that console manufacturers are not tapping into things like playing mp3. Consoles that are also able to show basic picture formats from a CD so that you can invite your friends round for a go on your PlayStation and then bore them with your holiday snaps. I know that the Saturn could show Kodak Photo CD's but you had to buy extra software and PCD is very expensive. You could create your own disc with GIF's or whatever on the cheap and play them on any TV using your console. This should be fairly easy to implement. The same goes for MP3 (Imagine a 100 song CD). Consoles are poor for playing cd's (even apart from quality considerations) since it is quicker to play one on your CD player but the convenience of a 100 track music source would be tempting to all of us with a CD burner and an interest in mp3. I'm sure that CD player manufacturers are looking into this also. Sod minidisc as a smaller solution for music, with mp3's we could bring back the 3" CD (& CDR & CDRW) Hey....I bet not even Ron Manager could go off at as big a tangent as me. Oh it's a far cry from small boys in the park, mp3 players for goal- posts.......oh......enduring image isn't it......oh...... -- Tony