Check this out if you havent allready http://www2.empeg.com/main.html Soren K > -----Original Message----- > From: pic microcontroller discussion list > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Kieran Miller > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 8:15 PM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: Linux > > > > 3)Does anyone know if there is an "easy"(pic related) way to decode and > > playback an mp3? I have looked in the archives but keep getting a > > search result of >600 hits! > > I think you're barking up the wrong tree here a bit. PICs are not meant to > be number crunchers - and decoding an MP3 in real-time takes > quite a lot of > oomph. > > I'm doing a portable MP3 player of my own, which is controlled by a PIC > 16F874. It's interfaced to a Micronas MAS3507D MP3 decoder > (http://www.micronas.com I think), that does all the hard work and the PIC > just keeps it in check, while supplying it with data. > > Hope this helps, > > Kieran > >