The atmel at89c51snd1c is pretty easy to purchase, they're were available at digikey when I purchased 2 of them for playing around (I fried one though). Now the 2c version is another story. But you're right, it's only got the mp3 decoder and you'd have to deal with oggs in software, so no good for you. -Mario > In message <4545d0e0602211246q45b4c3d6u15f02ade197c3e49@mail.gmail.com> > "Marcel Birthelmer" wrote: > >> I just wanted to point out that there's an Atmel that has built-in USB >> (device) and mp3 decoder and a good amount of CPU power. You can find it on >> their website. > > And - like most Atmel stuff - it's likely to be manufactured from 99.9993% > pure refined Unobtainium. Well, that or it'll have a 21-week lead time while > they refine the unobtainium to the proper purity... > > Re-read that sentence you wrote - "mp3" and "decoder" are the operative > words. Now read my message again - notice I said I wanted it to play Oggs. > You need a serious amount of CPU horsepower to get Tremor running in > realtime; even more if you consider you need to handle audio buffering too. > Ideally, you want somewhere between 1.25 and 2x realtime so you can keep the > buffer reasonably full during playback, even if the HDD stutters. > > -- > Phil. | Kitsune: Acorn RiscPC SA202 64M+6G ViewFinder > philpem@dsl.pipex.com | Cheetah: Athlon64 3200+ A8VDeluxeV2 512M+100G > http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | Tiger: Toshiba SatPro4600 Celeron700 256M+40G > ... The future is like the present, only longer. > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist