The DVD issue goes farther than just using patents. That was my point.

And Bitt was correct about the other part. What is Ogg VorVis? When people can't even get the codec correct in a poll, then why bother?

Tell you what. You make an ARM decoder or contract someone to make it. Then send it to the empeg guys.

I think people are forgetting that the Riocar/empeg is a defunct retail product. Ogg support would have to be something that was within a marketing requirement document for a new/current retail or OEM product to warrant wasting much time on it, IMO.

BTW, Fraunhoffer and Thomson are out making money. Same as companies like SB. If a company realizes that paying to have MP3 technology is going to allow them to make more money than supporting only an "open" codec, then guess what? Time to pay the royalties.

I'd rather pay out a fee and sell a product, than to implement a freebie decoder no one is going to need/want.

Since the decoder is open, go to it. Don't wait around for the empeg guys to put it in place.

Bruno

Am I the only one who doesn't think Intellectual Property is evil?