MPC ( musepack ) INTEGER decoder sources for ARM processors, L-GPL !!! was : Re: Dolby AAC licensing costs ??]

Jo=C3=ABl Bourquard wrote:

>Excellent news ! Kudos to this Chinese guy !!
>
>Maybe we could suggest MPC to Rio for inclusion into the Karma ? MPC
>wouldn't hurt, it already has Vorbis.. ;-)
>
>Their developers seem very open-minded, so if the module is well-written
>and they probably have licensed pretty much every audio format already -
>it might be a good idea.
>
>Anyway, I wouldn't do it before we all agree.
>
>By the way, does someone here have an ARM-based development board and
>some skills for testing the codec ?
>
>Best Regards
>Jo=C3=ABl
>

I remember there once was an online petition for MPC at some hardware=20
manufacturer ? Was it Rio ? I guess the main problem with these units is=20
that the maximum size of the flash is very limited, so they have to=20
watch pretty carefully what to support and what not. Having different=20
firmware versions for different user profiles is one way to overcome=20
this limitation, but requires more maintenance effort, and thus costs. I=20
dont think the MPC user group, for ROI and the numbers they think in, is=20
big enough to justify the effort.

For the guys we are talking to, well they launch new firmwares almost=20
every month, and they want to differentiate themselves from the cheapo=20
DVD standalones by offering special features no other units do have, and=20
the units cost way more money compared to the production costs.

Christian
MPC and matroska project admin

http://mpc.corecodec.org