Posted by name on 11/16/34 11:50

Joseph Ashwood wrote:
> "name" <dohduhdah@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1150499799.980366.100080@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Could firmware like rockbox potentially allow one to play multiple mp3s
> > simultaneously?
>
> Theoretically, yes it is possible. Reasonably, it is extremely unlikely. The
> problem is hardware related, there's only one decoder chip, and it's only
> powerful enough to handle one (stereo) track at a time. So from a realistic
> point of view it is possible to have one play 2 mono tracks, but only 1
> stereo track. If the power of the chips involved ever rises (which it
> probably won't, they'll lower power consumption instead) then it may become
> possible.
> Joe

But judging from:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DeviceChart

It seems that many supported HD mp3 players have a SW (= Software?) mp3
decoder. And I reckon if those players are able to play video (like the
iAudio X5 for instance), they must have a processor powerful enough to
play multiple mp3s simultaneously.

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