From: Aaron Howell aa...@kitten.net.au To: Vip-l Mailing list vi...@freelists.org
Hi, Another common reason cited by Blind people for not wanting an iDevice (iPod, iPhone, etc), over another type of media player is the lack of ability to play back vorbis encoded files (specifically ogg audio). I am pleased to say that limitation is gone. Today, VLC (a popular desktop media player) was released for the iPhone and iPod touch, (it has been available for a while for the iPad). it is fully accessible with Voiceover, and plays back a ton of different formats including ogg audio and other vorbis encoded files. At the moment, not all file extensions which are playable are actually recognized by the player. If you copy an ogg file to your phone, it won't show up in vlc, however, if you rename it to .mp4, it will both show up and play perfectly. So, if the lack of ogg support has been holding you back from buying an iphone or iPod, rush out and buy one today. oh, and vlc is free, of course, just as it is on the desktop. (Of course, your iDevice has to be able to run applications, so this isn't going to help iPod Nanos or iPod shuffles get ogg support unfortunately). Regards Aaron Regards Steve Email: s...@internode.on.net MSN Messenger: internetuser...@hotmail.com Skype: steve1963 Twitter: steve9782 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
