Warp schrieb:

>   How much cheaper does an mp3 player become if it supports only certain
> bitrates? Does it really justify the limitation?
> 
>   (I understand that in small mp3 players mp3 decoding is done in hardware
> rather than in software, but still...)

It really keeps development costs to virtually zero if basically all you 
need to do is set up some fixed clock in the controller chip, and 
braindeadly go shoveling data to a hardware codec, without worrying 
about flow control or any some such.

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