Device and a Method of Playing Audio Clips

A method of playing audio clips, the method comprising:

• selecting one of a plurality of output modes;
• controlling a processor, the processor being scalable in voltage, frequency, or both, to decode input joint/MS stereo mode encoded audio data representing said audio clip based on the selected output mode;
• wherein each output mode defines a number, m, of subbands of an M channel and a number, s, of subbands of an S channel of the joint/MS stereo mode encoded data;
• and
• controlling the processor to decode and store only data from the m and s subbands for playback.

A data storage medium having stored thereon computer code means for instructing a computer system to execute a method of playing audio clips, the method comprising the steps of:

• selecting one of a plurality of output modes;
• controlling a processor, the processor being scalable in voltage, frequency, or both, to decode input joint/MS stereo mode encoded audio data representing said audio clip based on the selected output mode;
• wherein each output mode defines a number, m, of subbands of an M channel and a number, s, of subbands of an S channel of the joint/MS stereo mode encoded data;
• and
• controlling the processor to decode and store only data from the m and s subbands for playback.