Wow an ogg player, I am already sold! I think a music player that can play an open source codec is very relevant to this mailing list. By CF I assume you mean Compact Flash and those cards go up to 3 Gig. Imagine how many many ogg's you could store on that! Please let me know once you have the details online.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Greenwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 22 July 2003 5:17 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SD -> USB card reader ? > > > Absolutely!! I have not put the new ogg player online yet though. It > looks slightly different to those online. It takes CF cards. I had > planned on making an OT post to the list once the new ogg > players were > online. I am just confirming the firmware upgradeability for > ogg before > I put the product online. They will play MP3's, WMA's and Ogg's. > > We will pay your GST on certain products, like the ogg vorbis > player. We > will make some special bundles available too, maybe with CF cards > included for a special price. We will decide once the things > are online. > Don't worry, we'll make it worth your while. > > Cheers > > J > > Bjorn Nilsen wrote: > > >I like the look of that mp3 player, any chance of a CLUG discount? :) > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Jason Greenwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Tuesday, 22 July 2003 2:07 p.m. > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: SD -> USB card reader ? > >> > >> > >>Hi, > >> > >>Not entirely true. A lot of them do not strictly adhere to > >>the USB mass > >>storage protocol - thus the need for a driver disk in many > >>cases. I have > >>a packard bell 6 in 1 that I have never gotten working in > >>Linux though > >>others have I heard. I and a business partner have a new web > >>site up and > >>running which sells them (6 in 1 USB 2.0 Reader/Writers) online: > >>http://www.flashcards.co.nz but I have not tried the new USB > >>2.0 ones we > >>carry with Linux. I will let you know when I find out. As an aside, > >>there was a discussion onlist about hardware personal ogg vorbis > >>players. We have just brought in a shipment and will be > >>adding them to > >>the site soon. They play mp3, ogg and wma. That may be of > interest to > >>the list at some stage too. > >> > >>Cheers > >> > >>Jason > >> > >>PS, sorry for the shameless free plug. =) > >> > >>Ryurick M. Hristev wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hello, > >>> > >>>My understanding is that _any_ SD -> USB card reader should > >>> > >>> > >>work (except for > >> > >> > >>>the "secure" part, I am not interested in) and should be > >>> > >>> > >>seen as an ordinary > >> > >> > >>>USB mass storage device (similar to the CF -> USB card readers). > >>> > >>>Am I right ? ... or wrong ? > >>> > >>>If I am wrong ... are there particular brand/models of SD > >>> > >>> > >>USB readers which would work ? > >> > >> > >>>TIA > >>> > >>>Cheers, > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
