On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 01:04:08AM +1000, David Ward wrote: > I am looking for a new mp3/ogg player and was wondering what everyone is > using.
I can add to the commendation of the Samsung Yepp players -- although I'm not sure why people think they're ugly (in fact, my wife saw the 1GB version I bought myself, said "that looks cute", and suddenly I was in the market for an MP3 player again). My second purchase was an iRiver T30 1GB model. It was about $10 cheaper, but didn't come with the FM radio. Not a huge loss for me. It, too, is a good player. > 1. Ogg playback without too much messing around, that is, no need > to re-sample to 44100hz or change to a specific bit-rate just to > get the track to play on the device. Ogg support on both is perfect. > 2. Plug and play in Linux. Thus needs to comply to the USB mass > storage standard. Both are just USB HDDs as far as Linux is concerned. > Battery life is important 2, but meeting the first 2 points are my main > concern. I get about 3-4 days out of a single AAA cell (3 hours commuting plus a few hours at work each day). Both take AAA batteries instead of some USB-charged custom monstrosity, which I think is vitally important -- it might cost a bit more if you keep buying batteries (yay for rechargables) but they're standard and, if you suddenly have a need for music a long distance from your charging unit, you only need to find a store that sells AAA batteries. - Matt -- I am cow, hear me moo, I weigh twice as much as you. I'm a cow, eating grass, methane gas comes out my ass. I'm a cow, you are too; join us all! Type apt-get moo. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
