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
