[LAU] "mp3"-player with ogg?

Dalen Kruse dalen.kruse at blacklion.org
Fri Jun 29 17:26:25 EDT 2007


On Friday 29 June 2007 15:32, Arnold Krille wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I discovered that travelling is more fun if my own music is in my ears. So
> I decided (and my wife approved) to buy a mobile player. As big parts of my
> music collection are oggs and I am to audiophile to reconvert them to mp3,
> I am searching for a mobile player that can do ogg as well as mp3 (I don't
> give anything for wma, aac or other proprietary stuff).
>
> I like the way Apple makes things just work. If the Ipod nano played ogg I
> would march into the next local supermarket that has them on discount
> currently.
>
> Who has experience with Linux on the Ipod (normal one without
> nano/shuffle/etc...)? Is it stable and usable?
>
> Which other players would you recommend for their abilities and usability?
>
> Have a nice weekend,
>
> Arnold

I have a Samsung YP-MT6Z 1GB.  Contains FM tuner and MP3/OGG player in a very 
small package.  Uses 1 AA battery and I get 40+ hours of playtime with 1 
battery.  Also does voice/FM radio/input recording in MP3 format.  My only 
wish was more memory capacity, but it's a great little player.

Dalen




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