Re: OT: MP3 Player for Ogg?
On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 11:58 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: Question: Is there an MP3 player that plays Ogg files right out of the box? I recently bought a Cowan D2 to replace my dead iPod mini - Ogg right out of the box as well as a pretty good selection of other formats too. Mounts as a standard USB drive. Audio quality seems good and battery life is great. Still not sold on the touch screen interface, but it is a cool little device for audio or video podcasts, and you can read plain text files ok with it too... HTH, Brian signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: OT: MP3 Player for Ogg?
On 22/06/2008, Thomas H. George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question: Is there an MP3 player that plays Ogg files right out of the box? There are several. I've been quite happy with Samsung products. I have a YP-U2 Samsung player. Funny thing to call it mp3 player when you want it to play Ogg. :-) - Jordi G. H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: MP3 Player for Ogg?
On 22/06/2008, Thomas H. George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: they all seem to require Windoze and WMP (I don't even know what WMP is). Oh, btw, many audio players work just like a regular usb flash drive. You plug it in, and you treat it like any other pendrive. The Samsung player I have is like this. No need for stupid and non-free software. - Jordi G. H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: MP3 Player for Ogg?
Thomas H. George wrote: Question: Is there an MP3 player that plays Ogg files right out of the box? I'm considering converting to Ogg the audio tapes I play on a clunky cassette player during workouts. A review of an iRiver T30 noted that initially it worked only with XP but a download from the manufacturer could convert it to a more universal machine. A Goggle search turned up more players which can play Ogg files but they all seem to require Windoze and WMP (I don't even know what WMP is). Is the iRiver T30 the best choice? It looks pretty clunky though perhaps not as bad as my old cassette player. Tom This is not the best forum for this, you should be Googling. Given that: Several players could, but Microsoft and Apple have pretty much managed to kill those off. There is an open source/free software firmware available for a variety of players that loves ogg vorbis, Rockbox. http://www.rockbox.org/ It has been ported to some iPods, and some iRivers, and Sansa e200s and other players. You might look for a player that is supported by it. It has a lot of other cool features, and there is active development, including ports to new targets. It is compiled on Linux with gcc, so conceivably, any player with CPU supported by gcc could be ported, given that a volunteer gets the full specs of the player and tkes an interest. ARMs and coldfire are the two most common embedded CPU architectures used in players. The best thing you can do if you have a favorite player you want to run Rockbox is send a player or two to a Rockbox dev, along with the complete specs of the player. More than you wanted or needed to know, but Rockbox is IMO probably your best bet for ogg support. Mark Allums -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: MP3 Player for Ogg?
You may want to look at the following thread from the Cambridge Linux Group mailing list: http://lists.infowares.com/archive/clug/2008-June/006805.html
Re: OT: MP3 Player for Ogg?
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Thomas H. George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is the iRiver T30 the best choice? It looks pretty clunky though perhaps not as bad as my old cassette player. It's decidedly better than an old cassette player. :) I have one of these players - acquired it about 2 years ago at Sears 1/2 price. It does work with linux. You probably want the package mtp-tools as the player uses the MPT transport library. Inside that package are command line tools to do things like send files to the player and so forth, and you can use Amarok once it is setup, it'll use those commands as a backend. It will play oggs out of the box. No special problems with this player except after 2 years of use the solenoids get dirty which causes odd skips, loops cycling through the browser. I can lock the player so that it doesn't do that, though. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: MP3 Player for Ogg?
Mark Allums: More than you wanted or needed to know, but Rockbox is IMO probably your best bet for ogg support. I second this. I bought an Iriver H120 two years ago, installed Rockbox on the very first day and have never regretted it. Take a look at their website, buy any player Rockbox supports and you'll have a device giving you just about anything you will ever need. J. -- I am no longer prepared to give you the benefit of the doubt. [Agree] [Disagree] http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: OT: MP3 Player for Ogg?
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 11:58:14AM -0400, Thomas H. George [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: Question: Is there an MP3 player that plays Ogg files right out of the box? I have an iAudio U3 by Cowon. AFAIK all the players in the iAudio line support Ogg (and some other free formats like Flac); my only complaint about this one is that after only a year and a few months it's starting to break: the headphone jack has been getting flaky (unless I continually shove the connector in I only get one sound channel) and just recently I've been seeing signs that the USB jack might be starting to go (which means I won't be able to load new podcasts and, since it charges over USB, could turn it into a doorstop). I don't know if this is typical of Cowon players or if I just have a bad one. When I decide to replace this I think I'll try something from iRiver (a different company) -- they have a long history of supporting open formats. You can also get a player from another company and install Rockbox, but I would rather buy from a company that supports me up-front when I have the choice. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
