[TriLUG] portable music player?

[OlsonE at aosa.army.mil]

RockBox for the WIN! ...have it running on my ipod ...and love it! 

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From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Justin Parker
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 8:35 AM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] portable music player?

Anyone looking for a portable media player should probably pa ruse 
www.anythingbutipod.com
There's a lot of stuff there, some of which is contributed by Linux 
users. Once you settle on your hardware deff. +1 for RockBox, it 
actually makes my Sandisk Sansa e280 more useable.

Justin

On 12/18/2009 08:17 AM, John Mitchell wrote:
> You may want to look for a PMP that can run RockBox
> http://www.rockbox.org/  An actual Linux distro for PMPs!
>     I have a Sansa C250 unit and love the many additional formats that
> RockBox has added.
>
> john mitchell
>
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Kevin Hunter<hunteke at earlham.edu>  wrote:
>
>    
>> Hullo List,
>>
>> I'm thinking about getting myself a running companion for my ears.  I've
>> been keeping my head in the sand ignoring portable players for long
>> enough that now I realize I don't know the playing field very well.  I
>> do know my major criteria beyond "it plays music", however:
>>
>> 1. I have a large collection of ogg music files.  I'd like my player to
>> be able to play them without having to first convert to mp3.
>>
>> 2. I have Linux (haduh!  I'm on /this/ list, right?), and don't have
>> Windows.  Anything that requires a firmware upgrade with a "special
>> utility for Windows only", or otherwise won't work with the Free tools,
>> is a no-go.
>>
>> I've been off and on researching this over the past year or two, and the
>> influx of ogg-capable players is increasing.  However, it's the latter
>> criteria to which I can't seem to find definitive answers, much less
>> satisfactory products.
>>
>> Has anyone gone through this recently?  Any pointers or suggestions of
>> products on which I should focus my attention?
>>
>> Much appreciated,
>>
>> Kevin
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