[Novalug] Portable Media Player
Moe
moel@aceweb.com
Mon Nov 3 23:22:14 EST 2008
So find it on eBay, and give your parents the reference ...
Moe
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Adam Portier wrote:
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but I already looked into that. Archos
> made a shift a few years ago and discontinued their more "primitive"
> players in favor of stuff that integrates with Windows Media Player.
> Its built for WMA now. I could order an older model off eBay or
> something, but one issue with that. I'm doing this now because my
> parents want to get me something for my birthday. I would prefer
> something current so they could just order it online or pick it up
> in a store.
>
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:27 AM, greg pryzby <greg@pryzby.org>
> wrote:
>
> Archos (?) fits that order irc
>
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Adam Portier
> <ajportier@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey, I have been going to these meetings for a
> while and finally I have a question worthy of
> the mailing list. I need to replace my portable
> media player, an I am finding it hard to locate
> one with the features I need. I had been using
> (up until I lost it) a gen 2 iPod running
> Rockbox. I do most of my non-gaming related
> computing in Linux, so most of my files are
> there and I have several albums ripped to OGG.
> What I am looking for is a portable media player
> that can play both MP3 and OGG files, lets me
> administer the file system without the need of
> some proprietary software like iTunes, and I can
> patch the firmware without having to drop into
> Windows. A tall order, I know, but I am sure it
> has to exist. I could just order another used
> iPod and hack its firmware, but I would like to
> see if there is something out there that does
> this out of the box. Thanks in advance.
>
> Adam
>
> --
> greg pryzby
>
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