[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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