MorskNorsk
12-27-2003, 08:02 PM
For X-Mas I got an RCA / Thompson Lyra mp3 player. Of course it doesn't work with Linux since the idiots who made it decided it needed encryption (http://patriot.net/~swells/lyra/lyracrpt.html) :evil: Like an idiot I opened it up before checking if it would work :oops: I'll probably give it to my brother in law since he gave me some stuff last summer. So now I'd like to find a new digital audio player and would like suggestions. Here are my criteria:1. Must be Linux friendly 8)
2. Has to be able to up to at least 256 MB somehow
3. Take AA batteries since I have lots of them (don't ask) - also don't want to have some battery pack I may have to replace.
4. Be no bigger than an iPod
5. Be upgradeable so it can accept future formats that come out.
6. I'd like to spend no more than $200 on this. iPod is out of my range.
7. I've seen things like the Nomad MuVo (http://nomadworld.com/products/MuVo/) that don't have displays but I'd like to have one to see what is currently playing.
I'm looking at the Nomad IIc (http://nomadworld.com/products/Nomad2c/). It comes with 128 MB of memory and can accept SmartMedia cards which my DigiCam also uses. It also works on a single AA battery. My main use for this would be my 45 minute walks to campus. Then I started thinking that I could replace my CD player for long trips if I got a hard drive based player. Of course if I got a hard drive based one I'd like to be able to replace the HD in case it ever failed or needed a bigger one. The Nomad Jukebox (http://nomadworld.com/products/Jukebox/) looks promising but it only get 4 hours of playing time off 4 AA batteries.
Any input and ideas are welcome!
2. Has to be able to up to at least 256 MB somehow
3. Take AA batteries since I have lots of them (don't ask) - also don't want to have some battery pack I may have to replace.
4. Be no bigger than an iPod
5. Be upgradeable so it can accept future formats that come out.
6. I'd like to spend no more than $200 on this. iPod is out of my range.
7. I've seen things like the Nomad MuVo (http://nomadworld.com/products/MuVo/) that don't have displays but I'd like to have one to see what is currently playing.
I'm looking at the Nomad IIc (http://nomadworld.com/products/Nomad2c/). It comes with 128 MB of memory and can accept SmartMedia cards which my DigiCam also uses. It also works on a single AA battery. My main use for this would be my 45 minute walks to campus. Then I started thinking that I could replace my CD player for long trips if I got a hard drive based player. Of course if I got a hard drive based one I'd like to be able to replace the HD in case it ever failed or needed a bigger one. The Nomad Jukebox (http://nomadworld.com/products/Jukebox/) looks promising but it only get 4 hours of playing time off 4 AA batteries.
Any input and ideas are welcome!