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On 6/16/06, Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote: |
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> What players would you recommend. My needs are modest, a few hours of |
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> MP3s would be enough. My primary goal is to listen to "the teaching |
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> company" lectures. |
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What I would recommend is any of iRiver's current flash based models. |
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Almost all of them have upgradeable firmware that can disable drm, |
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turn them into a usb mass storage device, and add ogg vorbis support. |
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They're really nice linux companions :) |
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Check iRiver's website to make sure the one you get has a "umd" |
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firmware available, if it does, you're on your way. |
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(I just happen to have a rather old 128mb iriver flash player, works |
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great. can even record 64kbit mp3 off a stereo line in, and holds ~2.5 |
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hours of -q3 vorbis) |
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Calvin Walton |
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