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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] OGG-capable "MP3" player
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Michael Dorrington |
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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] OGG-capable "MP3" player |
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Wed, 29 Jun 2016 08:29:28 +0100 |
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On 28/06/16 10:58, Philip Hudson wrote:
> On 27 June 2016 at 22:28, Michael Dorrington
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On 27/06/16 10:01, Philip Hudson wrote:
>>> Any recommendations for a small MP3 player which plays OGG Vorbis
>>> music as well as MP3s? Not tiny -- the recipient wants a display of
>>> some kind, however small, for info/feedback.
>>
>> There's the PlayOgg campaign:
>>
>> https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/playogg/
>>
>> The campaign pages include a list of Portable Players:
>>
>> https://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/PortablePlayers
>>
>> particularly:
>>
>> https://wiki.xiph.org/PortablePlayers/Flash
>
> Thanks Michael, that's fantastic.
>
As Aleks has recommended, I would also recommend getting a device that
runs RockBox, so you have software freedom:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockbox
And although there hasn't be an official release since 2013, the
software is still being developed:
http://git.rockbox.org/?p=rockbox.git;a=summary
Let us know how you get on.
M.
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