[ILUG] Advice on a digital music player

[Josh Glover]

2009/1/29 Darragh Bailey <felix at compsoc.nuigalway.ie>:

> Cowan players will fit the bill here. Generally their devices support MP3,
> Ogg Vorbis, and FLAC.

OK, thanks for that. I'll start researching them on Amazon.co.uk.

> I have the 2GB U3 player, which has served me well and has give no
> problems.
>
> If you're feeling flush the S9 16GB model looks pretty sweet :)

Hrm, I should have mentioned this in my original mail (and indeed,
meant to, but I was waiting for the output of a "du -sh" that was
running in a terminal on a different virtual desktop and forgot about
it): I have 65GB of music, and I'd like a player that gives me access
to all of it. I currently have a 512MB Signeo SN-M700:

http://amazon.jp/dp/B000BNBT9C

It takes SD cards as well, so I've been making custom mix cards just
like in the old halcyon cassette and CD days of my youth. However, I
am usually reminded while listening to one song of another song I
*must* hear next. Amarok[1] thus works very well for my needs when
sitting in front of my Linux box, but I need my fix on the long walk
from West Dublin to the DART. :)

Cheers,
Josh

[1] http://amarok.kde.org/