[olug] $10 / 2GB MP3 player for Linux

Luke -Jr luke at dashjr.org
Tue Jul 1 18:50:08 UTC 2008


On Tuesday 01 July 2008, Eric P wrote:
> Again, what about Vorbis support in DVD players, car CD players, cell
> phones, etc.?  It's great that some games may use Vorbis in its
> backend, but the consumer device support is relegated only to a number
> of portable music devices.  Remember, I started this thread announcing
> a $10 MP3 player; is there anything even close in that price range for
> a Vorbis player?  Granted it was pretty obvious the $10 deal was a
> loss-leader to OfficeDepot since they (not the vendor) offered the
> rebate; the device is more like $40-50 retail.

DVD players, car CD players, cell phones, etc don't *need* to play music. :)



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