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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Recommendations for a new playerRe: Recommendations for a new player
From: Jon Lewis via rockbox <rockbox_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 13:32:28 -0500 I've been using the FiiO M3K which has had a Rockbox version for about a year IIRC. It's about the size of an iPod mini and has a single micro SD slot. I use a couple of different 1 TB cards in it with no issues (note: I don't do any browsing through database/tagging, I'm 100% folder & file based browsing when listening to music. Like other players, the M3K probably runs into database issues with these super high capacity cards). Rockbox for the M3K has a couple of slightly annoying aspects but is fully functional. Battery life is better than a Sansa Clip and better than some of the older, larger FiiO players I have used. (iPod Classic battery life is of course superior but both of my rockboxed Classics have succumbed to hard disk issues.) Last time I looked the M3K was available with a bit of searching. Thanks, Jon Lewis On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 1:06 PM Roger via rockbox <rockbox_at_lists.haxx.se> wrote: > I agree. I did a search within the past six months and noticed all of the > remaining manufacturers have either gone priority, with only a few Rockbox > compatible players remaining made in China. > > If I'm not mistaken, the music player function has merged with the > cellular > phone hardware platforms, almost effectively deprecating the so-called > audio/music player hardware platform. The hardware is much smaller, and > is > usually always on a person due to the cellular phone's inherent needs. > > The cellular platform is usually Android, hence manufacturer's can still > exploit the free open source software, while keeping all of the dirty > ordinary > civilians out of the code. > > Nothing like the phone company keeping track of all of your musical > influences. > > You'll likely find within the past recent years, some audio players having > a > video player function show-up on the market. > > My preference, is something other than a not-well known foreign > manufactured > audio player. Eh, I like sending all my money to Intel. > > Roger > > -- > Unsubscribe: http://lists.haxx.se/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > FAQ: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GeneralFAQ > Etiquette: http://www.rockbox.org/mail/etiquette.html > -- Unsubscribe: http://lists.haxx.se/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rockbox FAQ: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GeneralFAQ Etiquette: http://www.rockbox.org/mail/etiquette.htmlReceived on 2021-12-06 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |