[Discuss] Help - need good personal OGG player (what's MP3?) quickly

[Andrew Willard]

Deryk Barker wrote:

>> I know a woman that owns the 2GB iRiver (clix I think) that she simply 
>> loves
>> to death. You can get them from ncix.com in Vancouver... I've bought 
>> plenty of
>> things from them over the years with nary a problem.
>> _
> Hmm, it's not on their web site - do you know where your friend 
> purchased it from? And does she know whether it needs special software 
> on your pc - the iRiver spec says it needs "WIndows XP SP1" or better! 
> (Not that there is much worse)

I just did a search on the ncix site and found several flash based iRiver
models for sale. They are all special order items so it's unlikely you
would receive it before your trip deadline. The woman I know with one of
these is a Win**** user... but a quick search reveals that at least some of
the clix models work fine under linux.

Another alternative would be to use Rockbox, which does support OGG, on one
of the various audio machines that are listed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockbox
You can pick up and older model iPod for next to nothing or spend more and
grab a new(er) edition. I've also seen older Archos boxes at FutureCrap from
time to time.