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Some older portable media players are supported by Rockbox, which supports Opus. Unclear if there's any supported devices currently in production. As for SD car

by yaomtc 3y ago

Some older portable media players are supported by Rockbox, which supports Opus. Unclear if there's any supported devices currently in production. As for SD cards, I know SanDisk devices on that list supported microSD cards. https://www.rockbox.org/ https://www.rockbox.org/

hakfoo 3y ago
I was expecting to see them say "it runs Rockbox." I put it on my Sandisk E200 back in the day; 2Gb and then I stuck in another 2Gb card. It was so responsive, and the scroll-wheel UI was so convenient. The wheel seized up (still usable, but had to turn it like a safecracker instead of with your thumb), so I gifted it to a co-worker's son. What I always wanted to see was something with an "old Blackberry" style side-mounted scroll-wheel, for eyes-off operation.
- crotchfire 3y ago
  I want to know where to source that blackberry jog-wheel. I can't seem to find any PCB-mounted jogwheels that both (a) rotate in a plane parallel to the board and (b) are meant to be operated by touching the edge of the wheel (rather than its face, like the dial on the Sansa Fuze) and (c) don't cause the depth of the device along the axis perpendicular to the PCB to become huge (i.e. like a knob-style encoder without the knob).
LeoPanthera 3y ago
The downside is that most older players can decode MP3 and AAC in hardware but Opus has to be done in the CPU, which causes a big hit on battery life.
- andai 3y ago
  I had this experience when running RockBox on an iPod to play OGG files. The battery was much shorter. I can't remember how battery life compared for MP3/AAC (was RockBox able to use the hardware decoder?).
dsr_ 3y ago
You can get an XDuoo X3ii for $125. It's not exactly in-production, but it will be new in-box. https://www.linsoul.com/products/xduoo-x3ii https://www.linsoul.com/products/xduoo-x3ii I wish it were the size of a Clip+.
- yaomtc 3y ago
  I don't see any support for Vorbis or Opus here, what about support by Rockbox?

by yaomtc 3y ago

hakfoo 3y ago

I was expecting to see them say "it runs Rockbox." I put it on my Sandisk E200 back in the day; 2Gb and then I stuck in another 2Gb card. It was so responsive, and the scroll-wheel UI was so convenient. The wheel seized up (still usable, but had to turn it like a safecracker instead of with your thumb), so I gifted it to a co-worker's son. What I always wanted to see was something with an "old Blackberry" style side-mounted scroll-wheel, for eyes-off operation.

crotchfire 3y ago
I want to know where to source that blackberry jog-wheel. I can't seem to find any PCB-mounted jogwheels that both (a) rotate in a plane parallel to the board and (b) are meant to be operated by touching the edge of the wheel (rather than its face, like the dial on the Sansa Fuze) and (c) don't cause the depth of the device along the axis perpendicular to the PCB to become huge (i.e. like a knob-style encoder without the knob).

LeoPanthera 3y ago

The downside is that most older players can decode MP3 and AAC in hardware but Opus has to be done in the CPU, which causes a big hit on battery life.

andai 3y ago
I had this experience when running RockBox on an iPod to play OGG files. The battery was much shorter. I can't remember how battery life compared for MP3/AAC (was RockBox able to use the hardware decoder?).

dsr_ 3y ago

You can get an XDuoo X3ii for $125. It's not exactly in-production, but it will be new in-box. https://www.linsoul.com/products/xduoo-x3ii https://www.linsoul.com/products/xduoo-x3ii I wish it were the size of a Clip+.

yaomtc 3y ago
I don't see any support for Vorbis or Opus here, what about support by Rockbox?