[ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

[Liam Proven]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Dave Morley <davmor2 at davmor2.co.uk> wrote:

> Liam if you decide to upgrade go for a sansa fuze I can't rate it highly
> enough.  Ogg support, amazing soundand pic/film quality and upgradable
> memory with hdsd micro cards.

Thanks for the suggestion! The thing is, I bought the Archos just last
year for 4 specific reasons:

 - Takes a standard 2.5" EIDE notebook hard disk (mine has a 100GB disk fitted);
 - Takes 4 standard AA batteries, so you can change them if you run
out on the move;
 - Appears as a standard USB hard disk, so no sync software needed;
 - Supported by Rockbox for a better UI

The only snags with it are that it cannot charge over USB (and uses a
special, illegal USB A to A cable), and that the decoder chip is so
basic that it doesn't support OGG, FLAC or other modern formats. I
don't have any WMA or AAC tracks so I don't know if it works with them
or not. I'm guessing not.

The player cost me about £10 on eBay (mint, boxed, complete, manuals &
all) and I installed a 100GB disk I had lying around anyway, so it was
a really good deal!

But if there was any other MP3 player around that met criteria #1-3 of
my list there, I'd snap one up like a shot. I don't want video
playback or anything like that, just a big capacity: the more the
better.

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