WMA

[andy baxter]

Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> Caleb Marcus wrote:
>
>   
>> Ugh, ONLY records to WMA? I'd look at another recorder... that's just
>> annoying. Another thing is that you may lose quality by converting a
>> lossy format, WMA, to another lossy format, mp3.
>>     
>
> But for the price, the reviews are actually very good for the unit.  AND 
> it acts as a drive...apparently a lot of the DVR's use software for 
> transfers, this one has a USB plug built right in so no cables are 
> needed, and the Linux generic USB driver works with it!
>
>   
Ah, but if you buy this then not only are you getting a piece of kit 
that's going to be awkward to use with linux, you're also encouraging 
Olympus to carry on making voice recorders that use proprietory formats.