tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19835303.post7842074813134738871..comments2023-08-18T07:04:22.633-07:00Comments on Areté: Cheers, MateLifewishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07133804300464048756noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19835303.post-10674886591668010252010-03-25T13:51:51.668-07:002010-03-25T13:51:51.668-07:00That's an interesting thought - I'll test ...That's an interesting thought - I'll test it out next time the player, the computer and myself are all in the same location. Cheers.Lifewishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133804300464048756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19835303.post-14502952861735486822010-03-24T15:33:37.821-07:002010-03-24T15:33:37.821-07:00Depending on WHICH cheap player it is, there's...Depending on WHICH cheap player it is, there's a small but nonzero chance that it has undocumented ogg support (i.e. it's in the firmware but the manufacturer never bothered to mention "ogg" or "vorbis" in the "file formats supported" list in their packaging), or that it may be able to run RockBox instead of the stock firmware.<br /><br />(The $25US Refurbished "Sansa Clip v1" I picked up has native ogg vorbis support but it's broken for playing single-channel audio as many "oggcasters" publish. Fortunately, RockBox runs on it and handles everything just fine...)<br /><br />That said, the good news is once you add whatever repository your distribution has its "restricted" media codecs in, the actual ripping should be trivial. I've always been a big fan of the "audiocd:" ioslave in KDE.Ivan Privacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14876109105618900667noreply@blogger.com