[mythtv-users] myth-capable MP3 players

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Gary Dawes <gary.dawes at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Bob Wiegand <bob_ml at stuffofmine.com>
> wrote:
>
>>  > Yan Seiner wrote:
>> >> So with Christmas coming up I'm looking for a small mp3 player that
>> could
>> >> be used to play recordings.  (OK, they'd have to be transcoded first,
>> but
>> >> that can be handled.)
>> >>
>> >> My Sansa e280 uses some sort of weird video format that can only be
>> >> generated with the windows app.
>> >>
>> >> Anyone know of a cheap (< US$100) mp3 player that could be used to play
>> >> mp3s and video, and one that myth can transcode to?
>> >>
>> >> --Yan
>> >>
>>
>> I use a Nokia Internet tablet (N800) which has a port of Mplayer, and some
> good utilities are available. I tend to use tablet-encode in a modded
> myth2ipod script for encoding for viewing later, and mediaserv, which'll
> generate a webpage with your recordings, and transcode/stream in real time.
>
> It'll even run mythfrontend! Not seen an Ipod do that yet! Also runs a
> decent browser, xterm, and vncviewer for remote access to your mythbox.
>
> The N800 (if you can get one) will take upto 2 full size sdhc cards upto a
> max of 64G, and the N810 a single microsd up to 16GB, but it has 2GB
> onboard.
>
> Otherwise if you want a closed audio/video player, I've always recommended
> Archos.


OP was looking for <$100 devices...

Kevin
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