[nzlug] Linuxfriendly multimedia player

[Mathew Carley]

The New Creative Zen jobbies I've seen at my local store are looking
pretty nice. Don't know if they're available in NZ, and haven't checked
the Linux specs, but:
Zen Portable Media Center
http://www.verkkokauppa.com/popups/prodinfo.php?id=1875 (Seems expensive
considering functionality compared to zen vision, but appears to be
running some form of Windows XP... so probably not the best choice anyway)
Zen Vision 30GB http://www.verkkokauppa.com/popups/prodinfo.php?id=14008
Zen Vision 60GB http://www.verkkokauppa.com/popups/prodinfo.php?id=22136

Audio support: MP3, WMA, (60GB: Approx 15000 songs or 240 hours
depending on the bitrate), FM Radio and Microphone. I don't think it
does OGG.
Video support: Digitaalisten videoiden katselu (WMV9, MPEG1/2/4-SP,
Motion-JPEG, DivX® 4 & 5 ja XviD), 2.5" Display with 262144 colours.
5-16 hour battery life depending on whether you're using video or audio.

Sorry, they're in Finnish, but the store is just a few minutes away, and
they have pictures. Anyway, I would expect them to work with Linux... I
am in the homeland of Linux, after all :D

Dirk Pilat wrote:
 > Hiho,
 >
 > after loosing my second ipod within the last 12 months, and am now in 
the market for something different. With my gtkpod and gpodder still 
having some serious issues I thought there might be something different 
out there.
 >
 > Requirements: good screen (at least as good as the ipod video), 30-60 
GB hd, supporting most codecs, maybe even a digital out and an S-video 
out, easy synchronisation with *BSD or Linux flavour.
 >
 > Anything like that out there?
 >
 > Dirk
 >
 >
 >