Design used to follow function
Too lazy to check but do they make any portable music players that support opus and not just mp3?
My Nintendo DS (Moonshell) technically supports vorbis, but it struggles with its 4Mb of memory sometimes lol.
VLC on a phone?
Yeah I’m old enough to remember how exciting it was when anti-skip CD players came out…
And they didn’t work at all :D 120 SECONDS ANTI-SKIP BUFFER! proceeds to skip within 5 seconds of jogging
Maybe you had a dud, cuz mine worked great. Biggest issue was how to carry it (Hold it? Put it in a pocket? Strap it onto a limb?)
Obviously it goes into the pocket of your cargo shorts
People look at me weird when I tell them I have a dedicated MP3 player instead of using my phone.
No, I don’t want to run down my phone battery for music. Yes, I want a device I can leave sitting on the counter playing music that isn’t my phone I have to keep walking over to check.
That being said, SO many of the dedicated MP3 players out there are TRAAAAAAAAAAASH. My last one’s 3.5mm jack broke after a couple years. My new one’s SD card slot broke after 4 months. I guess the best method is just buying the cheapest one so when it breaks you don’t feel too bad about it. They’re all made by Asian companies that have no website or contact numbers or any kind of presence at all other than the Amazon page they’re selling their garbage on.
You might as well just buy a cheap Android phone to use as a music player. A number of the MP3 players out there are pretty much that anyways, except they actually delete the cellular modem.
The cheap phones are also more likely to have a 3.5mm jack and an SD card slot too.
I mean, just buy a bluetooth speaker and leave that on your counter. Then you dont even need to walk back to change your music. Playing music doesn’t drain your battery that much.
Ugh, I bought one that rythmicaly squeaked when you used decent headphones.
I remember getting a little 128MB USB MP3 player. Carried it with me everywhere until it died.
Years later getting an 8gb Sony MP3 player that just refused to die.
You’ve definitely looked into this with different preferences than me, so apologies if you’ve already covered this - what about the Echo Mini/Nano? Admittedly the Nano battery life isn’t great.
I go on my little daily walks for my little mental health with a Fiio Echo Nano, works a treat and supports modern file formats and all
Maan, I had Exactly that mp3 player, big and bulky and not especially better IMO. You slid out the whole part with the display to access the USB-A IIRC.
I remember getting a little 128MB USB MP3 player. Carried it with me everywhere until it died.
Years later getting an 8gb Sony MP3 player that just refused to die.
I need a music player to replace AIMP. F-droid so far has been unable to provide me with a suitable drop-in replacement.
Musicolet is the best player I’ve come across. Unfortunately, not on F-Droid.
