portable music players

[Travis Roy]

That's for streaming, not for podcasts.

It is cool that they offer it in a bunch of different formats.

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:30 PM, John Abreau <jabr at gapps.blu.org> wrote:
> WBUR.org has theirs in a bunch of formats including vorbis:
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>    http://www.wbur.org/listen/feed/ogg.m3u
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> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Travis Roy <travis at scootz.net> wrote:
>>> Yes, I hope to buy a player on their supported list. Coincidentally,
>>> Paul Louden of Rockbox is interviewed on this week's FLOSS podcast on
>>> twit.tv. That might provide a bit of additional background, perhaps a
>>> little push to get you or others to try it:
>>>
>>> http://twit.tv/floss43
>>>
>>> Strangely, their podcast is only available in MP3 format...
>>
>> Why do you say that's strange? Out of the 20 or so podcasts I listen
>> to, only one is not sent in mp3 format, and that's sent in some apple
>> format so that you get chapter ticks on your iPod when listening to it
>> (it also changes the "coverart" for each section). That podcast
>> (Quackcast) does offer MP3, but you have to go manually download it.
>>
>> Fact is, for better or worse, mp3s can be played by basically
>> anything. If you want the widest audience the default is going to be
>> mp3.
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