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Linux-based Digital Audio Player with Ogg

Posted by Hemos on from the be-cool dept.

asv108 writes "MP3 Newswire has a story about a new Linux based home player that supports OGG vorbis among other features. The MPST Digital Jukebox is currently under beta test, interested parties can aquire a beta version of the product for the cost of the parts. The Hardware breakdown for the device has a host of options including: wireless support, expanded storage, and a larger LCD display."

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  1. But the real question... by Anonymous+DWord · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will it record my brand new Celine Dion album? I so wanted to hear it in my car.

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  2. If it had samba/nfs/streaming HTTP then maybe... by Wee · · Score: 5, Funny
    I have an AudioRequest (the older kind, the ARQ1, that were like very simple PCs, not the newer rackmount kind). It was great. You could stick a CD in and it would rip and encoded (albeit slowly; I think it ripped at 4X). It had cool screensavers and a great UI. I replaced it with an AudioTron. The ARQ1 is sitting in its box in my garage. A $800 doorstop. They don't even list them on ebay. I keep checking like once a week to see if anyone is selling one so maybe I could offload mine too...

    The MPST Digital Jukebox reminds me of that unit. Not because it could play MP3s, or didn't play Ogg, or because it ran an embedded OS. No, it reminds of the ARQ1 because I wouldn't buy it for the very same reason: There's no way to get your music off the thing except through an audio cable. I looked through the MPST web site for this unit. I know it's Linux-based. But how can I log into it? I want to be able to get music off of it as easy as I get music onto it. I have a PC upstairs, and a stereo downstairs. If all my music is on the MPST, then how do I listen from my PC? Hell, how do I back my music up? You can't.

    Someone needs to make a simple music appliance like the MPST, but it needs that one crucial feature: you need to be able to get your music off of it as easily as you can get it on to it. You have an smbd running which shares the entire /music slice, or export that music partition via NFS. Or even let me stream from it via HTTP (and then I can write LWP scripts to mirror/spider/play my tunes). But just let me get my music off it somehow. It would also be cool if it had a PCMCIA slot so that you could stick in additional drive space/RAM/802.11b. And a way to get custom software on it would be cool. A bash prompt would be really cool

    Oh well. But as long as we're in the land makebelieve, with cool music appliances that do everything everyone wants for only like $100, I want one more thing: Can I have a pony?

    -B

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  3. Re:It's just a PC by Jeremi · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I am sorry, why should I pay extra for this when I could build this myself?


    Obviously, you shouldn't. This device is made for people who don't have the time, skill, or inclination to build their own box.

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  4. Re:OggPod by sveinhal · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I just sent an email to Apple, asking if there were any official plans for ogg vorbis support in the near future, as the tech spec page says that the firmware is upgradable to enable "support for future audio formats"

    I put my usual .sig in the mail, stating my address and phone number. Two days later Apple called(!) me on my cell phone (they even got me a person speaking my own language) and told me that thay could not give me an unofficial anwser to that, but they had noticed that at least one person (me), was interested, and that they off cource would act on market needs.

    I therefore suggests that other people do likewise. The email for public relations on the iPod is found here.

    sveinhal

  5. Give the Guy a Break by Jack+Hughes · · Score: 4, Informative
    Of course it's ugly. Of course you could build one your self. Of course it looks like a PC.

    Because that's all it is. This is just one geek who's put together the hardware and software himself, made from old PC bits + a small LCD screen.

    He isn't some big company selling at a profit. in fact he says

    "...testers can purchase the Digital Jukebox from me at cost (+shipping) or I'm happy to help anyone build one themselves. The software is free. See the Hardware page for cost breakdown information."