While its great that they posted the plans, some of the parts list are custom, and its a bit too much hardware tinkering for me.
What I would like to see is a similar commercially produced box, minus drives for a few thousand. All the big players with turnkey solutions seem to sell only with drives at ridiculous prices.
Has anyone seen a flashdrive mp3 player in a pack of gum format that can do bookmarks on arbitrary mp3 files? The shuffle doesn't count since it only does bookmarks on files in special format.
I'm looking for an MP3 player with the ditto's physical characteristics (size, rechargeable, lcd, usb plug without cable) but want to use it for arbitrary audiobooks in mp3 files, which reqires at least "remember my last position", or better yet real bookmarks. I also want to dump mp3 files to it without their software, just as a flash drive.
It's not clear if the ditto can work as a flash drive. The ipod does, but won't play files that are loaded that way (there may be workarounds).
The ipod does bookmarks only for files in audible.com format, which is not enough for me. Ditto says its audible.com compatible, not clear if the bookmarks are restricted to that format.
If anyone knows the answers for Ditto, I'd like to know. I would also like to know if there is a competitor that has these features. The nomads do, but none meet all the physical characteristics (size, built in usb plug, lcd, rechargeable).
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While its great that they posted the plans, some of the parts list are custom, and its a bit too much hardware tinkering for me. What I would like to see is a similar commercially produced box, minus drives for a few thousand. All the big players with turnkey solutions seem to sell only with drives at ridiculous prices.
Has anyone seen a flashdrive mp3 player in a pack of gum format that can do bookmarks on arbitrary mp3 files? The shuffle doesn't count since it only does bookmarks on files in special format.
I'm looking for an MP3 player with the ditto's physical characteristics (size, rechargeable, lcd, usb plug without cable) but want to use it for arbitrary audiobooks in mp3 files, which reqires at least "remember my last position", or better yet real bookmarks. I also want to dump mp3 files to it without their software, just as a flash drive.
It's not clear if the ditto can work as a flash drive. The ipod does, but won't play files that are loaded that way (there may be workarounds).
The ipod does bookmarks only for files in audible.com format, which is not enough for me. Ditto says its audible.com compatible, not clear if the bookmarks are restricted to that format.
If anyone knows the answers for Ditto, I'd like to know. I would also like to know if there is a competitor that has these features. The nomads do, but none meet all the physical characteristics (size, built in usb plug, lcd, rechargeable).