Can anyone recommend an MP3 player that also plays WAV and WMA files and has a jack for external microphone recording (although not necessarily in all formats)?
Dunno if it helps, but I'd consider file conversion rather than worry about a player that accepts multiple formats (so you can make everything iPod friendly, for instance).
I found a downloadable shareware one that works great. It converts bi-directionally between all the major sound formats (mp3, wma, wav, etc.) and that INCLUDES between compression levels, even within a file type. For instance, I used it primarily just to make my mp3's from varying sources all the same bit rate. And if you pay the small fee, it does batch processing. Quality seems digitally perfect. Very, very handy.
Re: ConversionjosephbuckAugust 17 2005, 20:18:35 UTC
Yeah. I imagine I would be doing that at home, but with presentations, recording lectures, and being able to get stuff while at school, I have been leaning towards something that plays the main three, with both line in and usbish something something.
Question is whether an mp3 player/recorder is going to have the battery life you need to record XX hours of lectures a day.
Creative Zen Micro doesn't have a line-in jack (does have a built-in mic) but its playback is around 4-6 hours. Recording would be more battery-intensive. The larger Zens quote 14 hours playback but have the caveat that it's subject to usage.
I see that one of the exciting USPs of the Philips 2GB Micro jukebox is that you can "Dress up your player with colorful groovy stickers™ " -- yup, they've trademarked the word stickers apparently.
The iRiver is good if you can find it; my colleague bought one after his Archos went wrong.
He talks to himself again.tomboonAugust 23 2005, 16:22:13 UTC
UK magazine "Computer Shopper" did a review of MP3 players this month and only one of the twelve had line in. Made by a company called Dynetel. Not available directly in US.
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I'll look into it tho.
Since posting up I did see this:
http://www.pogoproducts.com/radioyourway.html
Which would have the benefit of being like a digital tv recorder for radio...
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I found a downloadable shareware one that works great. It converts bi-directionally between all the major sound formats (mp3, wma, wav, etc.) and that INCLUDES between compression levels, even within a file type. For instance, I used it primarily just to make my mp3's from varying sources all the same bit rate. And if you pay the small fee, it does batch processing. Quality seems digitally perfect. Very, very handy.
Advanced WMA Workshop
http://www.litexmedia.com
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Creative Zen Micro doesn't have a line-in jack (does have a built-in mic) but its playback is around 4-6 hours. Recording would be more battery-intensive. The larger Zens quote 14 hours playback but have the caveat that it's subject to usage.
I see that one of the exciting USPs of the Philips 2GB Micro jukebox is that you can "Dress up your player with colorful groovy stickers™ " -- yup, they've trademarked the word stickers apparently.
The iRiver is good if you can find it; my colleague bought one after his Archos went wrong.
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Some info about them/products here:
http://www.dynetel.com/english/etc/notice_01.html?bbs_id=dyne_notice_eng&doc_num=21
http://www.dynetel.com/english/product/product_02_801.html
Some info/pics about an earlier model:
http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/shop/product_info.php?products_id=360&reviews_id=1185&display=images
They use flash memory & record direct to MP3.
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