DRM causes increased battery drain on MP3 players

John Moniz john.moniz-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org
Sun Mar 26 04:59:29 UTC 2006


D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:

>On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, John M. Moniz wrote:
>
>| From: John M. Moniz <john.moniz-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org>
>
>| Peter wrote:
>| > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Mike Newman wrote:
>
>| > > And where are the cheap Vorbis players, already?
>
>| The cheapest players I found that played Vorbis were a Samsung (don't have
>| model) @ $120 and the iRiver T30 @ $120, both at Staples.
>
>The iRiver T30 uses "media transfer protocol".  My impression is that
>this is a protocol cobbled together by Microsoft for its
>PaysForSure(TM) brand.  Apparently some folks have had some success
>hacking gphoto to support it.  Just say no.
>
>Too bad.  iRiver used to be a good brand for Linux users.  The
>scariest thing is that a firmware upgrade would change an MP3 player
>from Linux friendly to Linux hostile (as I understand it).
>
>Sanyo might be better.  I don't know.
>
>Factory Direct has some specials on refurb MP3 players at the moment.
>Some of their Samsungs do Ogg.  Do check specs before buying.  Avoid
>PlaysForSure(tm) unless you can tell that the device works as "USB
>Storage" (most PlaysForSure(tm) devices don't, but I think that the
>branding does allow it).
>
>http://www.factorydirect.ca/email_html/MP30321.htm
>
>I think that their cheapest player that claims to do Ogg is $69.99.
>
>In the last few weeks the retail price of flash memory cards seems to
>have gone down to half the traditional price.  Perhaps it is more
>like: the same money often buys you twice as much flash.  I suspect
>that MP3 players might go through a similar change shortly.
>
>  
>
I think the iRiver T30 MX uses the media transfer protocol, but I didn't 
think the T30 did.
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