By: erik
24 Aug 2007 5:05pm GMT There are also problems that no one is admitting that they exist actually. Perhaps this is due the key people not having any comparison points. If I for instance open a WMV video clip (works with ffmpeg+gstreamer), the colors are washed out and the image is blocky. Flash videos are not much better. 90+% of present videos on the internets being those two you should be able to see the problem... It is *not* due my setup or versions or anything like that, I have experienced this using several...
By: anagor
24 Aug 2007 5:05pm GMT Nice post indeed, about the player, I too recommend looking at cowon players, I have their D2 player which also capable of playing video, among other options, it shows images, plays more audio formats than any other player I know and have an SD expansion slot, should you require more storage. Under Linux it shows as simple USB storage device. iAudio7 looks very nice also.
By: Quentin Hartman
24 Aug 2007 5:05pm GMT Great thoughtful post. If you're still in the market for a DAP, llok at the products from Cowon / iAudio. In most of their product descriptions they specifically mention Linux support, though that has flagged somewhat with their newer firmware images requiring Windows to install. However, I have a U3 and I _love_ it. It Just Works, and includes FLAC and OGG decoding, as well as a slew of other features iPods can't touch. I don't really need to replace my U3 it, but I am seriously lusting for an...
By: Ubuntista
24 Aug 2007 5:05pm GMT Yep, nice post, and I agree with you on that. I think that webcams are moving towards more open hardware, or more open specifications. They are starting to learn that Linux is a market indeed. For the rest... still not enough. Still... "mediocre".
By: Rusty
24 Aug 2007 5:05pm GMT I'm not recommending it for a media player, but I was plesantly surprised to find that my SideKick III was recognized as a multi-media device when I plugged it into my desktop after updating to Feisty Fawn in Ubuntu. It offers to open either a audio manaagement program, (Rhytmbox I believe) a photo management program, (gThumb) or to ignore the device. It still auto-mounts the drive, and provides an icon representative of a media device for that drive. I actually have media devices that are not...