OS MP3 Player from Make
by Brady Forrest | @brady | comments: 4
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This is cool. Make: is now selling an Open Source MP3 player kit. It's an MP3 player where you will never have to worry about DRM locking you out of your songs. From Make:
"In 2001, artist and designer Raphael Abrams went looking for a new challenge. After some long and careful consideration, he came upon the idea of designing and building his own open source mp3 player kit. His criteria? First, it had to be easy to build. Second, it had to be open sourced. Finally, and most importantly, it had to be more than just a handheld device -- it had to connect easily to many interfaces, everything from simple button pushing to parallel ports to very powerful serial modes.It took several iterations, but eventually, he came up with the Daisy, an easy-to-build, pocket-sized mp3 player. Daisy's audio quality is as good as an iPod, can access 65,000 tracks, play 48khz WAV files as well as mp3s, and unlike an iPod, you can change the battery."
You can learn more on Raphael's site.
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I think it cool that you can make your own player but don't all the major players allow you to use non-DRM formats too? I rip most of my music from CDs I buy so no DRM for me.
> For a truely open source player
> you'd need to use Ogg.
So let's see a patch!
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Phil [2006-11-17 10:43 PM]
But isn't MP3 itself patent (or license) encumbered? For a truely open source player you'd need to use Ogg.