Does anyone know of any players similar to mp3 players but that support the ogg vorbis format??

I recently compiled XMMS and it seems to require the OGG/Vorbis library - so I guess it can play them? I haven't tried using it to play such files tho...

XMMS works just fine to play OGG-Vorbis files. So does Mplayer. I have all my music in OGG-Vorbis format because it's an open-source format, it's at least comparable to MP3, if not better, and because most computer users are clueless that the format exists, I won't get anybody mass-copying my music, even if it's shared. It also completely avoids any legal issues that may happen (such as putting them on your website for instance...although I haven't done that and couldn't guarantee you'd be safe from "big brother" or the music industries, etc).

You'll need libvorbis.so in order to do playback, though. Get whatever package provides that for your distro.

Here's the OGG-Vorbis mainpage for more info:
http://www.vorbis.com/

-- the dudeman

XMMS

I'm using Beep Media Player. Personal I like it more than XMMS.

Cheers, Boby!

If you got the ogg lib packages you've probably also got vorbis-tools which includes ogg123 from the xiph folks - CLI ogg player. Most any Linux app, from console apps like mp3blaster (despite the name) to GUI apps like the already mentioned xmms, play oggs. But the point is, you don't have to have anything else. Just like alsa comes with tools such as alsamixer and you don't need any aumixes or whatnot.

*sigh* .. I meant physical OGG players, not software OGG players..
Something like the iPod but that supports the ogg vorbis format.

Moved: More suitable in General since this is not a Linux technical question.

And by placing your question in our Linux - General forum, everyone will assume you mean software unless you specify that your looking for an actual "portable" mp3 player.. next time be more specific, then you won't have 5 or 6 good replies telling you the wrong info cause you didn't ask your question more clearly.

Regards.

Hi

For hardware players, check the iriver site

http://www.iriver.com/

they've got several players that play ogg

just a wee bit expensive for what i want at
the moment

Regards

I would definitely check out iriver, they seem to be one of the best players around, and they also play oggs as well as mp3s. As soon as I start working, I'm having one

The rio Karma is another that will play oggs, and FLAC too!

I bought an iRiver H320 about a week ago, and it is great. I've already put about 130 of my CD's on it, all in ogg format. Copying files & playlists is simple, just make sure that your playlists are in DOS format (\r\n for end of line as opposed to \n), and that the paths use "\" instead of "/". If you want more informtion, check out www.misticriver.net. There are lots of product reviews at www.epinions.com that are useful as well. You can also download user manuals from iRiver's web site. I did a lot of research before I bought my H320, and if you take the time, reading the user manuals BEFORE you buy something is a great way to see if has the features you think are important. If you have any specific questions about it. let me know and I'll do my best to answer them.

I just got this player at Best Buy so far it works great. All my OGG files sound great. Its also wicked small. For the same amount of money a HD player might be better but I wanted something really small. Just need to find a good Linux music organizer to sync music to it.

Link: Samsung YP-T7Z
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...YP_T7Z_500.jpg

I ordered the iFP 799 on Sunday, UPS says it should be at my place tomorrow, from what I've read, it's pretty good. I ended up locking in on Amazon's site for $185US with free shipping. I checked prices the next day, and they bumped it up by $10, so I'm lucky I ordered when I did