DSE 1GB Flash Drive - $29I bought one of these flash-ram based "mp3" players today on a whim to find out if they support the open, patent-free, Ogg Vorbis sound / music format as well as the advertised MP3 and WMA formats.
To test it, I downloaded an interview Kim Hill did this morning with a Brasilian economist and copied it to my new device. Radio NZ's "Saturday Morning" program makes itself available as downloadable *.ogg files.
The *.ogg file played just fine. No problem.
The file name as rendered by the download was rather long, so I renamed it to a much shorter name prior to even attempting to play it. This was a precaution on my part. I did not test the full file name. One minor restriction is that the player limits itself to no more than 99 files in each folder if you want to able to hear the music / sound files.
The sound quality rendered by the player is actually pretty good considering how cheap it is. I think a $29 Ogg Vorbis player is a cool thing.
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