[LAU] Re: OT: Linux-compatible audio player?

On 09/10/2025 00:54, Josh Lawrence wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I need some recommendations for a portable hardware audio player (mp3, 
> ogg, flac) that supports Linux, and is of reasonable quality.  A quick 
> search on Amazon pulls up everything from $18 - $200, and I'm afraid to 
> pull the trigger without some kind of recommendation.  My needs are 
> simple, I just need to put tons of practice tracks on it and plug it up 
> to my keyboard via some kind of audio jack (1/8").  Power on, select a 
> track, play, experience musical disappointment, power off.  :)
> 
> General brand recommendations are useful, pretty much any info is more 
> than welcome - my trusty mp3 player that was recommended by this list 
> many years ago has vanished, so I must replace it.
I'll admit that I have switched to just using my Android phone for 
'offline music play' and I also use it for practice (e.g. I load tracks 
to play along with bass).

The advantage is that now Android plays opus which I currently use as a 
preferred lossy format.

I use KDE plasma as a DE so with KDE connect and related Android App 
it's quite convenient to copy files to the phone (including the SD card 
which I use for music files).

There are loads of player apps, I have the Android version of VLC and 
another rather simple one plus sometimes one of those which allows you 
to slow down files.

As you mentioned practice scnario, I also have a cheap battery powered 
bass 'preamp pedal' which supports bluetooth: using the phone as file 
player eliminates two cable when practicing: Play track-list on phone 
via bluetooth, plug bass and headphones in the pedal (no mains as it's 
battery powered) and play.

This is essentially my most 'mobile' (literally) set-up for bass practic 
/ play-along of 3/4 I have. I can elaborate if interesting.

And.. hope I didn't go too off-topic on your off-topic, but maybe it's 
useful as you mentioned practice tracks :-)

Lorenzo
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