Need help finding a portable media player

[Lord Szechenyi]

Budget: i'd like to spend the least possible, but maximum 250$

Necessary Requirements:

- Support for .mp3 .flac (or .wav) .mod .s3m .xm .it file formats

- 4+ Hours battery life

- 16GB of storage

Optional but highly wanted features:

- Support for .spc .vgm .nsf files, good midi sound

- 12+ hours battery life

- 120GB of storage and/or upgradable storage (example: sd card)

[jaslion]

A random phone.

[Lord Szechenyi]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

A random phone.

since when can a phone playback .mod .s3m .xm .it .spc .vgm and .nsf files?

well mine sure can't

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, Lord Szechenyi said:

since when can a phone playback .mod .s3m .xm .it .spc .vgm and .nsf files?

well mine sure can't

Get a different music player app? Xmp Mod Player seems to support it all.

[Lord Szechenyi]

Just now, jaslion said:

Get a different music player app?

i don't want "apps" i want one media player that can do all the specified above.

a phone is a MULTImedia device.

ii only want audio on mine

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, Lord Szechenyi said:

i don't want "apps" i want one media player that can do all the specified above.

a phone is a MULTImedia device.

ii only want audio on mine

But that is just the thing all those fancy audio players are multimediaplayers too. Like the phone option is the cheapest and well only option in your budget. If you don't want a phone get an ipod and an app on that for it.

[TehDwonz]

13 minutes ago, Lord Szechenyi said:

Budget: i'd like to spend the least possible, but maximum 250$

Necessary Requirements:

- Support for .mp3 .flac (or .wav) .mod .s3m .xm .it file formats

- 4+ Hours battery life

- 16GB of storage

Optional but highly wanted features:

- Support for .spc .vgm .nsf files, good midi sound

- 12+ hours battery life

- 120GB of storage and/or upgradable storage (example: sd card)

Check out the devices Cowon has to offer - had several in the past and the audio is exceptional.

 

http://www.cowonglobal.com/product_wide/product_mp3_main.php
 

[Lord Szechenyi]

3 minutes ago, jaslion said:

But that is just the thing all those fancy audio players are multimediaplayers too. Like the phone option is the cheapest and well only option in your budget. If you don't want a phone get an ipod and an app on that for it.

very odd, because the only "multimediaplayer" i have can play .mp3 and .wav

and that's it, it cannot do ANYTHING else.

no apps, no internet, nothing.

so how is it MULTImedia?

[Lord Szechenyi]

3 minutes ago, TehDwonz said:

Check out the devices Cowon has to offer - had several in the past and the audio is exceptional.

 

http://www.cowonglobal.com/product_wide/product_mp3_main.php
 

no offense, but i don't want to look at each of their product's specifications, and none of the products seems to meet my requirements

[jaslion]

Just now, Lord Szechenyi said:

very odd, because the only "multimediaplayer" i have can play .mp3 and .wav

and that's it, it cannot do ANYTHING else.

no apps, no internet, nothing.

Yeah that's not what I'm talking about. There are no mp3 players in your budget that can play all the files you want so basically you have the option of getting a random android phone or an ipod touch and using and app that understands the files other than that there is nothing.

 

Why is it such a problem even? You can use a phone for just music. Don't connect it to the internet and boom it's just a mediaplayer device basically. You also don't need a sim if that is what worries you.

[TehDwonz]

Just now, Lord Szechenyi said:

no offense, but i don't want to look at each of their product's specifications, and none of the products seems to meet my requirements

Go find one yourself then. If you're too lazy to check some product specs you're on your own.

[Lord Szechenyi]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

Yeah that's not what I'm talking about. There are no mp3 players in your budget that can play all the files you want so basically you have the option of getting a random android phone or an ipod touch and using and app that understands the files other than that there is nothing.

 

Why is it such a problem even? You can use a phone for just music. Don't connect it to the internet and boom it's just a mediaplayer device basically. You also don't need a sim if that is what worries you.

the UI is unfriendly

and last time i checked there were no apps that could playback mods

[jaslion]

Just now, Lord Szechenyi said:

the UI is unfriendly

and last time i checked there were no apps that could playback mods

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.helllabs.android.xmp&hl=en_US

 

Literally in the name. How is the ui unfriendly? It's just open an app and that is all you have to do.

[Lord Szechenyi]

3 minutes ago, TehDwonz said:

Go find one yourself then. If you're too lazy to check some product specs you're on your own.

it took me a few minutes, and i checked all of them

NONE support playback of mod it or xm

[Lord Szechenyi]

3 minutes ago, jaslion said:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.helllabs.android.xmp&hl=en_US

 

Literally in the name. How is the ui unfriendly? It's just open an app and that is all you have to do.

well i prefer the ui of mine

 

ok then, it can do playback, that's great

but does it work with the screen turned off?

[jaslion]

5 minutes ago, Lord Szechenyi said:

well i prefer the ui of mine

 

ok then, it can do playback, that's great

but does it work with the screen turned off?

I suppose so it's just a music player would be weird if it wouldn't work that way. If you have a phone you can always try it out.

The app is basically that but you have a bigger screen. Just a list of music. With categories and a search function.

[Lord Szechenyi]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

I suppose so it's just a music player would be weird if it wouldn't work that way. If you have a phone you can always try it out.

The app is basically that but you have a bigger screen. Just a list of music. With categories and a search function.

well i don't have android or ios, so i can't try it out.

last time i tried VLC but it cut out the music if i turned the screen off

[jaslion]

Just now, Lord Szechenyi said:

well i don't have android or ios, so i can't try it out.

last time i tried VLC but it cut out the music if i turned the screen off

Never had an issue with that but how long ago was this?

[Lord Szechenyi]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

Never had an issue with that but how long ago was this?

3/4 months ago

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, Lord Szechenyi said:

3/4 months ago

Odd never had any issue with it. I tried the mod player app and it works just like my regular music player app (pulsar) just is more function over form as this is made by some audiophiles I think :P. Any reason for all those needed filetypes? Can't just convert them?

[Lord Szechenyi]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

Odd never had any issue with it. I tried the mod player app and it works just like my regular music player app (pulsar) just is more function over form as this is made by some audiophiles I think :P. Any reason for all those needed filetypes? Can't just convert them?

file size of a 4 minute song

Flac: around 40mb

Mp3: around 4mb

Mod (and similar): around 400kb or as low as 40kb

and i don't want mp3 since it's compressed, and flac+wav don't allow metadata, whereas mods and all the other formats do

 

[Kilrah]

1 hour ago, Lord Szechenyi said:

ii only want audio on mine

Most "dedicated" music players are just android devices without the phone part nowadays.

Pretty certain you won't find any device that will play mods that isn't one and doing it through an app. 

 

So yeah, any cheapo android phone.

[jaslion]

1 hour ago, Lord Szechenyi said:

file size of a 4 minute song

Flac: around 40mb

Mp3: around 4mb

Mod (and similar): around 400kb or as low as 40kb

and i don't want mp3 since it's compressed, and flac+wav don't allow metadata, whereas mods and all the other formats do

 

Fair enough. For your case any big battery random android phone will do.

[krakkpott]

I'd suggest find a used LG phone with Quad DAC.

[LogicalDrm]

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