# MP3 player owners, check in here **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 14, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541 "2005-03-14T23:20:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/1 "2005-03-14T23:20:43Z")
Well I finally got an MP3 player. I’d gotten tired of either lugging around my self-made CDs or, worse, never getting around to changing the one in the car’s CD player. If you have an MP3 (or whatever format) player tell me: 1. Brand & model 2. capacity 3. formats it supports 4. formats you actually use 5. number of songs you currently have loaded Here’s mine: 1. Creative Labs Zen Nomad 2. 30Gb 3. .wma, .mp3, & .wav 4. .wma 5. 2102 ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/2 "2005-03-14T23:29:30Z")
1. iPod, 3rd generation. 2. 20 GB 3. MP3, AAC (unprotected & protected), WAV, WMA (unprotected), Audible (audio books), Apple Lossless, AIFF, 4. Mostly just MP3 and AAC. 5. 4,007 (A few of those are audiobooks or stand-up comedy routines though). ---
**Author:** ![leenmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@leenmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leenmi)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/3 "2005-03-14T23:36:28Z")
1. iRiver H320 2. 20 GB 3. MP3, WMA, ASF, OGG, JPG 4. OGG (one of the main reasons I chose the iRiver. Had to have .ogg support) 5. 245 for now. Have more cds to rip. ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/4 "2005-03-14T23:58:38Z")
I’ve got the same model as the OP. Only have 910 songs loaded though. I really have to get on that. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/5 "2005-03-15T00:10:58Z")
1. Brand & model: iRivier iHP-120 2. Capacity - 20 gig 3. Supported Formats - MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, ASF and WAV 4. Formats I actually use - MP3 5. Number of songs currently loaded - 2500 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/6 "2005-03-15T00:19:39Z")
> [@continuity eror](#): > > I’ve got the same model as the OP. Only have 910 songs loaded though. I really have to get on that. I spent almost as much time ripping songs off vinyl as I did ripping my CDs! ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/7 "2005-03-15T00:26:03Z")
1. Rio Forge 2. 256MB (expandable to 1 Gig) 3. ? 4. mp3 5. none. I only use it for books. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/8 "2005-03-15T00:29:00Z")
1. iPod, 4th generation. 2. 40 GB 3. Whatever RumMunkey said. 4. MP3 5. 6193 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/9 "2005-03-15T00:32:08Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > I spent almost as much time ripping songs off vinyl as I did ripping my CDs! I should clarify: I ripped about 150 songs off LPs and 45s versus 1800 from CDs and about 150 from DVDs. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/10 "2005-03-15T00:38:13Z")
> [@Kid\_A](#): > > 1. iPod, 4th generation. > 2. 40 GB > 3. Whatever RumMunkey said. > 4. MP3 > 5. 6193 Same here, except I “only” have about 4800 songs loaded. [sub]Damn, **Kid\_A**! My friends and relatives think _I’m_ nuts because of the number of songs I have![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/11 "2005-03-15T00:41:51Z")
Heh…and a friend of mine has 40000 songs. He actually got a visit from the police since not all of those songs were legally obtained. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/12 "2005-03-15T00:57:42Z")
What about if I get one in the near future? If so, 1. My own brand (I’ll probably make my own here shortly) 2. Eh, I don’t know yet. More than likely a gig. 3. Whatever I feel like, but probably just MP3 for now. 4. MP3 5. 150 or so, probably. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/13 "2005-03-15T01:01:55Z")
> [@ZebraShaSha](#): > > 1. My own brand (I’ll probably make my own here shortly) You’ll provide pics, of course? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/14 "2005-03-15T01:46:30Z")
1. Rio Carbon 2. 5 gig 3. wma and mp3 4. wma 5. 1. I’m lazy. I only have a 1/4 of my albums ripped. ---
**Author:** ![cluelessnoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@cluelessnoob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cluelessnoob)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/15 "2005-03-15T02:14:14Z")
1. iRiver IFP-795 2. 512 MB (only) 3. WMA, MP3, OGG, probably some other useless formats 4. MP3 & WMA 5. Dunno… 40-50? I had a variety of MP3 players and was never really satisfied with any of them. This particular player has the world’s most confusing interface, but at least the battery lasts forever. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/16 "2005-03-15T02:25:00Z")
1. iPod, 3rd generation. 2. 20 GB 3. MP3, AAC (unprotected & protected), WAV, WMA (unprotected), Audible (audio books), Apple Lossless, AIFF, 4. MP3 5. 1200 ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/17 "2005-03-15T03:14:00Z")
1. Palm Tungsten w/ … 2)512mb card 3)mp3 2. mp3 3. 5-6 comedy albums, about 30 tunes, have about 100mb to spare. It’s my bus commute entertainment unit-play some tunes, read my Avantgo news, play some Monopoly. It’s enough. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/18 "2005-03-15T03:32:01Z")
1. Creative Labs Zen Nomad Xtra 2. 30Gb 3. .wma, .mp3, & .wav 4. .mp3 5. 271 ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/19 "2005-03-15T03:32:17Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > You’ll provide pics, of course? [hijak] Unless it is super cool or I am super proud, probably not. I’m not doing anything special - it’s a pretty standard thing now, building them from the ground up - but I’m going to try to do it without any sources. As a senior at my HS you are required to “make something,” so that is my choice. If you want to see an awesome one, though, go [here.](http://www.ladyada.net/make/minty/index.html) Pretend mine will be something half as nifty. Again, sorry for the hijak. [/hijak] ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541/20 "2005-03-15T06:39:34Z")
I’ve got a 20 gig Archos Multimedia Jukebox. Dunno what all formats it supports, but it does both video and mp3 audio (there’s a small screen on the front). I’ve got 3,000 or so songs on it, plus about 10 hours of TV and movies. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-player-owners-check-in-here/294541.md?page=2)