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SpacemanSpiff:
I've been thinking about buying a harddisk based MP3 player for quite some time and I tried the Iriver iHP-120 and the Creative Zen some time ago, both didn't do the job quite right.
But now, several interesting products have emerged. I was going to settle for the iAudio X5L but then Apple released the iPod Video so now I'm not sure anymore.
So I'm asking for your help. Recommend me what you think is the best player. If you have any information about the other players, be it negative or positive, please share. What I don't want is unnecessary fanboy talk, I need objective arguments.

Here are the things I'm looking for in that player:
[*]20gb or 30gb capacity (more is better, of course)
[*]Very good sound quality (I have Bang&Olufsen headphones so I do notice a difference)
[*]Should ideally work without any additional software and if it needs additional software, it should be easy to use and DRM-free
[*]Long battery life (12 hours or longer)
[*]Size of the iPod or smaller
[*]Ability to browse the files (as opposed to browsing an ID3 database)
[*]Ability to handle or import my own m3u playlists
[*]Ability to create playlists on the go
[*]Should also work as a normal USB-harddisk if necessary
[*]OGG support
[*]Line-In is a huge plus
[*]Video playback is nice, though that necessary
[*]350€ (roughly) or cheaper[/list:u]

I think that's it. I'm able to live without some of these features, but the m3u-thing, the playlist-on-the-go-thing, the USB-harddisk and the battery life are a must.

The ones I've been currently looking at were the iPod video (30gb), the iRiver H10 (20gb), the Samsung YH-J 70 (20gb) (I desperately need more information about that one, if you have reviews or something like that, link me up, please) and the Cowon iAudio X5L (30gb).

By the way, OS-wise, I'm using Linux and Windows XP. Ideally, the player should work with both.

est:
*looks into the can you've just opened*

ooo, worms!

this thread will be the most helpful if people give detailed explanations of why they are recommending what they are recommending.  if you don't give an explanation then your post is basically worthless.

lordjim:
I'm curious on this one as well.  With the request of ogg support I think that may limit you to the Rio Karma and they aren't made anymore, hell rios aren't made anymore period.

Anyone know of anyother Portable music player with ogg support?

<edited b/c I can't spell>

SpacemanSpiff:
Up there in my list are already two. The Samsung and Cowon one both support it.

DustyLens:
iPodlinux might have all the features you requested, and might work for you seeing that you allready have linux on a computer. But, of course, it's a lot of work.

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