The 30GB MEV30K from Toshiba that we mentioned a couple weeks ago is available and has been added to the Gigabeat website. The MEV30K is a Windows Portable Media Center so you can sync it up with your Media Center PC and transfer Movies, TV, Audio and Images to it. The MEV30K supports MP3, WAV […]

A new version of MP3Tag 2.37 is available for download. Changes to 2.37 include:

Removing of ID3v2 for FLAC files.

ALBUM ARTIST at WMA is mapped to BAND as in other tag formats.

Option ‘Delete existing cover art’ at action ‘Import cover from file’

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The Trekstor Vibez is finally available and dapreview.net has a hands on review of the device. They also reveal some interesting history on the origins of the Trekstor Vibez shown below. The Vibez supports MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC as well as WMA DRM 9/10. There is also a new website for the Vibez with […]

After a year of rumours, speculation and photos Cowon has officially announced the D2. The D2 supports MP3, WMA, Ogg and FLAC.
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The popular lossless audio editor for MAC OS X has released version 1.1.
Changes Include:
- Now includes a Normalize command to normalize the volume of audio selections
- Native WAV support for opening and saving WAV files
- Added Save Selection command
- Supports looped playback
- Numerous interface enhancements and bug fixes
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We like software that is free, open source and supports lossless audio formats and so when we came across MPlayer we knew it was worth a closer look. Started in 2000, the development for MPlayer began with small group of developers and has grown from there. The first thing that caught my eye was […]

The WavPack 4.40 beta is now available and with it comes a number of significant changes. The final version of WavPack 4.40 is expected to be available very soon!
WavPack 4.40 Beta

new hardware-friendly “high” mode compresses almost as well as old “high” mode but decodes significantly faster (works better on Rockboxed iPods)

old “high” mode has […]

Starting sometime in December live recordings from The Austin City Limits Music Festival will be available in FLAC and MP3 on there upcoming website www.aclfestdownloads.com
Currently the tracks are only available through the iTunes store so the new site will be a welcome addition. Some of this years acts included The Flaming Lips, The Shins, Son […]

There is an interesting blog that is based on the project log for one contestent in the Luminary Micro/Keil/Circuit Cellar Competition. The rules are to design an application that utilizes the Luminary Micro Stellaris EKK-LS3S811 evaluation board and demonstrates the abilities of the Microcontroller. The goal of the blogger? “I intend to use the board […]

While official specs are not clear the Maxian D900 is starting to look like one full featured device. Based on WIN CE 5.0 the audio support includes MP3, OGG, FLAC and Monkey’s Audio format APE. This is the second device in the last few months to include the popular APE lossless format. Video support will […]

A new addition has been added to the Gigabeat V line from Toshiba. The V60 is 60GB incarnation of the V30. Formats include MP3,WMA, WAV, WMA 9 Lossless and DRM WMA.
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The development of the Songbird media player continues with Developer Preview 0.2. There are some great screencasts to show you some of the new features in Songbird. New extensions also keep popping up and it looks like there will be a new home for them soon. The possibilities for Songbird are endless and so […]

TrekStor’s press release is stating that the new Vibez that we spoke about a couple of weeks ago will be available in 8GB and 10GB models next month. And the 15GB will be available sometime in January. We will have to wait and see if Trekstor delivers as promised on this new DAP.  Currently […]

From the developers of the popular MAC OS X audio utilities Max, Tag and Cog comes a new MAC OS X audio player called Play. Development began on Friday Oct. 13th so I am personally watching this one closley but if it turns out to be anything like there previous offerings it will be worth […]

The CEO from EMI has made some interesting comments regarding the state of CD’s. CEO Alain Levy was quoted as saying “The CD as it is right now is dead” and goes on to state that “You’re not going to offer your mother-in-law iTunes downloads for Christmas,” he said. “But we have to be much […]