I'd like to find a portable harddrive-based player that will decode FLAC format. I have a long commute each day and I hate to have to burn CDs to listen to any of the stuff I've downloaded. I'd like to have sort of an "iPod-type experience" with my live FLAC files -- ie. just USB the player to the computer and transfer and I'm ready to run.
What are the options out there for portables that decode FLAC? I understand that the iRivers will do this with Rockbox, but are there other options? Ideally I'd like to keep price down, as I already have an iPod and my wife already looked at my crazy when I proposed the idea of another portable player the other day.
My apologies if this has been discussed before. I tried searching and didn't have much luck.
Thanks in advance!