[Tfug] MP3 players and Linux

Jeremy D. Rogers jdrogers at optics.arizona.edu
Wed Jul 21 15:37:58 MST 2004


This one looks nice (mp3/ogg/usb-mass-storage/20GB):
http://netmusic.com/web/mp3players/hd-800.aspx

So at least we know they exist.

On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 02:42:31PM -0700, Sam Hart wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I'm broke so I'm not asking for myself, but a friend of mine (Jacob Greig, 
> used to be on TFUG before he got a great job and moved away, so I'm sure 
> some of you know him) was asking about what MP3 players work well under 
> Linux. I didn't know, so I thought I'd ask here.
> 
> What he wants is:
> 	* MP3 Player with reasonable size storage (pref. hard drive ala
> 	iPod or that Gateway one)
> 	* Acts as a USB/Firewire mounted drive under Linux (so he can
> 	drop MP3 files in there, or anything else he may want to
> 	back up)
> 	* Plays music reasonably well (I've heard rumblings about the
> 	recent offerings from Dell that don't sound too good)
> 	* OGG support would also be a big plus.
> 
> So, anyone here know anything about it?
> 
> -- 
> Sam Hart
> University/Work addr. <hart at physics.arizona.edu>
> Personal addr. <sam at samhart.net>
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