[SATLUG] Portable mp3 players and linux

[Peter Holland]

I had bought a MuVo by Creative Labs
When I plug it in through USB In either Linux (i have used PCLinux OS & Open
Suse 10.2) or the evil nameless imperial OS The Box sees it as a USB drive
and I just drag and drop my music till it is full
it plays just fine most my stuff I tried in it was either mp3 wma
my muvo was not too expensive I think I paid less then $40
it is hard to find now it don't play movies and stuff so kids don't buy it
dumb kids
the one I got has an FM radio in it not bad except deep inside a few
building and on elevators at UTSA
hope this helps Peter Holland

On 9/1/07, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm interested in finding a relatively inexpensive portable mp3 player
> for jogging and walking.  I really don't know much about the hardware
> players.  I know that the .mp3 format is a compressed audio format
> (actually misnamed because the format is MPEG 1 Level 3, not MPEG 3).
>
> I see that I can create .mp3 files from .wav files with LAME and can
> download free (or not) .mp3 files from the internet.  I can rip a CD I
> own to .wav files with cdparanoia.  All this means that I really don't
> have a problem getting the content.
>
> The functionality of a mp3 player would seem to me to be fairly simple.
> I was looking at the store today and saw several players.  My question
> is how can I manage the .mp3 files on the portable player with linux?
> Is is as simple as mounting via usb or firewire (IEEE 1394) or is there
> something else?
>
> I'm not really interested in an ipod because it seems to be too
> expensive, but there do seem to be some players in the $40 range
> available.  Any recommendations would be appreciated.
>
>   -- Bruce
>
>
>
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