[SATLUG] Portable mp3 players and linux

[Jonathan Hull]

Here is a list of OGG compatable players.
http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/PortablePlayers

I own an iRiver H120. It is a 20GB HDD based player. Shows up as a USB
HDD to Linux. Supports MP3, OGG, WMA natively and those plus AAC,
FLAC, and several others if you install the Rockbox firmware (which is
awesome). Charging is normal AC (not USB). Battery and HDD are easily
upgradeable (I put a high capacity battery and a 30GB drive in mine).
Best player I have ever owned.

Unfortunatly they are not being made anymore, so you might need to
look on ebay for one of those.

I've also heard good things about the Iaudio/Cowon X5 (or X5L), but I
think those have been discontinued as well.

For flash based I would recommend the Mobi-Blue ver2. Small, USB HDD
access, and plays MP3 and OGG out of the box.

As for new HDD players, I am not sure. I haven't looked around for
what is available lately.

-Jon

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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