[SATLUG] Portable mp3 players and linux

[Borries Demeler]

Bruce,

I bought a couple of SanDisc players for cheap. They also come with FM radio
which I use a lot while biking. I replaced the earbuds with some decent
Sennheiser headphones (more expensive than the player), but that investment
was well worth it. They are more comfortable and the sound is excellent,
even when riding + windnoise. I rip my daughter's CDs for her player to
MP3 and everything she owns fits on there comfortably in MP3 format.

I also often download mp3 encoded radio shows and listen to those when 
there is nothing on the radio. The USB use is really as easy as plugging it
in and copying to the device. It will come up just like another sd* drive
that you can mount to any directory and then copy to it.

-Borries
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> 
> Bruce Dubbs 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.