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Re: [PLUG] Linux-compatible personal audio players?
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I can not express strongly enough how much I love Archos devices.I had
a Gmini 402 which my wife now uses when I upgraded to the 605 wifi 160
gig - the most amazingly player I've seen. It appears as a usb hard
drive, with easy drag and drop, and a 800x480 pixel touch screen on
the device (great for wifi opera web surfing). Cheaper than an iPod at
$360, and with the amazing docking station and remote control, you can
play any videos on your TV via hi-def connection, and it can also
record as a DVR. Downside? Not as sexy as an iPod and too heavy to jog
with, but they also offer lightweight options.
All Archos devices are 100% DRM free.
Regards,
Tim
On 6/25/08, Dan Widyono <dan@widyono.net> wrote:
> FWIW, yesterday we tried loading MP3's to the pink Sansa. Worked
> beautifully
> under Scientific Linux 5, looks like a drive when you plug it in (autodetect
> and automount under KDE via hal). You just put MP3's (cp, drag and drop,
> etc.) into any arrangement of subfolders under the MUSIC top-level
> directory.
> When you disconnect the Sansa from USB (which doubles as the battery
> charging
> port), it automatically updates its index files. Playback was fine.
> Shuffle
> feature. Remembers the song you were playing last when you turned it off.
>
> Dan W.
>
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:00:29AM -0400, Dan Widyono wrote:
>> I'll get back to you in four months. :)
>>
>> My GF is trying the Sansa Clip; there was a special package deal for
>> Mother's
>> Day which added ear buds and an arm band, all for $60 or so at Circuit
>> City.
>> And it's pink. FM tuner, 2GB capacity, voice recorder.
>>
>> Unfortunately it doesn't do OGG.
>>
>> Dan W.
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 09:39:15AM -0400, Floyd Johnson wrote:
>> > Can anyone recommend an MP3 (or other audio format) playing device that
>> > is supported by Linux (heck, if Fedora 7 sees it as a drive, that's
>> > excellent), under $65, and will work for more than three months? The
>> > Craig Electronics 128MB device I bought in January (about $25) seems to
>> > have developed a short, preventing the power from staying on.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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