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Re: [PLUG] Linux-compatible personal audio players?
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I also have one and I highly recommend it. What I like about it is
that it's a file system that's simply mounted and hence I can rsync my
music/videos to it.
I do wish there was a way to have a password screen locking capability
and a place to put contact info, however.
Tim Allen wrote:
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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