[linux-audio-user] Linux-friendly portable music player?

[Ernie Dulanowsky]

Hello:
Players from MPIO seem to be Linux-friendly.  Some, like my FY 600 and the
HD 400 also support Ogg format. Both of these models appear as USB drives
when connected to your computer.

cheers,
ernst

On 9/25/06, Juhana Sadeharju <kouhia at nic.funet.fi> wrote:
>
> Hello. What would be an economical and Linux-friendly portable
> music player?
>
> Best would be if the player would be seen as a USB disk.
> That is:  mount /mnt/player ; cp songs/* /mnt/player/ ; umount /mnt/player
> Such a player would work in Linux naturally. Also, in Windows, that way
> I could download music from the web without installing a downloading
> software/driver. And yes, I cannot install anything because I don't own
> the Windows computers here.
>
> Does, e.g., Creative, Philips, ipod players require a downloading
> software to be installed, and therefore they work only in personal
> Windows? I have heard that one may copy songs to their players via
> USB disk but the players refuses to play the songs!
>
> What about ogg format? All players sold by local shops seem to support
> only mp3 and wma.
>
> Juhana
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