30 Apr
2007
30 Apr
'07
7:37 a.m.
Awhile back, someone on the list was asking about an MP3 player type of
thing that could also be used as a portable music recording device.
An audiophile friend of mine has an iAudio LX5 or XL5 (something like
that, I forget the last part of the model). It has a very very clean
stereo line-in connection, and can record audio as FLAC or WAV. He's
been using it to digitize his collection of vinyl albums. Tonight we
listened to the digitized version of a performance of Handel's concerti
grossi (the vinyl is over 40 years old). The digitized sound quality was
marvelous.
It works beautifully with Linux - just plug in the USB cable and his
Linux systems see the 30GB hard drive with no problems.
--
David
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
30 Apr
30 Apr
7:51 a.m.
New subject: A while back someone was looking for an audio player that works fine with Linux?
On 29.04.07,23:37, david wrote:
Awhile back, someone on the list was asking about an
MP3 player type of
thing that could also be used as a portable music recording device.
An audiophile friend of mine has an iAudio LX5 or XL5 (something like
that, I forget the last part of the model). It has a very very clean
stereo line-in connection, and can record audio as FLAC or WAV. He's
been using it to digitize his collection of vinyl albums. Tonight we
listened to the digitized version of a performance of Handel's concerti
grossi (the vinyl is over 40 years old). The digitized sound quality was
marvelous.
It works beautifully with Linux - just plug in the USB cable and his
Linux systems see the 30GB hard drive with no problems.
Think the model is X5. Linux is supported it says on the company's web
site:
http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/iaudio/x5/
- Jostein
--
Jostein Berntsen <jbernts(a)broadpark.no>
8:26 a.m.
New subject: A while back someone was looking for an audio player that works fine with Linux?
Jostein Berntsen wrote:
On 29.04.07,23:37, david wrote:
Thanks for the reminder! He has the X5L, which is the X5 with a much
larger battery. As soon as I heard it in action I wanted one!
--
David
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
Awhile back, someone on the list was asking about
an MP3 player type of
thing that could also be used as a portable music recording device.
An audiophile friend of mine has an iAudio LX5 or XL5 (something like
that, I forget the last part of the model). It has a very very clean
stereo line-in connection, and can record audio as FLAC or WAV. He's
been using it to digitize his collection of vinyl albums. Tonight we
listened to the digitized version of a performance of Handel's concerti
grossi (the vinyl is over 40 years old). The digitized sound quality was
marvelous.
It works beautifully with Linux - just plug in the USB cable and his
Linux systems see the 30GB hard drive with no problems.
Think the model is X5. Linux is supported it says on the company's web
site:
http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/iaudio/x5/ 
9:50 a.m.
New subject: A while back someone was looking for an audio player that works fine with Linux?
On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 12:26:22AM -1000, david wrote:
Jostein Berntsen wrote:
I have the A2 from Cowon and I really like it a lot. It's a nice
device, it's got great features, and it is completely platform
independant.
Oh yea, it runs some kind of Linux-based OS, for which the code is all
GPL, including their userspace applications!
--
Ross Vandegrift
ross(a)kallisti.us
"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
man in the bonds of Hell."
--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37
Think the model is X5. Linux is supported it says
on the company's web
site:
http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/iaudio/x5/
Thanks for the reminder! He has the X5L, which is the X5 with a much
larger battery. As soon as I heard it in action I wanted one! 
2:16 p.m.
New subject: A while back someone was looking for an audio player that works fine with Linux?
On Mo, 30.04.07 00:26 david <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
Jostein Berntsen wrote:
The X5L simply has two batteries and a larger drive ;)
I own a X5 and can only recommend it!
Very good sounding, high quality device with a toshiba harddisk.
Best,
Tom
On 29.04.07,23:37, david wrote:
Thanks for the reminder! He has the X5L, which is the X5 with a much
larger battery. As soon as I heard it in action I wanted one!
Awhile back, someone on the list was asking about
an MP3 player
type of thing that could also be used as a portable music
recording device.
An audiophile friend of mine has an iAudio LX5 or XL5 (something
like that, I forget the last part of the model). It has a very
very clean stereo line-in connection, and can record audio as FLAC
or WAV. He's been using it to digitize his collection of vinyl
albums. Tonight we listened to the digitized version of a
performance of Handel's concerti grossi (the vinyl is over 40
years old). The digitized sound quality was marvelous.
It works beautifully with Linux - just plug in the USB cable and
his Linux systems see the 30GB hard drive with no problems.
Think the model is X5. Linux is supported it says on the company's
web site:
http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/iaudio/x5/ 
1 May
1 May
1:53 a.m.
New subject: A while back someone was looking for an audio player that works fine with Linux?
Other recomended options are the older iRiver Players (i can't remember
wether you need Rockbox installed to make uncompressed recordings) and the
Trekstor Vibez which can do 16bit/48kHz uncompressed recordings...
All three players should give very decent results when hooked up to an
external preamp and Mic.
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:37:10 pm david wrote:
Awhile back, someone on the list was asking about an
MP3 player type o
thing that could also be used as a portable music
recording device.
An audiophile friend of mine has an iAudio LX5 or XL5 (something like
that, I forget the last part of the model). It has a very very clean
stereo line-in connection, and can record audio as FLAC or WAV. He's
been using it to digitize his collection of vinyl albums. Tonight we
listened to the digitized version of a performance of Handel's concerti
grossi (the vinyl is over 40 years old). The digitized sound quality was
marvelous.
It works beautifully with Linux - just plug in the USB cable and his
Linux systems see the 30GB hard drive with no problems.
--
panic: kernel trap (ignored)
12:21 p.m.
New subject: A while back someone was looking for an audio player that works fine with Linux?
On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 01:53:20PM +1000, danni wrote:
Other recomended options are the older iRiver Players
(i can't remember
wether you need Rockbox installed to make uncompressed recordings)
No. The H120 records 16/44/2 WAV files, as well as mp3 of various
bitrates, with the default firmware. (Not a particularly good mp3
encoder, though; I tend to set the bitrate pretty high, it doesn't
sound good at 128 kbps.)
--
Paul Winkler
http://www.slinkp.com
3:56 a.m.
New subject: A while back someone was looking for an audio player that works fine with Linux?
On 4/30/07, david <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
Awhile back, someone on the list was asking about an MP3 player type of
thing that could also be used as a portable music recording device.
An audiophile friend of mine has an iAudio LX5 or XL5 (something like
that, I forget the last part of the model). It has a very very clean
stereo line-in connection, and can record audio as FLAC or WAV. He's
been using it to digitize his collection of vinyl albums. Tonight we
listened to the digitized version of a performance of Handel's concerti
grossi (the vinyl is over 40 years old). The digitized sound quality was
marvelous.
It works beautifully with Linux - just plug in the USB cable and his
Linux systems see the 30GB hard drive with no problems.
i have the x5 (less battery, 30gb) and recommend it highly as well. how
does your friend get FLAC or WAV recording from the line in? i can only
record to mp3. maybe i need a firmware update?
my only gripes about the x5 are the limited way of browsing the collection
(only a basic file browser) and the fact that you need to use an
adapter/dongle for a line-in jack (and usb and power and line out).
i would have tried out rockbox on it, but i'm worried about the battery
usage, which the rockbox site doesn't look too optimistic about. anyone
have any good stories about using rockbox on this player?
5:51 a.m.
New subject: A while back someone was looking for an audio player that works fine with Linux?
On 5/1/07, bernie arai <bernie.arai(a)gmail.com> wrote:
i would have tried out rockbox on it, but i'm
worried about the battery
usage, which the rockbox site doesn't look too optimistic about. anyone
have any good stories about using rockbox on this player?
X5L with Rockbox here. I never took the time to see how long the
battery lasts because... it's just too long ;-)
__________________
Marc-Olivier Barre,
Markinoko.
1:11 p.m.
New subject: A while back someone was looking for an audio player that works fine with Linux?
Just FYI,
Almost all the new generation of players will support ogg. The reason is
that in the past sigmatel did not provide drivers for ogg format. However
now they do and it won't take long for the market to be saturated with the
newest chipsets. Say about 1 year max. The drivers have been shipping for
about 6 - 12 months but it takes some time for the manufacturers to catch
up. They also have considerable gains in battery life so if you can wait
for the next gen portable music players it will be worth it.
Of course batteries will hopefully be made redundant by orbo when it is
made publicly available.
Cheers.
--
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd.
On 10:51:08 am 05/01/07 "Marc-Olivier Barre" <mobarre(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 5/1/07, bernie arai <bernie.arai(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
i would have tried out rockbox on it, but
i'm worried about the
battery usage, which the rockbox site doesn't look too optimistic
about. anyone have any good stories about using rockbox on this
player?
X5L with Rockbox here. I never took the time to see how long the
battery lasts because... it's just too long ;-)
__________________
Marc-Olivier Barre,
Markinoko.
_______________________________________________
Linux-audio-user mailing list
Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org
http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
1:47 p.m.
New subject: A while back someone was looking for an audio player that works fine with Linux?
On Tuesday 01 May 2007 11:11, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
Of course batteries will hopefully be made redundant
by orbo
when it is made publicly available.
Wow, thanks for the 20 minutes of amusement there. I'd somehow
never heard of those guys before.
Rob
6:09 p.m.
New subject: A while back someone was looking for an audio player that works fine with Linux?
bernie arai wrote:
On 4/30/07, *david* <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
<mailto:gnome@hawaii.rr.com>>
wrote:
Awhile back, someone on the list was asking about an MP3 player type of
thing that could also be used as a portable music recording device.
An audiophile friend of mine has an iAudio LX5 or XL5 (something like
that, I forget the last part of the model). It has a very very clean
stereo line-in connection, and can record audio as FLAC or WAV. He's
been using it to digitize his collection of vinyl albums. Tonight we
listened to the digitized version of a performance of Handel's concerti
grossi (the vinyl is over 40 years old). The digitized sound quality was
marvelous.
It works beautifully with Linux - just plug in the USB cable and his
Linux systems see the 30GB hard drive with no problems.
i have the x5 (less battery, 30gb) and recommend it highly as well. how
does your friend get FLAC or WAV recording from the line in? i can only
record to mp3. maybe i need a firmware update?
Sorry, I checked with my friend, and it only records MP3 from line in.
Here's what my friend said to me:
"That's true. The default for line in recording is a fixed, 128K stream.
You can bump that in increments to 320K. What you heard was a 320k
recording, edited in Audacity to remove some clicks, normalize the
volume, and then exported to WAV. I then used Lame with its "--preset
standard" to convert back to MP3. Typically, the conversion averages
around 200k. LPs use a higher bit rate than CDs (typically 20-30k), not
because they have more music information on them, but because Lame tries
to render the distortions of an LP accurately."
my only gripes about the x5 are the limited way of
browsing the
collection (only a basic file browser) and the fact that you need to use
an adapter/dongle for a line-in jack (and usb and power and line out).
My friend does all his browsing using Konqueror on his computer. I saw
the dongle, seemed like it was worth it to me for the quality. I think
without the dongle, you're limited to recording using the built-in mic?
--
David
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
10:22 p.m.
New subject: A while back someone was looking for an audio player that works fine with Linux?
On Wed, 2 May 2007 06:09:02 am david wrote:
Sorry, I checked with my friend, and it only records
MP3 from line in.
You can record uncompressed if you use the Rockbox replacement firmware for
the iAudio X5....
http://www.rockbox.org/
It should also work for older IRiver and iPod players...
Danni
--
Lonesome?
Like a change?
Like a new job?
Like excitement?
Like to meet new and interesting people?
JUST SCREW-UP ONE MORE TIME!!!!!!!
2 May
2 May
3:26 a.m.
New subject: A while back someone was looking for an audio player that works fine with Linux?
danni wrote:
On Wed, 2 May 2007 06:09:02 am david wrote:
Cool - I send him the info. It'll be awhile before I can buy anything
like that.
--
David
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
Sorry, I checked with my friend, and it only
records MP3 from line in.
You can record uncompressed if you use the Rockbox replacement firmware for
the iAudio X5....
http://www.rockbox.org/
It should also work for older IRiver and iPod players...
6457
days inactive
6459
days old
linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org
13 comments
10 participants
participants (10)
-
bernie arai -
danni -
david -
Jostein Berntsen -
Marc-Olivier Barre -
Patrick Shirkey -
Paul Winkler -
Rob -
Ross Vandegrift -
Thomas Kuther