I use an old laptop running linux. Works great, and it is a very inexpensive solution.
On Wednesday 07 July 2010 13:00:28 ABRAHAM NAIM wrote: > Many thanks for this! I was looking for an inexpensive solution, and a > Nokia tablet is too expensive for me. I was hoping for a cheap mp3 player > with a USB connection, but thanks for the advice anyway. > > On 7 July 2010 19:30, Ognjen Bezanov <[email protected]> wrote: > > My nokia n810 does this. I have in fact done what you want and played > > FLAC files off my external 120GB drive using the "Canola" media player. > > You need an external source to power the disk though, because the n810 > > doesn't provide enough power to run a hard disk. > > > > On 07/07/10 16:47, ABRAHAM NAIM wrote: > > > I have a 500GB external hard drive with a lot of music in flac format. > > > I would like to find a way to play music directly from the drive > > > through a portable player. I do not own a portable player at the moment > > > and intend to buy one that can support the above requirement. > > > > > > What I don't want to do is copy files across and remove them every time > > > I want to listen to music. > > > Is there a way to play music directly from the external drive, using a > > > USB connection, on any portable player? -- Chris _______________________________________________ Flac mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac
