Yes, I was toying with this idea too. However it means carrying around two big objects rather than just the disk and a small portable player. If I have no other alternative I will get an old laptop.
Thanks, Abe Christopher Brown wrote: > 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? >>>> > > _______________________________________________ Flac mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac
