Levi Smith wrote:
There's also aftermarket support for some of the players. I've got an
ipod
mini that theoretically requires itunes. Well, there are several apps in
Linux that handle Apple's database fine (like Amarok), but better yet is
software like Rockbox which adds a second OS to the ipod(and other
players)
and allow simple mass storage drag and drop, and allows playing Ogg files
and most anything really.
Levi
On 7/8/06, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have decided I would like to get a new portable MP3 player. I have a
Zen Nomad but I have never really been very happy with it. The main
problem is that it is not a standard USB mass storage device. I got some
program for Linux to copy MP3's onto it nearly three years ago and it
was such a hassle that I have never put any music onto it since. It is
also somewhat cheaply built (faceplate always comes off), it is huge by
todays standards, and it came with crap headphones.
I want a nice small MP3 player that looks like mass storage when I plug
it in so I can just use the shell to manage my music on it. I have heard
that many of them still require special software. Do the Apple players
(ipod, nano, shuffle) require iTunes can music be loaded like normal USB
mass storage? What about the newer Zen models? I don't really care about
the brand as long as it is small (flash based), is USB mass storage, and
costs less than $200. Any suggestions?
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I've been looking for one of these MP3 player units that take an SD card
or a CF card for storage and that way you have the ability to take an
entire music collection on a series of cards tucked away in very little
space. A quick search turns up these, which I didn't find about a year
or more ago:
http://www.wildelectronics.com.au/MP3_Player__Uses_SD_Removable_Memory-p-16264.html
http://lexar.com/mp3/index.html
http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=213&subcategory=215&product=10794&nav=1
http://www.rcaaudiovideo.com/Cultures/en-US/CompareSelect.html?CategoryID=Lyra+Flash+Players&Item=RD1071
That RCA Lyra looks very good and it even has an (expensive)
audio/visual variant that takes an external card:
http://www.rcaaudiovideo.com/Cultures/en-US/ModelDetail.html?PCI=Lyra+Portable+Multimedia&ProductID=X3000&PrevPage=ModelList
This page has a unit that supports "flac" (which is the one feature that
doesn't seem to have caught on yet) but not SD cards and the "Digital
Cowboy" unit is just plain funny (and I want one! Heh, another reason to
start your own Blog with a "wish list" in case someone wants to get you
something ;^):
http://www.techfresh.net/archives/category/mp3/
Almost all of the units use a single AAA battery, I didn't see any units
that recharged right off the USB port like Tracy got though...
What a difference a year makes...
BTW, does anyone have a unit like these that take the SD or CF expansion
cards and how do you like the unit?
rbw
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