On Sep 15, 2005, at 1:28 PM, Ross Werner wrote:
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Andrew Hunter wrote:
Instead of having to use iTunes, WMP or some other proprietary
program to load songs, I would like to be able to just drag my MP3
directories to it and play the tunes.
Wow, I thought that almost all mp3 players (apart from the iPod) just
appeared as mass storage devices, not needing any extra software to
copy mp3 files onto the device and then play. But after looking around
a bit, I can't find a single one with this ability!
Many USB mp3 players have this functionality--they just appear as a
USB storage device, you copy the mp3 files onto the disk, and the
device can play the songs. Why wouldn't any hard-drive mp3 players
have this functionality?
One word: piracy. They make is so that you can't copy songs onto and
off by default so the companies making the mp3 players can maintain
plausible deniability.
Grant
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