Re: [OCLUG-Tech] looking for recommendations for portable MP3/FLAC music player

2018-02-05 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2018-02-05 19:04, ProfJCNash wrote: > I got one of these a year ago in US for a bit over $30 US and it works > extremely well. Tiny, however, and easy to lose it in the pocket of a > backpack. My kids each have one of these Sandisk devices. They're nice and tiny, work well.

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] looking for recommendations for portable MP3/FLAC music player

2018-02-05 Thread Michael P. Soulier
Ditch itunes, use ifuse. https://github.com/libimobiledevice/ifuse Unfortunately I haven't used it. Has anyone here? Mike On 2018-02-05 6:51 PM, Roland Renaud wrote: > I'll concur on the Sandisk. > > In 2016 I got SanDisk Clip Sport 8GB MP3 Player from shopRBC for $50. > I just checked and

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] looking for recommendations for portable MP3/FLAC music player

2018-02-05 Thread ProfJCNash
I got one of these a year ago in US for a bit over $30 US and it works extremely well. Tiny, however, and easy to lose it in the pocket of a backpack. JN On 2018-02-05 06:51 PM, Roland Renaud wrote: > I'll concur on the Sandisk. > > In 2016 I got SanDisk Clip Sport 8GB MP3 Player from shopRBC

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] looking for recommendations for portable MP3/FLAC music player

2018-02-05 Thread Roland Renaud
I'll concur on the Sandisk. In 2016 I got SanDisk Clip Sport 8GB MP3 Player from shopRBC for $50. I just checked and it's still available for that price. Not as good as a genuine iPod (too much hassle running itunes in Windows VM) but has been working fine. It has 8GB but also a slot allowing

[OCLUG-Tech] looking for recommendations for portable MP3/FLAC music player

2018-02-05 Thread Robert P. J. Day
currently ripping my girifriend's entire CD collection to FLAC format and, naturally, she wants to be able to take some significant subset of that with her on her travels. i'm ripping to FLAC as i want to, at some point, set up an in-home (linux-based) music server and, from FLAC, i can always