In my admittedly-limited experience with the iPod, I was under the impression that you actually had to use something like gtkpod to put music on, due to the way the iPod stores song information and file locations. Having it just work with USB mass storage is not really enough for full usability (although it suffices to get the songs off, I think).
I've been very happy with my ZVUE - uses SD cards for storage, powered by standard AAs, very active development team behind it. It also plays video, and is reasonably cheap. I'm certain there are other good choices, of course. -DMZ On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 22:06 -0500, Peter Teuben wrote: > On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, Daniel Speyer wrote: > > > Hmm, sounds like this probably isn't the player I want then (I'm not > > crazy about flashing its bios). Anybody know a portable MP3 and Ogg > > player that works properly out of the box and is Linux-compatible? > > i thought the iPod was actually working under linux. plug it in,and > it's a scsi drive. Like most MP3 players actually. > > Another item i'd like to suggest i feel ambivilent about is the power > source. iPod's (and some other players) use rechargeable but proprietary > batteries. That sucks in my mind, as Murhpy's law will dictate that you'll > run out during a long flight or trip.... and then plugging in a standard > (or even rechargeable) battery is just so easy. That was one of the strong > points of that iRiver thing i have. It plays 20 hours or so on a single > battery. That's a good deal. It also does FM radio, and records via > line-in as well as a builtin mic. > > - peter > > -- David Zakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
