From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 11 10:46:47 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBF6A16A422 for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:46:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: from smtp2.versatel.nl (smtp2.versatel.nl [62.58.50.89]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFB1A43D4C for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:46:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 20556 invoked by uid 10); 11 Jun 2005 10:46:44 -0000 Received: (vexira-qq 20550-FA6760E5 invoked from network) 11 Jun 2005 12:46:44 +0200 Received: from unknown (HELO [192.168.2.5]) ([62.59.173.176]) (envelope-sender ) by smtp2.versatel.nl (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for < >; 11 Jun 2005 10:46:44 -0000 Message-ID: <42AAC117.7060806@gmx.net> Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 12:46:47 +0200 From: Frank Staals User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050521) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: anon References: <42AAA9BA.2030506@netspace.net.au> In-Reply-To: <42AAA9BA.2030506@netspace.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.16; VAE: 6.30.0.2; VDF: 6.30.0.11; host: postbode02.zonnet.nl) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD && MP3 Player's X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:46:47 -0000 anon wrote: > Hi everyone, > I am looking to get an mp3 player that I can use > with my FreeBSD laptop. If anyone out there uses a mp3 player with > thier BSD system, *ptrs and suggestions would be great :). Basically I > am look for something with 5G or more capacity and 12 hr + batery > time, FM radio capability would also be good. I have both firewire and > USB on the laptop so connection is not a problem, I am also tracking > STABLE. > > Cheers, > > Hubert Farnswoth. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Almost all mp3-players will work fine with *BSD systems, the basic filesystem used on them is dos, so you can simply mount them using 'mount -t msdos'. I can't realy say what mp3 player is best, but check out the Iriver products, most of their mp3 players also support ogg vorbis, you are probably looking for an player with HD so check for the H300 series, www.iriver.com for more info -- -Frank Staals