Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 10:04:00 +0000 From: Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Portable MP3 player integration with FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20030214100400.GA2075@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <20030213152438.D1419-100000@cypress.adhesivemedia.com> References: <20030213231156.GD16395@devil.stderror.at> <20030213152438.D1419-100000@cypress.adhesivemedia.com>
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On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 03:30:14PM -0800, Philip Hallstrom wrote: > Hi all - > I'd like to get my wife a portable mp3 player, but it seems like > they all require Windows and special software... and I'd rather not have a > windows box just so she can copy mp3s... I noticed the urio driver, but > it's only for a couple of players (not the SONICblue Rio S35S which is the > one I like best at this point). > > So two questions: > > - What portable mp3 players are you using that work well with FreeBSD > (beyond what's in the urio man page)? I have an Archos Jukebox, which requires no special drivers, just USB support in your kernel for the umass device. Therefore, you can use whatever software works best for you WRT encoding mp3's. Just plug it in, and copy yer files to it with your OS's native commands. Easy. It's a really good device, too. FWIW, the jukebox software shipped for Windows is the best encoding/burning software I've used on that platform. > - Are any of you using mp3 players that just use a standard compactflash > card that I can just copy files onto using existing USB umass stuff? (I'm > having zero luck finding info about this). Don't know about this - the Archos is simply a small form-factor HDD with some proprietary stuff around it. -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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