Nikolas Britton wrote: > On 8/28/06, Fabian Keil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> > is anyone feeling kind enough today to recommend a good mp3/ogg >> player? ;) >> >> AFAIK there are no good mp3/ogg players available yet, >> some are good enough though. >> >> > The basic requirement is that it should be just a standard umass >> device, >> > so I could upload dirs with music files onto it, and then simply >> tell the >> > device to play all files in a certain directory, or make some >> playlists >> > and play them sequentially. None of that "synchronization" or >> id3-database >> > crap. >> > AFAIK, the only player that has more or less usable interface (the >> way I >> > described) is the Cowon, model X5L. However, it'd be interesting to >> know >> > if there are (or will be soon) any alternatives. >> >> I know nothing about the Cowon X5L, but bought an iRiver H340 about a >> year ago. It has several flaws, but back then it was the best device >> I could find. I wouldn't be surprised if it still is. >> >> I wrote about the H340 in general at: >> http://www.fabiankeil.de/produkt-erfahrungen/iriver-h340.html >> and about using it with FreeBSD at: >> http://www.fabiankeil.de/freebsd/iriver-h340.html >> The texts are in German, you might have to run them >> through one of the website translation services. >> >> Even if you decide to get a different player, >> I strongly suggest that you get one that can boot >> Rockbox. http://www.rockbox.org/ >> > > I have a Cowon iAUDIO 5 that works well enough with FreeBSD. It shows > up on the system like a USB Flash drive would: > > umass0: COWON iAUDIO 5, rev 2.00/1.10, addr 2 > da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > da0: <COWON iAUDIO 5 0100> Removable Direct Access SCSI-4 device > da0: 40.000MB/s transfers > da0: 992MB (2032384 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 992C) > # mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usbflash0/ > # umount /mnt/usbflash0/ > # camcontrol eject da0 > Unit stopped successfully, Media ejected > > It does play ogg vorbis files but I haven't tested that feature and I > remember having to upgrade it's firmware but can't remember why. Best > of all is that it was ~$100 when I bought it and that it has voice and > 3.5" in-line jack so I can record (lectures, etc.) directly to mp3 > format and it has a build in FM radio. > > I have an Iriver H140 (40gb hard disk device), shows up as above, external mass storage device (usb), plays mp3/ogg/wav etc etc etc. £190 as they're rare now (been discontinued)
Thanks, Joe
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