Re: Portable MP3/Ogg player supported by Debian?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 06:32:50PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The only reason why I haven't bought it myself yet is that they told me > they would have it in Europe by August. Otherwise I would already have > ordered it from their site. I've been holding back on ordering until they get ogg support and I get money myself... - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/GlhNJ5vLSqVpK2kRAnTbAKCWUrAeple4cs6R0UZix1cqRQtiEACfT+Jh GccrC+KzbPx2MnoefSDSoOk= =k6yZ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Portable MP3/Ogg player supported by Debian?
On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Paul Johnson wrote: > One device I'd love to see is a car stereo that supports oggs and uses a > standard hard drive for storage. Would make upgrading a snap. Hi Paul, It isn't a car stereo, but maybe the Neuros is what you want. It is a portable MP3 player with build-in FM and optional 20GB HDD. It sports an extra feature that enables it to send its output to a selectable FM frequency (thus optionally to your car radio). What's even better this company has sought and supported active participation from the open source community, resulting among others in positron (an OSS syncing tool for the neuros). They are also collaborating with Xiph.org to get full ogg support (for starters). I think they recently anounced that they had it working with the latest firmware upgrade. Reviews (found with Google of course) are quite positive too. The only reason why I haven't bought it myself yet is that they told me they would have it in Europe by August. Otherwise I would already have ordered it from their site. Some places you might want to visit: www.neurosaudio.com open.neurosaudio.com www.xiph.org/positron HTH Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Portable MP3/Ogg player supported by Debian?
On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 05:20, Carl Fink wrote: > I'm thinking about getting a portable MP3 player so I can listen to > recorded/downloaded content in my car. I've just got a portable MP3 player for my wife, is a Diva MP3 Player from from http://mydivaplayer.com/html/diva.html They range from 32mb -256mb and can also use flash cards, which actually combine with the internal memory (unlike some of them who take over, i.e if you had a 256mb version and bought another 256mb flash card, you would get 500mb, where as some will only use 256 MB) Its recognised by any distro running at least a 2.4.x kernel with usb mass storage support, so just add usb-storage to /etc/modules and plug it in, you then access it as: /dev/sda1 /usb-media vfat rw,noauto,user 0 0 Reading and writing works great and you can get an in car kit from (over here is the uk Argo for around £10) that plugs into the output of the player and the cassette recorder in the car. Hope that helps Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Portable MP3/Ogg player supported by Debian?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 10:01:25PM +1000, Paul Foote wrote: > I have one that plays mp3's off of a CD-R\CD-RW, it was $120AUD but it > was this really dodgey no name brand called ESC, my suggestion is you > get something simmilar because for me a 650mb cd gives me about 150 > songs, and should you get bored you could always pack more then one mp3 > cd :P One device I'd love to see is a car stereo that supports oggs and uses a standard hard drive for storage. Would make upgrading a snap. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/GUu4J5vLSqVpK2kRAqOOAKDim8TtQb161irvNCTCdd0EL/CXUwCgsN9U nQZi2oZ/rL0bg55PTMeD7jk= =kKrD -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Portable MP3/Ogg player supported by Debian?
On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 12:20:21AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > I'm thinking about getting a portable MP3 player so I can listen to > recorded/downloaded content in my car. I have never used one, and I'd love > to get some advice on an inexpensive one (I don't care about audio quality) I have one that plays mp3's off of a CD-R\CD-RW, it was $120AUD but it was this really dodgey no name brand called ESC, my suggestion is you get something simmilar because for me a 650mb cd gives me about 150 songs, and should you get bored you could always pack more then one mp3 cd :P -- /--\ | Paul Foote by day, | | geesus by night. | | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Web: http://geesus.homelinux.net | | Mob: +61405844369| \--/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Portable MP3/Ogg player supported by Debian?
On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Carl Fink wrote: > I'm thinking about getting a portable MP3 player so I can listen > to recorded/downloaded content in my car. I have never used > one, and I'd love to get some advice on an inexpensive one (I > don't care about audio quality) that is supported by a Debian > package. The rioutils program supports enough of the Rio 800 to upload, list, and delete mp3's. I thought it was a Debian package, but on closer inspection, it looks like I compiled it from source. I'm using rioutil-1.2a4. Here's my cheat sheet for communicating with it: sudo modprobe usbdevfs sudo mount usbdevfs sudo modprobe usb-uhci I like the Rio; I wouldn't go less than 64Mb of memory, as that gives me about an hour's worth of music to choose from -- less, and I'd be wanting to rotate the music more. If you're looking at 3+ hours of commuting, you may not be looking at "inexpensive" mp3 players any more. From what I've seen, there are either the walkman-type small players, with up to about 2 hours of memory using memory cards, and then you get into the 20Gb+ hard-drive backed players -- those may be more appropriate for you, but are mor expensive than the smaller players. The Rio's main problem is the battery; I use it for about half an hour each day (while working out), and I can only reliably get about a week out of it before needing to recharge --> approx 4-5 hours of use. It claims to have about 10 hours of use per battery charge. I have a feeling it "leaks" juice even while off. I go through the recalibration every once in a while, which seems to help a bit. HTH, -jeff -- ''We're rudderless, directionless, and in some cases, clueless,'' said Ken Johnson, an aide to Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La. http://www.usatoday.com/news/e98/e155.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Portable MP3/Ogg player supported by Debian?
On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 12:20:21AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > OGG support would be a plus, but isn't critical. see http://www.vorbis.com/faq.psp#support -- Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Portable MP3/Ogg player supported by Debian?
Monday I start a job that will, at least for the short term, involve spending three or more hours a day commuting. I suspect that NPR will begin to pall after a while. I'm thinking about getting a portable MP3 player so I can listen to recorded/downloaded content in my car. I have never used one, and I'd love to get some advice on an inexpensive one (I don't care about audio quality) that is supported by a Debian package. Searching the Packages archive finds lots of tools to *make* MP3's, but nothing about supporting portable players other than the Diamond Rio. Hmm ... on second look, the Samsung YEPP seems to be supported, if un-euphonious. OGG support would be a plus, but isn't critical. Thanks. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading http://www.jabootu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
