Re: FreeBSD MP3 Player's
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD MP3 Player's
* Frank Staals [2005-06-11 12:46 +0200] 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 Take notice that some of iRivers products don't come with USB Mass Storage as default, and need a firmware upgrade to support this. Without this support I do not believe that FreeBSD will recognize the unit as an external harddrive. With the UMS firmware, the iRiver units will lack some features, eg. the unit will start up slower, not support MP3 encoding at high bitrates, etc. I would advise anyone to check out these things before buying an iRiver. Thing might have changed with newer versions, thought. I have a 2GB iAUDIO5 myself, of which I am very satisfied. It playes Ogg Vorbis, but it also takes some time to turn on. I have no first hand experience of any other players. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD MP3 Player's
Frank Staals wrote: 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'. And, while they're not there yet (the largest capacity iPod-Photo from Apple has what, a 60 GB HDD? But, that's halfway to oblivion), note that at the moment, msdosfs(5) has a limit of 120GB for most practical intents and purposes. It may be interesting to see who gets past the 120 GB barrier first: the hardware vendors or the operating system. But, it's already a tad of an issue with devices like USB HD enclosures, so surely the mp3-players can't be far behind. But who really needs to *carry* 120GB of music around with them? Ah, well like Gates said, 640K should be enough for anybody! :-) Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD MP3 Player's
On Sat, 2005-06-11 at 19:07 +1000, 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. I am using the Creative Zen Touch (40gb for ~$280 US), and had excellent luck with it. Using gnomad2, you can store data or mp3s on it, but it is fairly slow to load the local directories of music since it does not just generate a list of filenames, it also scans the ID3 tags and determines song length, etc. Using USB1.1 it is also quite slow to transfer songs to the Zen Touch, and I have not yet had the opportunity to try USB2.0, though the Zen Touch supports it. It does not, however, support Ogg Vorbis or other formats, only MP3, WMA, and WAV. The optional remote control (~$50 US) adds FM radio, voice recording, and recording from the radio. Sound quality is superb, and battery life is reported as 24hrs, with many users regularly seeing 20+hrs in real use. -- Christopher Black Chief Security Engineer Secure Crossing 22750 Woodward Suite 304 - Ferndale, MI 48220 Tel (800) 761-4299 | Direct (248) 658-6120 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.securecrossing.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
