Re: [SLUG] Re: mp3/ogg players recommended
Thanx alot for all the replies guys (and for cleaning up my email ;) ) Where would one find these Samsung Yep players on sale ?? Matt, I was looking at the iRivers T30 and T10 versions, from my searching i found that they could only be accessed using gphoto2 and its lib; they couldnt be simply accessed through Konqueror for example. Here's an example of what i have read http://www.misticriver.net/showthread.php?t=35102highlight=t30+linux -- Regards David Ward Matt Palmer wrote: On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 01:04:08AM +1000, David Ward wrote: I am looking for a new mp3/ogg player and was wondering what everyone is using. I can add to the commendation of the Samsung Yepp players -- although I'm not sure why people think they're ugly (in fact, my wife saw the 1GB version I bought myself, said "that looks cute", and suddenly I was in the market for an MP3 player again). My second purchase was an iRiver T30 1GB model. It was about $10 cheaper, but didn't come with the FM radio. Not a huge loss for me. It, too, is a good player. 1. Ogg playback without too much messing around, that is, no need to re-sample to 44100hz or change to a specific bit-rate just to get the track to play on the device. Ogg support on both is perfect. 2. Plug and play in Linux. Thus needs to comply to the USB mass storage standard. Both are just USB HDDs as far as Linux is concerned. Battery life is important 2, but meeting the first 2 points are my main concern. I get about 3-4 days out of a single AAA cell (3 hours commuting plus a few hours at work each day). Both take AAA batteries instead of some USB-charged custom monstrosity, which I think is vitally important -- it might cost a bit more if you keep buying batteries (yay for rechargables) but they're standard and, if you suddenly have a need for music a long distance from your charging unit, you only need to find a store that sells AAA batteries. - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: mp3/ogg players recommended
On 3/27/06, David Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanx alot for all the replies guys (and for cleaning up my email ;) ) Where would one find these Samsung Yep players on sale ?? Got mine from Tandy. Cheers.Steve -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: mp3/ogg players recommended
Its seems it may only be a EU and USA problem only with the T series iRivers http://www.mtp-ums.net/ So for me to confirm this in Tandy for example, i need to check if the packaging says XP only ?? If it doesn't we're in business? -- Regards David Ward Matt Palmer wrote: On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 01:04:08AM +1000, David Ward wrote: I am looking for a new mp3/ogg player and was wondering what everyone is using. I can add to the commendation of the Samsung Yepp players -- although I'm not sure why people think they're ugly (in fact, my wife saw the 1GB version I bought myself, said "that looks cute", and suddenly I was in the market for an MP3 player again). My second purchase was an iRiver T30 1GB model. It was about $10 cheaper, but didn't come with the FM radio. Not a huge loss for me. It, too, is a good player. 1. Ogg playback without too much messing around, that is, no need to re-sample to 44100hz or change to a specific bit-rate just to get the track to play on the device. Ogg support on both is perfect. 2. Plug and play in Linux. Thus needs to comply to the USB mass storage standard. Both are just USB HDDs as far as Linux is concerned. Battery life is important 2, but meeting the first 2 points are my main concern. I get about 3-4 days out of a single AAA cell (3 hours commuting plus a few hours at work each day). Both take AAA batteries instead of some USB-charged custom monstrosity, which I think is vitally important -- it might cost a bit more if you keep buying batteries (yay for rechargables) but they're standard and, if you suddenly have a need for music a long distance from your charging unit, you only need to find a store that sells AAA batteries. - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
