Re: MP3 player compatible with Debian

2014-10-05 Thread Joe
On Sat, 04 Oct 2014 16:52:40 -0400 Intense Red intns...@golgotha.net wrote: I didn't catch the first part of this thread, but I agree with you. What I have to wonder about is what is meant by compatible with Debian. I think: 'able to work as a standard USB storage device', and not

Re: MP3 player compatible with Debian

2014-10-05 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sat, Oct 04, 2014 at 11:37:48PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: Thanks for all the helpful answers. I have ordered one of these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005LFSYZ2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8psc=1 I shall add a microsdcard at some point to increase the memory. That's

MP3 player compatible with Debian

2014-10-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
There was a thread about MP3 players a bit back, and one in particular found favour. But my memory, Google-foo, archive-foo have all failed me. Can any kind person remind me/recommend a suitable inexpensive MP3 player for me to take on holiday. I want to be able to load it easily frorm/with

Re: MP3 player compatible with Debian

2014-10-04 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Sat, Oct 04, 2014 at 03:19:26PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: There was a thread about MP3 players a bit back, and one in particular found favour. But my memory, Google-foo, archive-foo have all failed me. Can any kind person remind me/recommend a suitable inexpensive MP3 player for me to

Re: MP3 player compatible with Debian

2014-10-04 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On 4 Oct 2014, at 16:13, Kumar Appaiah a.ku...@alumni.iitm.ac.in wrote: The Sandisk Sansa family is quite good[1]. I personally use the Sansa Clip+, but have used the old Fuze in the past. While they work out of the box, many of them support the free alternative firmware Rockbox for

Re: MP3 player compatible with Debian

2014-10-04 Thread David Gonzalez
I'm using Sansa Clip+ and it's been great. Additionally I also changed the firmware to Rockbox (http://www.rockbox.org/) which has been a wonderful experience. On 10/04/2014 01:11 PM, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On 4 Oct 2014, at 16:13, Kumar Appaiah a.ku...@alumni.iitm.ac.in wrote: The

Re: MP3 player compatible with Debian

2014-10-04 Thread Joe
On Sat, 4 Oct 2014 15:19:26 +0100 Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: There was a thread about MP3 players a bit back, and one in particular found favour. But my memory, Google-foo, archive-foo have all failed me. Can any kind person remind me/recommend a suitable inexpensive MP3 player

Re: MP3 player compatible with Debian

2014-10-04 Thread John Holland
@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: MP3 player compatible with Debian On Sat, 4 Oct 2014 15:19:26 +0100 Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: There was a thread about MP3 players a bit back, and one in particular found favour. But my memory, Google-foo, archive-foo have all failed me. Can any

Re: MP3 player compatible with Debian

2014-10-04 Thread PaulNM
On 10/04/2014 04:15 PM, John Holland wrote: Its More Like 200$, But The fiio X3 is very nice.plays audiophile formats like FLAC as well as mp3. Fiio is a Chinese company. -- John Holland jholl...@vin-dit.org gpg public key ID 0x9551CF2D Respectfully, once you're getting above $100 USD,

Re: MP3 player compatible with Debian

2014-10-04 Thread Intense Red
Respectfully, once you're getting above $100 USD, you're better off getting an cheap android phone/tablet. I didn't catch the first part of this thread, but I agree with you. What I have to wonder about is what is meant by compatible with Debian. I use a Sansa Clip (e.g.

Re: MP3 player compatible with Debian

2014-10-04 Thread Ric Moore
On 10/04/2014 04:52 PM, Intense Red wrote: Respectfully, once you're getting above $100 USD, you're better off getting an cheap android phone/tablet. I didn't catch the first part of this thread, but I agree with you. What I have to wonder about is what is meant by compatible with Debian.

Re: MP3 player compatible with Debian

2014-10-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 04 October 2014 15:19:26 Lisi Reisz wrote: There was a thread about MP3 players a bit back, and one in particular found favour. But my memory, Google-foo, archive-foo have all failed me. Can any kind person remind me/recommend a suitable inexpensive MP3 player for me to take on