Thank you all for your help through the MP3 maze. I have finally made
some decisions,
at least for now, based on your help. Since my priorities for a primary
download service
are availability of massive amounts of music - mainstream and otherwise
that can be
listened to streaming and downloading (damn it to Windows in VMWARE if
necessary)
for a set monthly fee - no additional per song download fee and no
limits on downloading,
I am going with Napster. So, far, it seems quite good for my purposes.
For the MP3 player, I really like (although have not yet purchased) the
COWON D2 2.5" Black
8GB MP4 Player D2-08BL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16855228013&ATT=55-228-013&CMP=OTC-C173T&nm_mc=OTC-C173T&cm_mmc=OTC-C173T-_-MP3+/+MP4+Players-_-COWON+America-_-55228013
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3584419&sku=E145-2030%20B&CMP=EMC-TIGEREMAIL&SRCCODE=WEM1551H
It has great quality sound, supports FLAC and OGG formats (along with
MP3 of course) and supports Linux
for everything but DRM. It will work with Window$ for DRM stuff. It also
has decent video capability and
can even display text files and accepts digital camera type memory cards.
Gary Whitten
Ed Kohlwey wrote:
DRM stands for Digital Rights Management. It's basically a blanket
term for cryptographic and other schemes designed to prevent people
from sharing music freely. It also typically forces you to use a
particular media player and software which are the only things that
can manage your music (ie iTunes and the iPod), both of which of
course are never released in native Linux versions.
For my DRM-less general music I prefer Amazon. Unfortunately, its only
a single download service for Linux, but if you dual boot or have the
patience to wait a few months for the promised Linux client, you can
also buy by the album (a volume discount is given if you get the whole
album).
On 1/7/08, *Gary Whitten* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Thank you for all your info, guys.
I have some more questions:
- what is DRM?
- does eMusic just have indie music or is there also some way
to get music from main labels?
Thanks,
Gary
Gary Whitten wrote:
> I just got an MP3 player (Sandisk) and want to start subscribing
> to an MP3 download service.
>
> Does anyone have recommendations for a service that
> - is Linux friendly for downloading to the MP3 player
> - has a only a flat monthly fee and does NOT charge per song
>
> What do people think of Kazaa Gold and Napster?
>
> Thanks,
> Gary Whitten
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
