On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 01:43, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > I am thinking to buy a 64MN-128MB class small portable MP3 player and > going to use it as a language leaning (tape) player. What is the best > portable MP3 player which can be used with a Debian system with USB? > > I was checking Fry's (local gadget store) and their box said that some > of the MP3 players act as hard disks to the host computer system. Are > all these USB capable MP3 players usable on Debian (Linux kernel 2.4) > like this? Is the existence of rio package means some of them need > special command?
I know its outside your 64-128MB criteria, but I have been absolutely thrilled with the performance of my Archos Jukebox. I have an old one, it only has a 6GB hard drive, but I still have over 1100 songs plus other data...The Archos, unlike the Nomad, uses a standard VFAT filesystem, and standard USB, so it can be mounted as a hard drive, with files manipulated as such. In addition, there is an opensource firmware project that is extremely active and responsive called RockBox! (http://rockbox.haxx.se). It was, in fact, just announced that Archos is going to start including RockBox! with their additional software CD. I would definitely recommend the Archos. (I would avoid the one with the FM radio, since development of that particular firmware has just begun in the past week.) -- --Brad ============================================================================ Bradley M. Alexander | Debian Developer, Security Engineer | storm [at] tux.org Debian/GNU Linux Developer | storm [at] debian.org ============================================================================ Key fingerprints: DSA 0x54434E65: 37F6 BCA6 621D 920C E02E E3C8 73B2 C019 5443 4E65 RSA 0xC3BCBA91: 3F 0E 26 C1 90 14 AD 0A C8 9C F0 93 75 A0 01 34 ============================================================================ I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
