Osamu Aoki said: > 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?
not sure, I prefer the Diamond rio 300, Parallel-port based, rock solid reliable. default of 32MB, though its easy to add a 32MB smart media addon. I have 3 rios. Last time I bought 2 they were $60 each. it's well supported in linux. > 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? yes, at least the rio 300 has a special utility to upload/download files to the device. I think the rio 500 is similar(USB based though). > > What is the best tool chains to convert sound information from CD to MP3 > on Debian (or Patent issue prevented Debian to distribute it? I do not see > LAME.) I personally prefer mp3make, which is not part of debian, because it's easy to use, command line based, and interfaces with a few different encoders. My encoder of choice is l3enc. It is VERY slow. but the quality is outstanding. I encode my portable mp3s at 96kbps. Sometimes at 32kbps. I remember a couple years ago when I last tried LAME, l3enc at 32kbps was higher quality then LAME at 96kbps ..mp3make is available from freshmeat, hasn't been updated in 4 years looks like, but still runs great .. > I was thinking to use Samba share to get files from vender provided > windows MP3 encoder software to be legitimate :) Do they include these in > MP3 plater package? what? I have no idea what you just said. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
