[wplug] Linux and Portable MP3 Players

[Michael E Uhl]

I am trying to go low cost on this.  Several people have suggested
multi-gigabyte jukeboxes, but I only have like ~7 gigabytes of music in
total, so a 20 gigabyte player is a little overkill.  I was thinking
about something with ~128 MB of storage (possibly expandable), just
enough for a couple hours of music.  The ability to play OGG audio would
be a plus since that's the format the music is stored in, but
re-encoding it for transfer to the portable device is a task that I see
as being easily automated.  I will give some thought to the zaurus...

-michael

On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 20:19, Robert Coutch wrote:
> I'm guessing you are trying to keep costs down but if not.....
> 
> I recommend a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 for around $325-$350.
> It's WAY more than an MP3 player and will play OGG audio files
> as well as MPG movies.
> 
> Best of all, it runs Linux!!  I can be loaded via USB, Compact Flash card or 
> Secure Digital/MMC cards.
> 
> The best description I can give is that it's a hand held Linux PC.
> 
> 
> Something to consider,
> 
> Bob
> 
> On Saturday 04 October 2003 11:05 am, Michael E Uhl wrote:
> > I'm interested in getting a portable MP3 player, and I was wondering if
> > anybody on the list had any recommendations for devices that were linux
> > compatible.  At the moment I'm considering the RCA Lyra (RD1071)
> > http://tinyurl.com/ppdb since it appears that the player simply appears
> > as a usb mass storage device.  Any advice/recommendations would be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Michael
> 
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