Re: mp3-players on SuSE 9.*?

From: Tim Kynerd (tim_at_tram.nu)
Date: 11/13/04 

Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:11:43 +0100

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:26:04 +0100, Carl wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> Is it possible to connect an mp3-player (with or without HD) to SuSE 9.*?
>
> Are any additional programs required or can I just plug into the USB
> conncetor and copy files from my HD to the player?
>
> Is one brand of mp3-player preferred to another or can I buy any player?
>
> Are there any special compatibility issues?
>
> What about formats; can I use *.ogg on mp3-players?
>
> Carl

I bought an iRiver hard drive player specifically because I wanted to be
able to play Ogg Vorbis files.

I had previously owned an iPod. The iPod has a much nicer interface IMO,
but the Ogg Vorbis support and a couple of other things got me to convert
to the iRiver.

When I connect my iRiver to my PC, it acts just like a hard drive and I
can simply copy files as I like. (I've written some scripts because I like
to keep the iRiver synced to what's on the PC's hard drive, but that's
relatively trivial for the very reason that the iRiver behaves like any
hard drive.)

There is software to support connecting an iPod to a Linux PC, but since I
haven't really used my iPod in over a year, I don't know what the status
of that software is now. 

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