Re: Ipod-like device most Linux friendly?

On 2007-05-09, felmon john davis <davisf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

look into the Sansa e20. it is nearly perfectly compatible and
requires no gnomad, gktipod or other software. recognized
immediately as a hard-drive. a lot of disk space plus radio
and recorder. you can open it to get at proprietary battery.

I've got an e280R and it works just fine with Linux. Like 90%
of the devices out there, it just looks like a USB mass storage
device.

except in one feature: to convert your own video to work on
it, you need to use the Windows-based software. apparently
ffmpeg doesn't do the conversions well (no color and some
distortion),

I have noticed any distortion, but you're right about the
color. I convert videos under Linux and am content enough with
b/w that I've never bothered to try fixing the color mode
support in ffmpeg.

at least the last time I researched the problem. I am hoping a
fix will come along, or later versions of either will remove
the problem.

They've also got RockBox running on non-R versions of the e200
series, but it's not quite ready for prime time yet.

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