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Wife's got an ipod, but it's fried or something. I can't read it anymore
on Linux. There must be something better out there, something I can drop
files into without some special software interface. Digicam works this way.
USB would be best. I've got a card-reader for digicam cards (xd, sd,
etc.), but my card-reader doesn't have slots for "mini" cards.
-Shay
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Shay wrote:
> Wife's got an ipod, but it's fried or something. I can't read it anymore
> on Linux. There must be something better out there, something I can drop
> files into without some special software interface. Digicam works this way.
>
> USB would be best. I've got a card-reader for digicam cards (xd, sd,
> etc.), but my card-reader doesn't have slots for "mini" cards.
The vast majority of modern MP3 players that I've seen use the USB mass
storage protocol - i.e., they show up like a normal USB flash drive or
external harddrive. But they can also play music. ;-)
Build quality varies widely though; to some extent you get what you pay
for, but beyond that I can't really make any recommendations. I'm happy
with my iAUDIO M5, but only once I replaced the manufacturer's buggy
firmware with RockBox - a slightly nontrivial undertaking.
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On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:59:33 -0500, Shay wrote:
> Wife's got an ipod, but it's fried or something. I can't read it anymore
> on Linux. There must be something better out there, something I can drop
> files into without some special software interface. Digicam works this
> way.
>
> USB would be best. I've got a card-reader for digicam cards (xd, sd,
> etc.), but my card-reader doesn't have slots for "mini" cards.
>
> -Shay
iPod + Rockbox.
Or really anything supported by Rockbox + Rockbox.
Jim
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Shay wrote:
> USB would be best.
Just google for what it supports. It's not too uncommon for a player to
support (say) CBR but not VBR, or only certain bit rates.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".
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Darren New wrote:
> Just google for what it supports. It's not too uncommon for a player to
> support (say) CBR but not VBR, or only certain bit rates.
Heh, yeah. My dad had a player that supported Ogg Vorbis, but only at
certain bitrates. Meaning if the bitrate temporarily went below that,
the sound would actually drop out for a second. (WTF? WHY WOULD YOU DO
THIS?!)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Darren New <dne### [at] san rrcom> wrote:
> Just google for what it supports. It's not too uncommon for a player to
> support (say) CBR but not VBR, or only certain bit rates.
How much cheaper does an mp3 player become if it supports only certain
bitrates? Does it really justify the limitation?
(I understand that in small mp3 players mp3 decoding is done in hardware
rather than in software, but still...)
--
- Warp
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> (WTF? WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?!)
Processor speed or memory bandwidth.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".
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Warp schrieb:
> How much cheaper does an mp3 player become if it supports only certain
> bitrates? Does it really justify the limitation?
>
> (I understand that in small mp3 players mp3 decoding is done in hardware
> rather than in software, but still...)
It really keeps development costs to virtually zero if basically all you
need to do is set up some fixed clock in the controller chip, and
braindeadly go shoveling data to a hardware codec, without worrying
about flow control or any some such.
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>> (WTF? WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?!)
>
> Processor speed or memory bandwidth.
Perhaps you misunderstand. The sound cuts out if the bitrate goes TOO
LOW. It never cuts out due to high bitrate.
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> with my iAUDIO M5, but only once I replaced the manufacturer's buggy
> firmware with RockBox - a slightly nontrivial undertaking.
Ah genius - RockBox works with my old iPod 4G and it seems like it will
actually let me just copy&paste (part of) my mp3 collection to it and then
play it. I *hate* the way iTunes and iPod work by assuming all the mp3 tags
are present and correct. Going to try this out tonight...
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