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December 2001

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Re: [Wlug] MP3 Player recommendations

by Frank Sweetser

On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 03:00:26PM -0500, Andy Stewart wrote: > > HI gang, > > Christmas is coming, and I'm thinking about asking Santa for a portable > MP3 player. Of course, it needs to work with Linux. > > Judging from the looks of the CDs which I've ripped into MP3 files, 32 MB > of memory looks like it might be a tad small for a single CD, while 64 MB > looks like it might do the trick for loading up around 2 CDs worth of > music. Is this a fair assessment? Since I use compact flash for my > digital camera, any MP3 player that uses this medium should probably get > extra consideration, I would think. > > Any thoughts or recommendations will be greatly appreciated! Personally, I'd avoid the memory based ones altogether. Unless you really want the small physical size, the cost per song can't even come close to the ones that read ISO9660 cds filled with MP3 files, or the ones with a built in multi-gig hard drive. If you do want a tiny memory based one, though, I'd reccomend also checking out the Digital Wallet - essentially a large hard drive with a builtin simple file manager that connects via USB, SmartMedia, CompactFlash, MMC, StrataFlash, IBM Microdrive, Sony Memory Stick, and Panasonic SD Memory Card. http://www.thinkgeek.com/ has a small, but very high quality, selection, including the Digital Wallet. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu, fs at suave.net | $ x 15 Full-time WPI Network Tech, Part time Linux/Perl guy | After they make styrofoam, what do they ship it in? -- Stephen Wright

Dec. 2, 2001

MP3 Player recommendations

by Andy Stewart

HI gang, Christmas is coming, and I'm thinking about asking Santa for a portable MP3 player. Of course, it needs to work with Linux. Judging from the looks of the CDs which I've ripped into MP3 files, 32 MB of memory looks like it might be a tad small for a single CD, while 64 MB looks like it might do the trick for loading up around 2 CDs worth of music. Is this a fair assessment? Since I use compact flash for my digital camera, any MP3 player that uses this medium should probably get extra consideration, I would think. Any thoughts or recommendations will be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

Dec. 2, 2001