MP3 Players

[John Myshrall]

John Moniz wrote:

> My daughter is hoping for an MP3 player for her birthday. I just 
> checked the Sony line at their store and started losing interest in 
> the Sony products when the salesman insisted I was required to use the 
> Sony PC software to load music to the player (it compresses the songs 
> even further, supposedly). I couldn't get past the point with him that 
> I was not going to use his proprietary software.
>
> From people's experiences, do any of the USB MP3 players get 
> recognized as a drive in Linux so I can do a simple MP3 file transfer? 
> Are there any players known to be trouble with Linux?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> John.
>
Some of the iRiver and Samsung units support mp3 and also the better 
open format ogg. Most of these devices can be set up to automount if not 
already by most current distros.

John

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