[nmglug] linux friendly player,

[brianokeefe]

jason wrote:
> Wow Brian, great advice!
>
> So I have been gone for awhile and just now getting to the list. I had 
> very similar criteria as Andres and decided on the Cowan iAudio X5 
> 60GB. ~$250
> http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/iaudio/x5/info_features.html#specifications 
>
>
> What I like the most is the fact that NO drivers are required. It can 
> plugin to Windows, Gnu/Linux and Mac and show up as external storage 
> device. You can copy files seamlessly and organize all your files 
> directly on the device. Of course you can also store any other type of 
> file as well. The only drawback is it requires a little adapter that 
> plugs into the bottom to plugin to usb. Another great feature is the 
> recording, you have a choice of using the built in mic or line-in from 
> the above mentioned adapter. And, in closing, rockbox has made a 
> release for the X5. It greatly enhances the features. The ability to 
> change the theme is very nice, since people have varying aesthetics 
> and needs when it come to display. Its very easy to install and you 
> can also revert back to the original firmware.
>
> Jason
>
>
> BrianO'Keefe wrote:
>> Runs windoze!
>>
>> Sam Noble wrote:
>>  
>>> On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 15:15 -0600, Mark Galassi wrote:
>>>      
>>>> My son uses a Creative Zen V, 4gig of flash, which is a very nice
>>>> unit.  It works with various GNU/Linux nomad programs (including
>>>> gnomad, a full GUI just for these gadgets), and various plugins for
>>>> amarok and others.
>>>>           
>>> Yeah my wife and a coworker each have zen V's it's about the same size
>>> as my Cowon D2, it has a much smaller non-touch screen, which makes the
>>> menus a bit less fiddly but also makes video seem pretty silly due 
>>> to the super small size.
>>> Also no ogg/flac support and of course no expandable memory (anybody
>>> notice I'm pretty big on that one?) And I personally wasn't able to 
>>> come
>>> up with ffmpeg options that would create video it would play.
>>> Plus while it does work with gnomad, (though I had to build from source
>>> against marillat-ish libraries that I would not have otherwise had
>>> installed.) it is not mountable as removable storage so your limited to
>>> the (pretty good) gnomad (or amarok and probably newer-than-mine
>>> versions of rhythmbox, xmms etc.) interface. Which I find quite a bit
>>> more painful than just having udev auto pmount the thing, so that I can
>>> use nautilus or bash (hurray for rsync!) to manage it.
>>>
>>> Has anyone tried the iriver clix(2)?
>>>
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I detect a small amount of sarcasm?