[NTLUG:Discuss] MP3 players and Linux

[Chris Cox]

Steve Martindell wrote:
> I have been ripping audio CD's on my SuSE9.3. The tool I'm using creates
> ".ogg" files
> and ".wma" files.
> The .ogg files look compressed and the ".wma" files are much bigger,
> probably straight pcm
> with no coding.
> 
> I want to put the ".ogg" files onto an mp3 player.  When I look at the
> Sandisk players, they don't say anything about playing .ogg files, just
> ".wma" and ".wav".

I have a Sansa e260.  It's a nice compact player, but it does not
do ogg.  But will do mp3.  It works ok with Linux.

> But the Samsung and iRiver players do say they play the ".ogg" format.
> 
> So what's a player that works well with Linux?

Cowon... I have the Cowon A2, it does movies (they have others for
movies too... but the A2 has the 4" screen).

> 
> And do the MP3 players appear on the Linux desktop as a USB drive, or do you
> need special software to talk to these from Linux?

The Cowon A2 (you might also want to look at the D2) shows up as
a usb storage device.  It can house music or whatever else on
its 30GB drive.  No special software needed.

Works great with Amarok.

Vids here:
http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=cjcox

I'd avoid the Creative players like the plague.