[NTLUG:Discuss] MP3 Players for my wife...

[richard witt]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Alvin Goats <agoats at compuserve.com> wrote:
> Ya'll,
>
> The spousal unit <duck, crack, smash>  wants an mp3 player that is
> compatable with Kubuntu and will allow her to easily move files, sync
> files and get/purchase music from the web. She fancies the Sansa View
> MP3 player.
>
> Of course, everything talks about M$, but.... we know how that goes.
> Natively, the little beast supports:
> mpeg4
> wmv
> H.264
> wma
> wav
> non-DRM AAC
> and of course, mp3

What kind of filesystem? Does it just show up as a generic media
player type device?

>
> She likes the music subscriptions of Yahoo! Music, Rhapsody To Go,
> Napster, eMusic and video services of Amazon Unboxed, MovieLink and Guba.
>
Without being familiar with those sites and only taking a stab in the
dark try out Sonbird. See how she likes that. Its still in
development.

> If the software to manipulate files and services is similar to iTunes,
> that would be great!
>
> ALTERNATELY, what mp3 players do you recommend and what interface
> software for it?
>
Well i cannot recommend anything as my experience has only been with
one device.  I have used a 60 gig video ipod, 5th gen i think. I used
it mostly with amarok, but i have also used it with exaile, banshee,
rhythm box, and songbird. Most of them recognized it right out of the
box and i just used it.