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

[terry]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:24 PM, richard witt <imageek72 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?


I think all the Sansa's use the FAT32 filesystem.

Sansa View is probably a very good choice if you want videos and stuff like
that.  I also have a Sansa e260 but found that I don't watch videos on it so
I just use the Snasa Express and leave the e260 at home, I only listen to
music.


>
> >
> > 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.
>
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