On 2008-01-05, Jose Celestino <japc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Words by John Thompson [Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 10:09:26PM -0600]: >> >> Most MP3 devices are seen as ordinary USB mass storage devices by linux. >> What's the problem? > The problem is that some vendors put a lot of effort into locking the > device db to only work with a particular application and that makes > things a tad harder. For the last few years I've been using a Samsung YP-F1 player. Works a treat -- linux sees it as an ordinary USB mass storage device, so I can just copy the music files into it. Plays .ogg format, so no need for nasty proprietary codecs. The only thing I don't like is that it has to be plugged into a USB connection to charge the battery, but I've managed to live with that. -- John (john@xxxxxxxxxxx)
