[ale] mp3 player

[Joshua Kite]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Dan Lambert <danlambert at bellsouth.net>wrote:

>  I have a Sandisk Sansa that I have used with great success for a while
> now. It is a 4GB version (older) that I have supplemented with an 8GB SD
> chip, and it works beautifully as a USB device in Linux. It has a Windows
> utility that you can use to interface with it, but I never bothered
> installing it.
>
> My wife just bought a new Sansa, and it has a larger screen and more bells
> and whistles, but it works exactly the same in Linux.
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 17:31 -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 21:42 -0400, Pete Hardie wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 21:33, Damon L. Chesser <damon at damtek.com> wrote:
> > > Any recommendations for a MP3 player that works with Linux?
> >
> > Works how?  gtkpod makes iPods work well, and rumor has it that any
> > MP3 player that just uses directories and files and acts like a USB
> > drive can be used - load with drag and drop or CLI movement of files.
> >
> > DO you have any models in mind?
>
> No, although the SanDisk Sansa clip looks good (spent some time
> searching google today).  A few years back, it was "hard" to find any
> data on these things and I think I am in the market for one now as I am
> not happy with the cheap on I purchased a few years back.  Then again,
> back then, spending $40 on a thing to listen to music/spoken word was
> hard to justify.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> I have had pretty good luck with my iPod Classic and gtkpod.  Some of the
other applications work almost as well and are prettier, but gtkpod handles
playlists better than Rhythmbox or Amarock.  I buy my music from DRM-free
sites and not through iTunes or rip my own and have had no major issues.

Josh Kite
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