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From: TheOldFellow on 28 Sep 2009 03:46
It surprisingly difficult to find out if Real Physical MP3 players
(e.g. Sony Walkpersons or Idiotpods) with USB connections will work with
Linux. Googling just gives a selection of Linux software MP3 capable
players no matter how hard I try.

In general do USB MP3 players appear as USB storage? I've never owned
nor wanted to own one, but now I have a use for one, and I need to know
before I buy.

Thanks.

R.
From: Bruce Stephens on 28 Sep 2009 04:44
TheOldFellow <theoldfellow(a)gmail.com> writes:

> It surprisingly difficult to find out if Real Physical MP3 players
> (e.g. Sony Walkpersons or Idiotpods) with USB connections will work with
> Linux. Googling just gives a selection of Linux software MP3 capable
> players no matter how hard I try.

I agree. It's annoying. For specific devices wikipedia's pretty good.
My reading suggests Sony's not likely to be a good choice. Maybe
there's something on Ubuntu's wiki somewhere? It feels like the sort of
information that ought to be easier to find.

> In general do USB MP3 players appear as USB storage?

No. Some do, some don't.

> I've never owned nor wanted to own one, but now I have a use for one,
> and I need to know before I buy.

IIUC there are four categories: mass storage devices, those that use MTP
(which are likely to be supported, though not equally well), iPODs, and
those that use other proprietary protocols.

<http://libmtp.sourceforge.net/> has information about compatibility
with a large group of players (those that support MTP).
From: Geoffrey Clements on 28 Sep 2009 04:49

"TheOldFellow" <theoldfellow(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:20090928084650.762e0512(a)rad1.langside.org.uk...
> It surprisingly difficult to find out if Real Physical MP3 players
> (e.g. Sony Walkpersons or Idiotpods) with USB connections will work with
> Linux. Googling just gives a selection of Linux software MP3 capable
> players no matter how hard I try.
>
> In general do USB MP3 players appear as USB storage? I've never owned
> nor wanted to own one, but now I have a use for one, and I need to know
> before I buy.
>

I don't have experience of a wide range of players but the Apple iPod
variety (as favoured by my children) work fine with gtkpod.

--
Geoff


From: rich on 28 Sep 2009 05:15
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:46:50 +0100, TheOldFellow wrote:

> It surprisingly difficult to find out if Real Physical MP3 players (e.g.
> Sony Walkpersons or Idiotpods) with USB connections will work with
> Linux. Googling just gives a selection of Linux software MP3 capable
> players no matter how hard I try.
>
> In general do USB MP3 players appear as USB storage? I've never owned
> nor wanted to own one, but now I have a use for one, and I need to know
> before I buy.
>
> Thanks.
>
> R.

Got a couple of cheapies and both work fine.

A Technika (from Tesco) - this even shows up with a 'Ipod' icon
and
A Sumvision that uses SD card for memory.

Both mount as usb memory stick, copy and delete files at your leisure.

system Mepis 8.

--
rich
From: Andy Cap on 28 Sep 2009 05:38
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:15:59 GMT, rich <rich(a)nohome.com> wrote:


>Got a couple of cheapies and both work fine.
>
>A Technika (from Tesco) - this even shows up with a 'Ipod' icon
>and
>A Sumvision that uses SD card for memory.
>
>Both mount as usb memory stick, copy and delete files at your leisure.
>
>system Mepis 8.

That's my experience. I've got a couple of cheapies and an MP3/4 touch-screen
player, all of which are recognised by my Centos setup. Reading that Sony might
be a problem is a concern as my wife has one about to be delivered.

Andy C
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