[wellylug] Mobile music player gadget

Brenda Wallace brenda at wallace.net.nz
Tue Jan 13 10:21:39 NZDT 2004


I'm using a compaq pa1 .
and putting mp3s on it using "gnopa" and "pa2usb"

it also plays wma, but i don't use that much.

On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 22:37, Jonathan Harker wrote:
> FYI
> 
> I've done a fair amount of homework on MP3 players, and wanted one that would 
> work in Linux without any problems and that could play oggs. I got the iRiver 
> IHP-120, which I can recommend over the Creative Zen, iPod and Rio Karma for 
> these reasons:
> 
> No hokey proprietary DRM software required to load music
> 
> Appears as a standard USB storage device, load your music by copying files across
> 
> Works perfectly in Linux, no software or drivers required (just a modern 
> kernel with USB EHCI support)
> 
> 20 GB storage device
> 
> FM tuner
> 
> Works for 15 hours on a Lithium battery
> 
> Plays oggs
> 
> Records up to 2 hours straight to wav or mp3 with internal microphone, mic-in 
> or line-in (great for ripping one's precious vinyl)
> 
> Product:
>    http://www.iriver.com/product/info.asp?p_name=iHP-120
> 
> Review:
>    http://gear.ign.com/articles/457/457818p2.html
> 
> I got mine from:
>    http://www.mstation.com.au/
> 
> Have fun,
> J
> 
> --
> Jonathan Harker
> http://www.jon.geek.nz/




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