Re: OT: learn from my mistake

epc123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Nov 29, 11:53 am, Nyssa <Ny...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
lucretia borgia wrote:
On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:05:18 -0500, Susan Hartman
<su...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> opined:

A word to the wise, in case anyone is thinking of this for holiday shopping:

I bought a Philips mp3/WMV player for a gift for a friend with the
intention of filling it with some music and audiobooks from the library.
Well, this brand won't play any rights-protected work, so the library
downloads are useless. I could copy the files there, but the player
won't play them back. Instead, I'll get some books on CD from the
library and rip them to mp3 myself.

My own mp3 player is a SanDisk and has no such problem with library
downloads - it'll play them back just fine.

Just FYI!

Sue

I use a SanDisk and could not be more pleased with it - a fraction of
the price of an IPod, think I paid about $80 when the others were
going for $200 +  

I've been trying to find a good MP3 player for
quite awhile now. The biggest problem seems to
be so many of the models require you to use
a Windows (or Mac) proprietary application in
order to actually load stuff onto the device
and use the thing.

I use Linux, not Mac or Windows.

I need to find a player that will allow you
to access the device as a USB drive or use
a non-proprietary music manager (there are
a few open-source ones available for Linux).

Any suggestions? I'd prefer 4GB or more
storage, but would settle for a 2GB device
if I could be certain it would work.

All I wanna do is be able to listen to some
tunes whilst I do yard work or stitching or
whatever, and they've got to make it difficult
if you're not tied to a Windows platform.
<grump>

Nyssa, Linux user and proud of it
At River's Endhttp://nyssa.cnc.net

My Sandisk shows up on my computer as a USB drive and seems prepared
to store any files I want to put on it. I have no idea what that
means about playing music back after I've put the files over there,
though, since I run Windows.


Could you please tell me the model information?
There are tons of Sandisk MP3 players out there,
but so far, I've only found one type that
*may* let me use it directly, and it's an
earlier model.

TIA

Nyssa, who wishes the *&#! companies would put
more complete information about their products
on their websites


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