I_NEED_HELP Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Im looking to buy a hard drive based MP3 player, as my current mp3 player is on its last legs. It seems to get through a set of AAA battries in a day and thats nwith the mp3 player switched of. I might be leaving the thing on but the screen doesnt work so i cannot tell if i am or not. Im looking for a hard drive based player with at least 20 GB for under £200 GBP What is good so far it is a toss between an ipod or a creative zen touch, but as far as i can tell the zen touch i will not be able to use in linux, or maybe someone can tell me if i will be able to transfer files in linux. I want to be able to tranfer files in linux as it will mean only one reason to but into windows and that is EVE online so once if i get that working in linux that means bye bye windows. Also one last question, will the creative zen be able to play my m4a files bought of itunes. So in summary i want suggestions on hard drive mp3 players that can transfer files with linux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 There really isn't much out there that comes close to iPod. The Zen is cool, but certainly nowhere as rad as an ipod. A Zen should work with Linux, but I'm not sure that it will play m4a files, especially not if bought from iTunes. So I say go with the iPod. There are even projects out there that will replace the default OS on the iPod and make it very Linux friendly. Although, it is pretty good with Linux out of the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 i<something> pod/shuffle/r a geek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axel_2078 Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Ipod....bah!! I have a RCA Lyra mp3 player and it works fine with Linux. Mine is only 256MB, but I only use it for working out, so that's good enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeeDubb Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 frankly, I wouldn' t know what the heck to do with a 20g mp3 player. I know how many songs fit on my sanddisk 256mb player, and I am certain I don't own 20gig's of music, and if I did, I'd never want it all with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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