Mp3 Player

[adammike]

I have a sony 30g portable player its a good machine

but i got it when my pc ran windows

now i have ubuntu6 so I cant really change the contents.

So anybody know a player that I can buy to use with ubuntu or linux.

I want a 30g or more with a good battery life,

cowans I audio had a player the 5lx or something like that

it showed up as a hard-disc so you can drag and drop no

software needed,but i dont see it in the shops anymore

any ideas please

mike

[Richard-BKK]

Hello Mike,

I presume you run Ubuntu 6 on the same computer you previous had Windows installed, to get the Sony NWD-B100 (correct model?) mounted as external hard drive you need to install a package called "autofs"

This package is available from the software repository, just open Synaptic Package Manager (System->Administration->Synaptic) and look for "autofs" (The list of available software is in alphabetical order so it would not be difficult to find. (Depending on what time you did the last "Reload" it would be helpful if you first reload all available packages)

Also Ubuntu release 7.04 has better support for USB devices and the different chipsets, but even release 7.04 doesn't install "autofs" by default. You can upgrade to Ubuntu 7.4 online, but that involves some huge downloads, if you live in Bangkok I can give you a original Ubuntu 7.04 CD (free).

[phil2]

It's nice to know there are other people using Ubuntu here in Thailand.

Can I ask if you know of a DVIX plugin for Linux ( Ubuntu )?

This is the only reason I'm still having windows on a small partition.

[jackk]

Have a look here:

How do I install the official DivX codec in Ubuntu?

There are tons of info in the Ubuntu Forum Community.

[adammike]

Sorry but I live in Amsterdam

A mate put the ubuntu on after I had the blue

screen of death.

It works fine but of course the sony will only

work with the software so I will keep it as it is.

So I want to buy a audio player that will work

on a linux only machine an

I have on a external HD 100gb of music

over 20,000 tracks

I do not need it all on a player but 30GB

is the minimum.

cheers mike