[OT] MP3 player for 8 GB SD support?

[Scott Ehrlich]

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007, Derek Martin wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 01:09:01PM -0500, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
>> I'd also like the storage to be solid state, and not mechanical (i.e. hard
>> drive of any kind).
>>
>> I also don't want to spend any more than $100.
>
> If you're asking for 8GB of flash for under $100, that's probably not
> going to happen (at least not today, unless maybe you happen across a
> really good sale).  If you want a player that has less than 8GB but
> supports microSD, take a look at the Sandisk Sansa e260 4GB for around
> $75.  Though, for just over $100 you can get the E280 with 8GB.
> Pricewatch has them for $109 at the moment.  If you're interested in
> installing Rockbox on it, DO NOT get the Rhapsody model (280R) (it's
> more expensive anyway).
>
> Warning: you can copy songs to it under Linux, but I wasn't able to
> upload  playlists to it from Linux.  The device lets you copy them,
> but doesn't seem to recognize that they're there.  I saw some reports
> on the Net that it works, and some that said they couldn't get it to
> work.  Might be a problem with different firmware, or possibly a
> pebkac issue. ;-)  Natively, the device uses Windows playlists which
> are stored in UTF-16, so you need some kind of script to do the
> conversion for you.  AFAICT you also need to upload them using the
> Windows software, or else like I said, the device won't recognize them.
>
> However, the device is supported by rockbox, which I installed on my
> sansa and never looked back... :)
>
> There was another company I was looking at who made an 8GB and 12GB
> flash player, but IIRC it didn't have an SD slot.  It was a weird name
> starting with a 'C' but I can't recall, and couldn't find it with a
> cursory search.  That player is fully supported under Linux.

I actually looked at this before, but something (price?) shook me away 
from it.  Well, using the Costco discount, I got one today.  I then opted 
to dd it after trashing the default songs, and realized I should have an 
image of it anyway...

Which then led to the thought of replacing FAT/DOS 5 partition with Linux?
Anyone of any efforts?  I'm googling now.

Thanks.

Scott

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