I'm wanting to get a MP3 player. All that I have I have looked at you have to a windows to get them to work. What mp3 player on the market will work on our system? Any help would be great. thanks, raymond
mp3 players and ubuntu
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Most iPods will work with Ubuntu through gtkpod (although I would urge you to buy from a company that's not as anti-free-software as Apple).
The majority of non-Apple devices should also work, even if they only mention Windows support on their boxes. I believe that Microsoft's Zune does *not* work, however.
This thread also has some suggestions too.
In general, before you buy, just google the name of the player you're considering + ubuntu, and you should be able to find information on other users' experiences with it.
Hi all. Kind of a return forum/Ubuntu user here. I know the little Phillips 4Gig mp3 player works with Linux. It's treated like a USB storage device. I think as long as the file system is compatible with Linux it should work. The Phillips uses FAT, at least on this smaller one. I'm not sure if all non-Apple/Zune players use FAT for larger ones, but this one does. Hope this helps some.
I like Cowon's products (http://www.cowonamerica.com/) - they show up to the OS just as a USB mass storage device, and support the Ogg Vorbis and FLAC media formats.