[Discuss] MP3 Players

[Patrick]

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:50:17 -0700
"Lloyd Budd" wrote:

> On 6/30/07, Patrick <NixNoob-sneaking at sneakemail.com> wrote:

[...]
> >
> > So... anyone know of any MP3 players that do behave like standard
> > USB storage devices?  The more the merrier.
> 
> iPods seem to. That is all I have used (I received them as gifts).

Hmm.  So an iPod doesn't really *need* iTunes to build a track
index for it?  Guess there's a bit of a delay while it makes one
from scratch, but that's interesting.

Do the newer ones hassle you about DRM, or does that all happen in
the computer, not the player?

[Please excuse a rant-ish moment but...]  I know that I own all
the CDs that I ripped to MP3 on my old Mac, using my old copy of
iTunes 1.1 [pre-DRM, pre-explosive-software-bloat] and I don't
want or need to get anyone's permission before I can play them.
That was a sentence with a lot of `I's in it, on purpose.  It's
my computer, right?

[Now back to the subject...]



Thanks Lloyd,

Patrick.