[Discuss] MP3 Players

[Lloyd Budd]

On 6/30/07, Patrick <NixNoob-sneaking at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> I was going to ask what MP3 player Jeff's using, in the USB Drive
> thread, then figured I should ask a broader question.
>
> When I asked at the electronics dept of one or two stores, they
> said most MP3 players *don't* behave like thumb-drives.  So you
> usually need special software that can speak MP3-playerese
> [probably a different dialect for every brand] just to transfer
> a few files.  That's unfortunate, and even if some do come with
> software for Linux, I'd rather not mess around with it when a
> simple `cp -r /path/to/MP3s /path/to/MP3/player' is so much
> easier.
>
> 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).

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