Subject: Re: decent mp3 players supported by open source tools?
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 03/04/2005 04:34:03
In article <20050304035518.9EF3E3BFE3B@berkshire.machshav.com>,
	"Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu> writes:
> In message <20050304033327.GP25792@sanctum.takilma.net>, Ben Collver writes:
>>On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 09:47:59PM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>>> Are there any decent mp3 players (support for ogg and flac is 
>>> desirable) that work well with NetBSD?  I haven't heard much good about 
>>> the iPod tools.
>>
>>I use audio/xmms and audio/xmms-flac, although I seldom listen to flac
>>encoded audio.
> 
> I guess I wasn't clear -- I'm looking for an iPod-class device, i.e., 
> small, portable, etc.

Ah, I misunderstood, too. I suppose you want something that attaches as
a "umass" device. A search of the mailing lists on "umass mp3" turns up
a few reports of such devices with minor problems that are perhaps fixed
by now.


Frederick