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(I crosspost it here from the forums because I have no answers there...) |
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Hi, |
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I'm considering buying this mp3 player: |
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http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/iaudio/u5/#specs |
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What I don't understand, is if it's Gentoo-friendly. Cowon x5 and i7 |
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units, apart from being high quality players, used to be very |
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Linux-friendly AFAIK, and they even nicely support Ogg Vorbis audio. |
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However the x5 is discontinued and the i7 looks a bit too costly for me. |
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The u5 seems nice, unfortunately it doesn't support Ogg, but apart from |
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it looks cool. However it says: |
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Supports Windows Media DRM 10, MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) |
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[...] |
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USB Data Transfer Support for MAC OS (9.X, 10.X) and Linux (v2.2 and higher) |
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>From the PDF manual it seems to be "nice", in the meaning that you can |
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just drag-and-drop mp3 files like on a USB drive, and it will play them. |
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But if it's so, why it talks about MTP and Windows DRM (brrr!) ? |
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Basically, I don't want to find myself with an Ipod-like brick where I |
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can copy files on, but won't play them. |
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Is some Gentooer using the iAudio u5? What do you advise me to look for |
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in understanding this issue? |
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Thanks, |
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m. |
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