[Flac] Playing flac files from external hard drive

[ABRAHAM NAIM]

Hi,

Many thanks for this! I was looking for an inexpensive solution, and a Nokia
tablet is too expensive for me. I was hoping for a cheap mp3 player with a
USB connection, but thanks for the advice anyway.

Abe


On 7 July 2010 19:30, Ognjen Bezanov <Ognjen at mailshack.com> wrote:

> My nokia n810 does this. I have in fact done what you want and played
> FLAC files off my external 120GB drive using the "Canola" media player.
> You need an external source to power the disk though, because the n810
> doesn't provide enough power to run a hard disk.
>
>
>
> On 07/07/10 16:47, ABRAHAM NAIM wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a 500GB external hard drive with a lot of music in flac format. I
> > would like to find a way to play music directly from the drive through a
> > portable player. I do not own a portable player at the moment and intend
> > to buy one that can support the above requirement.
> >
> > What I don't want to do is copy files across and remove them every time
> > I want to listen to music.
> > Is there a way to play music directly from the external drive, using a
> > USB connection, on any portable player?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Abe
> >
> >
> >
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