Hi Kerry,<br><br>Thanks for the detailed information. I have seen some mp3 players that claim to play flac, so I think that this is not a problem any longer. My disk is formatted to FAT32 because in the past I tried to access it through some backwards Windows system and had to make sure it could be read by it.<br>
The only problem remains accessing the data through a USB connection, because the disk is obviously not a flash drive and most current players only know flash as a form of external storage.<br><br>It looks increasingly like an old laptop will have to do.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br><br>Avi<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 July 2010 01:58, Kerry Hoath <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kerry@gotss.net">kerry@gotss.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Perhaps you could get a Linksys NSLU2 off ebay and a USB soundcard and
compile up a flac binary or find a pre-packaged one.<br>
<br>
You'd need hard drive in other format than ntfs though as most players
don't read ntfs easily under Linux.<br>
<br>
NSLU2 is small, has ethernet and 2 USB ports one for hard drive and one
for soundcard. You can control mpd with web client or phone or other
things. Might need to overclock NSLU2 to get replaygain to work in mpd
without running out of cpu.<br>
<br>
Personally Irun mpd on a 1st generation fit-pc and play flacks off
that. 5 Watts, integrated soundcard but $200 or so to set up.<br>
Probably looking at at least $100 for a device that can play flac,
cheap mp3 players don't have the cpu grunt or codecs to do it unless
they can run Rockbox Linux or some other flac implementation.<br>
<br>
Regards, Kerry.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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On 8/07/2010 4:00 AM, ABRAHAM NAIM wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">Hi,<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Abe<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 7 July 2010 19:30, Ognjen Bezanov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Ognjen@mailshack.com" target="_blank">Ognjen@mailshack.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">My
nokia n810 does this. I have in fact done what you want and played<br>
FLAC files off my external 120GB drive using the "Canola" media player.<br>
You need an external source to power the disk though, because the n810<br>
doesn't provide enough power to run a hard disk.<br>
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On 07/07/10 16:47, ABRAHAM NAIM wrote:<br>
> Hello,<br>
><br>
> I have a 500GB external hard drive with a lot of music in flac
format. I<br>
> would like to find a way to play music directly from the drive
through a<br>
> portable player. I do not own a portable player at the moment and
intend<br>
> to buy one that can support the above requirement.<br>
><br>
> What I don't want to do is copy files across and remove them every
time<br>
> I want to listen to music.<br>
> Is there a way to play music directly from the external drive,
using a<br>
> USB connection, on any portable player?<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
><br>
> Abe<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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