From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FO0d7-0003P9-Ab for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:56:09 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2RMtKPM013474; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:55:20 GMT Received: from ender.volumehost.net (adsl-69-154-123-202.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.202]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2RMpBwN014347 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:51:11 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CBC710B7D for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:51:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ender.volumehost.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ender.volumehost.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 24114-07-2 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:51:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ip70-178-212-144.ks.ks.cox.net (ip70-178-212-144.ks.ks.cox.net [70.178.212.144]) (using SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED23A10B30 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:51:09 +0000 (UTC) From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USB sync/async mount Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:51:00 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <4Rupf-73F-35@gated-at.bofh.it> <200603271525.09912.bss03@volumehost.net> <44287F36.4060008@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44287F36.4060008@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart5607099.UcVH7ohmSi"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200603271651.08916.bss03@volumehost.net> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at volumehost.net X-Archives-Salt: cd11b81a-d086-49bd-a702-58e6d54f0fe1 X-Archives-Hash: 6f8ec7fb04f00b0b428063de5b9d667e --nextPart5607099.UcVH7ohmSi Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 27 March 2006 18:11, "b.n." wrote=20 about 'Re: [gentoo-user] USB sync/async mount': > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > Check out the flash players from iRiver. They play ogg, mp3, and wav, > > and with the proper firmware are accessible as a USB device. > > Thanks! I have a mp3/wmv only flash player I received as a gift but I'd > like to upgrade it with a 1-gb thing ogg-capable, if possible. > I'll look at iRiver. I'm very happy with my iRiver 799-FP (1G). > > Also, files can be deleted and loaded from linux even with the stock > > firmware. > > I'm a bit confused. > Is the flash player recognized as a simple usb flash drive or what? The stock firmware does not show up as a USB block device under either=20 Windows or Linux. There is an official USB firmware that you can download= =20 and install that makes it act like a standard USB block device under both=20 operating systems. This has the side effect of rendering the=20 (Windows-only) software they provide for managing the device unusable, but= =20 you don't really need it anymore since it's just DnD to load and unload=20 the thing. They don't really publicize the USB firmware; in fact, I had to download it= =20 from a non-US site. I think it might has something to do with the=20 draconian US copyright laws or pressure from the RIAA, but I don't really=20 know. Personally, I ended up installing a modified firmware that extends the=20 range of OGG playback and voice recording bitrates. It's a modified=20 version of the USB firmware, so I got access to the device as a USB block=20 device for free. Going back to the stock firmware -- there's a linux utility that provides=20 command-line features roughly equivalent to the (Windows-only) software=20 they provide to manipulate the device. So, you'll be able to load/delete=20 files from Linux and Windows no matter what firmware you are using. =2D-=20 "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." =2D- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh --nextPart5607099.UcVH7ohmSi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBEKGxcq72nDbhDXToRAkoXAJ4xbCQnK6Io6fflYikjYd/2Rrx2YQCfVRA1 VyGt6AY/S8nufC3+zSMSG7I= =R0UF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart5607099.UcVH7ohmSi-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list