[gentoo-user] Cowon iAudio u5

[gentoo-user] Cowon iAudio u5

[b.n.]

(I crosspost it here from the forums because I have no answers there...)

Hi,
I'm considering buying this mp3 player:
http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/iaudio/u5/#specs

What I don't understand, is if it's Gentoo-friendly. Cowon x5 and i7
units, apart from being high quality players, used to be very
Linux-friendly AFAIK, and they even nicely support Ogg Vorbis audio.
However the x5 is discontinued and the i7 looks a bit too costly for me.

The u5 seems nice, unfortunately it doesn't support Ogg, but apart from
it looks cool. However it says:

Supports Windows Media DRM 10, MTP (Media Transfer Protocol)
[...]
USB Data Transfer Support for MAC OS (9.X, 10.X) and Linux (v2.2 and higher)

>From the PDF manual it seems to be "nice", in the meaning that you can
just drag-and-drop mp3 files like on a USB drive, and it will play them.
But if it's so, why it talks about MTP and Windows DRM (brrr!) ?
Basically, I don't want to find myself with an Ipod-like brick where I
can copy files on, but won't play them.

Is some Gentooer using the iAudio u5? What do you advise me to look for
in understanding this issue?

Thanks,
m.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Cowon iAudio u5

[Willie Wong]

On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 01:10:22AM +0100, Penguin Lover b.n. squawked:
> Hi,
> I'm considering buying this mp3 player:
> http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/iaudio/u5/#specs

The best chance you'll get an answer is probably from the Cowon
forums. I own a JetAudio M3, and it is extremely linux friendly. 

> The u5 seems nice, unfortunately it doesn't support Ogg, but apart from
> it looks cool. However it says:
> 
> Supports Windows Media DRM 10, MTP (Media Transfer Protocol)
> [...]
> USB Data Transfer Support for MAC OS (9.X, 10.X) and Linux (v2.2 and higher)
> 

My guess for the DRM: it supports playback of files with Windows Media
DRM (which, AFAIK, cannot be played on linux.) I don't know what the
Media Transfor Protocol is.

The Cowon iAudio in general has very good history that they can be
used as just a removable USB disk with the VFAT driver. 

Best, 

  W

> Is some Gentooer using the iAudio u5? What do you advise me to look for
> in understanding this issue?
> 
> Thanks,
> m.

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