[KLUG Members] MP3 Player?

[Mike Williams]

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> From:
> Bruce Smith <bruce at armintl.com>
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>>> I'm a big fan of my Sonicblue (formerly S3, formerly Diamond Multimedia, 
>>> etc, etc) Rio Karma.  It's a 20 gig HD-based player similar in size to 
>>> the ipod, but a little cheaper and with a better control system.  I 
>>> don't think there's a Linux driver to sync it with USB, but the docking 
>>> station has an Ethernet port.  When docked, the Karma will get a DHCP 
>>> address and serve a java version of its management software from a mini 
>>> web server.  I've fired it up on my SuSE 9.2 box and it seems to work 
>>> fine.  There are some rather annoying design decisions (doesn't work as 
>>> a USB hard drive, makes a distinction between "files" and "music"), and 
>>> 100 Mb Ethernet is slower than USB, but it's still a great little box.
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>Can you copy mp3 files to/from it via Linux over Ethernet?
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> - BS
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Yes, once you point a browser at the Karma's network IP and download the 
little java app.  You can also use it for file storage, but "files" and 
"music files" are handled with different programs.  Both are available 
as java apps, though.  Oh, and it supports mp3 (but not mp3pro), Ogg 
Vorbis, WMA, and I think FLAC file formats.  There's an early 
sourceforge project working on a set of libraries that will let you 
control the thing over Ethernet to choose what music it's sending out 
the RCA connectors on the docking station (did I mention those?).  
http://karmalib.sourceforge.net/about.php

Here's the product page for it too:  
http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/shop/_templates/item_main_Rio.asp?model=261