mp3 player shopping in Vancouver

June 28, 2009 4:56 PM

Stores (other than usual suspect big box outlets) with a good selection of mp3 players in Vancouver, BC?

While I'm at it - suggestions for ipod alternatives that work well with Linux?

posted by mannequito to shopping (3 comments total)

No idea about stores in Vancouver, but many Creative and Samsung players (and a couple other brands I can't think of) work just like any USB key with a FAT32 filesystem and so using them in Linux is a cinch. (I have in mind the Creative MuVo V100 and the Samsung YP-C1Z, both owned by me, though both also a little outdated).
posted by astrochimp at 5:37 PM on June 28

Sansa players by SanDisk work great with Amarok in Linux, or by drag and drop via USB. I got a Sansa Clip for Christmas and couldn't be happier. It was Around $40 at the time. Sorry I don't know much about shopping Vancouver ( A quick google for Sansa in Vancouver showed Frontierpc.com which apparently has a Vancouver office, but for me this type of purchase seems like a big box kind of thing to me. If I'm picking between them I tend to go with Target, just because the people I've known who worked there mostly seemed to like it (with the usual day to day exceptions) which I can't say for WalMart or BestBuy. My search also showed some available on Craigslist, so that may be an option as well.
posted by kojak666 at 8:21 PM on June 28

I'll second any of the Creative MuVo players. They have the drag-and-drop FAT32 formatting as mentioned already. Caveat: Muvo models do not have the playlist feature.

Most MP3 players won't support playlists with Lnix, but with Songbird, you might be able to find a player that will sync playlists. Here is their list of players supported by songbird, however, there is no mention of Linux. . .

The MuVo models last a while on one AAA battery, however, depending on how much you use it, you might get some NiMH rechargeable batteries.
posted by mtphoto at 10:24 PM on June 28