[Flac] Playing flac files from external hard drive

[ABRAHAM NAIM]

Hi Kerry,

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.
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.

It looks increasingly like an old laptop will have to do.

Thanks,

Avi


On 8 July 2010 01:58, Kerry Hoath <kerry at gotss.net> wrote:

>  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.
>
> You'd need hard drive in other format than ntfs though as most players
> don't read ntfs easily under Linux.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
> 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.
>
> Regards, Kerry.
>
>
> On 8/07/2010 4:00 AM, ABRAHAM NAIM wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> 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.
>
> Abe
>
>
> On 7 July 2010 19:30, Ognjen Bezanov <Ognjen at mailshack.com> wrote:
>
>> My nokia n810 does this. I have in fact done what you want and played
>> FLAC files off my external 120GB drive using the "Canola" media player.
>> You need an external source to power the disk though, because the n810
>> doesn't provide enough power to run a hard disk.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 07/07/10 16:47, ABRAHAM NAIM wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I have a 500GB external hard drive with a lot of music in flac format. I
>> > would like to find a way to play music directly from the drive through a
>> > portable player. I do not own a portable player at the moment and intend
>> > to buy one that can support the above requirement.
>> >
>> > What I don't want to do is copy files across and remove them every time
>> > I want to listen to music.
>> > Is there a way to play music directly from the external drive, using a
>> > USB connection, on any portable player?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Abe
>> >
>> >
>> >
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