Portable (Digital) Music or Video Players & Linux

Need information about Linux and mobile (digital) media players? Want to connect your Linux computer to your favorite portable audio/music player (MP3, Ogg Vorbis) or video player (MPEG)? Check out the documentation below, ordered by manufacturer.

• Apple: iPod
• Archos: JukeBox *
• BlueDot: ... *
• Cowon: iAudio
• Creative: Nomad
• DELL: DJ
• Diamond: Rio
• Digitalway/Adtec: MPIO
• Daisy MultiMedia: Diva
• Empeg: ...
• EZ-AV: EMP
• FIC: Vassili *
• GamePark: GPX2 *
• GPX (Bantam): ...
• Haier: ... *
• Hango: PJB
• i-Bead: ...
• Insignia: ...
• iRiver: iFP/iHP *
• IUbi: ... *
• Jamba: ... *
• Jobo: Giga Vu *
• Kaser: Yo!Fun
• Mattel (EmSoft): JuiceBox *
• Maxfield: ...
• Meizu: ...
• Microsoft: Zune
• MineTerapin: ...
• mobiBLU: ...
• mpeye: ...
• Neuros Audio: the Neuros
• NextCom: SunDrive
• Onda: ...
• Philips: HDD (GoGear)
• Pontis: ...
• RCA: ...
• RFC: JazPiper
• S1: ...
• Saehan / Eiger Labs: MPMan
• Samsung: YEPP
• Portable Media Players: SanDisk *
• Shinco: Medallion
• Sony: DiscMan, WalkMan
• Titan: Omni *
• TurboLinux: Wizpy *
• Unicon: ... *
• VeriTouch: iVue *
• Video Without Boundaries - VWB: FlyBoy *
• Xclef: ...
• Zupera: ... *

*) dedicated Linux players

Further reviews on MP3 Players

Related Topics

Linux PDAs

Very cool for playing MP3 music and MPEG video files are Linux PDAs. There are even more supported formats. e.g. the SHARP Zaurus , a very flexible PDA series which runs Linux, can play Ogg Vorbis files with a variety of software, including plug-ins for the default media player, xmms, ogg123, mplayer, and theKompany.com's tkcPlayer.

Storage Cards

For Linux information about storage card readers and adapters see here.

Ogg Vorbis

A list of hardware , from Portable Audio Players, to PDAs, to mobile (cell) phones to DVD players, that can play Ogg Vorbis files. See also Lecteurs portables Ogg/Vorbis (in French).

Software

• Linux Applications for Portable Music and Video Players
• A Survey of Debian GNU/Linux Packages for Portable Audio and Video Players