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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flac mailing list > > Flac at xiph.org > > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac > > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/flac/attachments/20100707/d92709cf/attachment.htm
Christopher Brown
2010-Jul-07 20:25 UTC
[Flac] Playing flac files from external hard drive
I use an old laptop running linux. Works great, and it is a very inexpensive solution. On Wednesday 07 July 2010 13:00:28 ABRAHAM NAIM wrote:> 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. > > 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: > > > 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?-- Chris
Yes, I was toying with this idea too. However it means carrying around two big objects rather than just the disk and a small portable player. If I have no other alternative I will get an old laptop. Thanks, Abe Christopher Brown wrote:> I use an old laptop running linux. Works great, and it is a very inexpensive > solution. > > On Wednesday 07 July 2010 13:00:28 ABRAHAM NAIM wrote: > >> 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. >> >> 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: >>> >>>> 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? >>>> > >