tools for iRiver mp3 player

Robin Laing Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Wed Jun 8 19:27:41 UTC 2005


Alexander Volovics wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 08:46:56AM -0600, Robin Laing wrote:
>  
> 
>>I have two ifp-799's and installed the UMS (USB Mass Storage) software 
>>from iriver.com, not the the americian site (which had no clue).  It 
>>allows drag and drop file transfers.  Mount the player as a usb drive 
>>without using any special software.
> 
> 
> Why did you choose the UMS option instead of the manager option?
> I thought this was slightly more work: mounting the drive, using a
> simple data base to get a neat arrangement of files on drive, etc.
> 
> Ifp-line works quite well if you don't mind using the command line.
> (It seems to work with mc as an interface but I have not tried this yet
>  as I never install mc and don't like it).
> 
> Alexander
> 

I just thought of another reason why UMS is a nice option.  I can 
mount my iRiver as a drive and then play the music off of the drive 
using my computer without having to transfer any files.  :)

-- 
Robin Laing




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