MP3 player and support for ext hd

fbt · 06-17-2011, 02:35 PM

Does anyone know of an mp3 player that supports an external USB drive formatted with ext3? I want to play my music thru the home stereo without using the computer. I'd consider a tablet but don't really want to spend more than $200

MS3FGX · 06-17-2011, 02:50 PM

Do you mean a portable MP3 player, or just some kind of a device you could connect to the stereo and play MP3s off of an EXT3 volume? A portable device would probably prove a very tall order (I can't think of anything commercially available off the top of my head), but if we can open the requirements up a bit that is a totally different story.

Also, how are you looking to control it? Do you want/need physical controls on the device, or are you looking to control it remotely?

fbt · 06-17-2011, 03:02 PM

Ideally yes a portable player, but I'm thinking like you that's going to be tough. I don't need anything fancy, nor another remote. I suppose 90% of the time I'll just play my music randomly. I don't really want to have my TV on to listen to music so that rules out most of the media players. Right now if I could find any "box" of a small (3"x6"face) size that could read a linux partition I'd be happy.

cascade9 · 06-18-2011, 02:53 AM

Popcorn Hour can be used without a TV, but its a fiddly setup.

Squeezebox Touch wont need a TV, supports EXT2/3 (and EXT4 with a paragon driver)-

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86990

fbt · 06-18-2011, 09:11 AM

I didn't know the squeezebox supported ext3, so it's back on the list. Also cheap Android tablets like the Archos 7 Home might work out.