I’m planning on buying a simple, inexpensive portable mp3 player. Many say they only play Windows usb’s. How should I format my 32Gb usb sticks to hold music mp3’s?
Thanks in advance.
These USB mass-storage devices often seem to be sold pre-partitioned and with MS Windows files system created to be used without further action on MS Windows systems and others like your player.
I assume that indeed those players only understand Windows file sytems (like NTFS). So when the it is not already pre-done, try that. I am not sure if you need a MS Windows system to create one or that it can be done using openSUSE.
Oh, and it could also be that the device will be embarrassed when you create a file system direct on the device. Thus you may need at least one partition.
As you may have understood, this is all in the world of MS Windows (not Linux) and I have not much knowledge and experience with that.
I’d say the most common format would be FAT32 resp. VFAT. Maximum file size or volume size shouldn’t matter for a 32G MP3 player and openSUSE can handle it - I assume also create it.
What type of player are you purchasing? I have 3 different generations of iPods and they all play mp3 without a hiccup. I loaded songs directly from my pc running Tumbleweed using Dolphin. Where does the need for a usb stick come in? The player will have its own OS and will accept mp3 recordings from any source. If you use the usb drive to move music around, just copy music to your pc (one song at a time if space is an issue) and copy it from there. Never tried mounting both the player and usb stick to the pc at the same time, but I guess that would work too.
I am not planning on purchasing any at all. I was just assuming what file system might be most compatible. The fruit stuff normally is not famous for compatibilty . So, I can’t help much more.
In the days of smart phones (all can play MP3’s for free) - why would you want an mp3 player.
A micro sd card can hold well over 100,000 mp3’s on Android phones that are Android 9, 10 or 11 and programs like Rocket Player and VLC play them fine.
I retired all my ipods years ago.
I do use a USB (32gb formatted FAT32) with my Hondas for my music on the go.
Hhmmm… this is an interesting idea. I have several old cell phones laying around. With new sd cards I could turn them into music players for my car. First, I have to come up with cabling. The phones are android and the car has a built-in cable for ipods.
Thank you, that works just fine.
Link Bits RFR228. Purchase price 13 euros. Made in Indonesia. Only works with USB. Suprisingly good sound with long rechargable battery life.
Smart phones? Hate them. Keep one in a cupboard for bank transactions.