1kyle Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 (edited) Here's a possibility for Linux fans who don't want to be tied to SS.Assuming you can get your music files into the computer somehow (either via SS or by some manual method) you might like to try storing the files in a MySQL database (free for all platforms) and if you are a Linux fan try running Amarok as your player as it supports MySQL databases. (Tags etc are also supported).This gets over the nasty problem of having to have your library on one Physical Disc (and if you know SQL which is reasonably simple) you can generate some great queries and playlists with minimal effort.You'll be able to upload to your MD (in real time) via computers optical sound card output and optical in on your MD recorder. OK slower than using SS but at least it gives you the possibilty of using Linux with the MD recorder and you can use other formats such as Ogg Vorbis and FLAC (although not DIRECTLY on the MD of course).Here's the link for those interested.http://amarok.kde.org/amarokwiki/index.php/MySQL_HowToCheers-K Edited April 4, 2006 by 1kyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Great!Only problem I have found with Linux is that I haven't yet fount a distro of it that actually picks up my particular sound card at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1kyle Posted April 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Great!Only problem I have found with Linux is that I haven't yet fount a distro of it that actually picks up my particular sound card at all. Unless you've got something really unusual try SUSE 10.0 or Fedora (The Community version of Red Hat).Mandriva also has quite good hardware detection. If NONE of these 3 distros don't work then you really have got some horrendously non standard hardware which I'm surprised works on ANY platform.Linux hardware detection is pretty good these days.Cheers-K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Cat Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 So what's the point mentioning SS and Linux in one thread?Did these entities have any connection whatsoever? Will they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananatree Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 For those who dual boot for the use of SS, this may be an alternative Top Cat. However, it really doesn't replace SS, but if you have the goods, and a good software player, it would probably work better (other than the speed). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1kyle Posted April 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Even better if you have VMWARE as you can flip between Windows XP and Linux without a re-boot.Cheers-K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nousplacidus Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 Even better if you have VMWARE as you can flip between Windows XP and Linux without a re-boot.Cheers-Khttp://undocumentedcode.com/?p=15thats how I did it with Ubuntu, which by the way has some of the best Hard ware detection out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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