Where are stored files (media, etc.) ?
 

Hi,

I'd like to install some music/video files onto my n810 device but when I plug it, I do not see the "normal" n810 internal directory (as shown in the gtk file dialog.

So where should I put these files ?

Subsidiary question: is there any better media player like amarok for the n810 ? I want something in which scoring a song, listening to radio, podcast, whatever cxould be possible. The default media player does not satisfy me (can it be removed ?).

Re: Where are stored files (media, etc.) ?
 

When plugged in via USB, your computer should see two removable drives. One is the 2GB internal memory "card", the other is the card in the slot (if present). You won't be able to directly access the 256MB system drive.

Organize files however you wish on the cards. Media players should access them easily. The cards will mounted under /media on the N810, but some software, such as Canola will hide such details.

As for a decent music player, I'm looking for one too.

Re: Where are stored files (media, etc.) ?
 

thank you very much for your answers. I am sad there is no "decent" media player for our tablets. I have tried canola2 but it is very slow on my device.

I would also like something able to connect to my DAAP server and/or something that could access uPnP servers.

Re: Where are stored files (media, etc.) ?
 

Canola, Media player, mpd/mmpc, YouAmp, Kagu, mediabox, UKMP are all "decent" media players. . . .

Re: Where are stored files (media, etc.) ?
 

for a certain definition of decent. They all are full of eye candies *but* they are all pretty heavy and give the feeling that the n810 is a very poor and slow machine ;)

Re: Where are stored files (media, etc.) ?
 

"All" hardly. mmcp/mpd is about as lightweight as it gets, and Media player and YouAmp aren't far behind. :rolleyes:

Re: Where are stored files (media, etc.) ?
 

To be blunt, you don't know what you are talking about.
First, mpd is neither heavy nor sluggish. Nor, for that matter, is mmpc, though it's a bit of an awkward interface. Neither of them has eye candy at all.
Second, you have made no posts asking for help installing mpd and getting it to work, so I know you haven't tried it. ;) (It really is fairly challenging to hunt down a correct version, and get config files configured right; I feel it's worth it though, and it's always easier the second time around.)

Of those players, I've only tried Kagu, mpd/mmpc/mpc/some scripts with netcat, and (as of yesterday) mediabox. I've not enough experience with Mediabox to say anything about it. Kagu is along the definition of decent you're thinking of; workable, but not for me. mpd &c. are diametrically opposed (and, I find, very pleasant) so please don't generalize from whichever ones you have used and assume the whole list must be like that.

Re: Where are stored files (media, etc.) ?
 

Hum I know mpd/mpc (I have developped a client for it for GNU Emacs). I know what they do and how. When talking about "heavy" mediaplayer, I am talking the one that one is susceptible to install via the application manager.

I have tried canola. It looks good but it is a shame it can't find any music (ogg or flac files). When refreshing the media library it takes ages to finish just to be presented with 0 content. So this is pretty useless.

Ukmp: it finds my files (wow wow) but the volume is so high (and I really do not know how to change that from ukmp) that it is horrid and I'd rather want not to listen to music at all instead of the noise.

I am about to install kagu to try it out too.

To give you an example of what I think a good audio player is, just check amarok. This is the best (graphical) media player I have ever seen.

Re: Where are stored files (media, etc.) ?
 

mmpc (as installed from the application manager) does not have eyecandy (its main interface is 4 fat buttons, and a scrollbarred playlist) and does not make my tablet look slow.

So maybe you know about it, and don't consider it a "decent" music player, but your characterization "They all are full of eye candies *but* they are all pretty heavy and give the feeling that the n810 is a very poor and slow machine" is completely contrary to my experience of mmpc. I think you seriously overgeneralized your reasoning, even if you did reach the same conclusion about mmpc.

Re: Where are stored files (media, etc.) ?
 

I did not try mmpc so I can't comment on it. And for your information, I do not consider a piece of software given is UI specs but given its fonctionality/features :) UI is secondary to me (of less importance).