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Originally Posted by tompe
Since there is no Linux software for this and no open specifiction this will not work.
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Grin...do you mean that there is something that is very easy to do in Windows and it is *not* possible in Linux? Everyone using Linux is always telling me that it is so much more powerful.
There actually is Linux software for this. On a standard Cybook it is possible to find the author of the book. So tags can be read. And we all know there is software to modify *.prc files and change tags. Mobiperl comes to mind.
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It is also harder to delete book when you do not see their place in the file structure.
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I have absolutely no problems deleting songs from my MP3 player. The software takes care of that. Simply select the song and use 'delete'. I don't know what operating system my Zen is using. I guess it is Creatives own system. But who cares? It works. Only people using Linux are complaining that it is not easy to connect the player. But that leaves 95% of the population that has no problem at all.
Back in the old days I actually knew on what disk sector a file was located. I also did real sector editing when needed. But we don't need that anymore. It became irrelevant. Today I don't know the exact physical location of any file on any file system. The disk controller in combination with the drivers and OS are taking care of that.
I also do not go out hunting for my food. I buy it in the supermarket.
The same is true for some of the big Oracle databases I use. I do not know were the records 'are' in the database or how/were they are stored on the file system. I don't even care if it is running on Unix, Linux or Windows or VAX VMS. I access the records with 'Oracle'
I also don't care how the crankshaft of my car is made. Or if it even has one. (It does have one, but I don't care as long as the engine runs)
MP3 players are for listening to sound, eBook readers are for reading books. I do not care how the manage to do that. As long as it works. And if that means they throw everything in one big directory/database/trashcan it is irrelevant if you can easily find them by using tags.
But I guess we are getting a bit off topic here. It has nothing to do with battery life