- Archos AV500 under Linux?
- Posted by Henry J Cobb on September 22nd, 2006
When I plug the Archos AV500 into my linux system's USB bus I get the
following in /var/log/messages.
Sep 21 16:55:59 hcobb kernel: usb.c: USB device 6 (vend/prod
0xe79/0x1129) is not claimed by any active driver.
Sep 21 16:56:03 hcobb /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB
product e79/1129/0
Is there some manual configuration or upgrade needed?
I'm able to run USB sticks, camera and MP3 player, just not the Archos
AV500.
-HJC
- Posted by sdeyoreo@hotmail.com on September 22nd, 2006
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:02:20 -0700, Henry J Cobb <hcobb@io.com> wrote:
- Posted by Henry J Cobb on September 22nd, 2006
sdeyoreo@hotmail.com wrote:
It claims to act as a mass storage device, which would be good enough
for me.
-HJC
- Posted by sdeyoreo@hotmail.com on September 23rd, 2006
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:39:23 -0700, Henry J Cobb <hcobb@io.com> wrote:
I almost bought one of those. How do you like it? Can you drag and
drop DIXV files to it or do you need to "recode" them?
I bought a Mustek PVR140, I love it, but you have to transcode every
avi into their format and their software takes awhile, like an hour or
so. Thinking of getting a DELL handheld with WinMobile 5.0 or a
Samsung YEPP player that runs Win Media 10. The DELL would be fun to
write programs for WIN Mobile5 OS.
- Posted by Henry J Cobb on September 23rd, 2006
sdeyoreo@hotmail.com wrote:
I only use mpeg format so I don't know.
My current workaround is to use a Seagate 40 GB USB drive to bounce
*.AVI files back and forth between the laptop and the Archos AV500. (I
have to provide power from the laptop's USB bus over a power only cable
as the AV500 will not power external devices.)
Other than that it's a very nice unit and the quality of recordings from
both DISH network and VHS is acceptable.
Now to transfer my VHS collection to CDs and consider buying a DVD recorder.
-HJC
- Posted by sdeyoreo@hotmail.com on September 25th, 2006
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:18:02 -0700, Henry J Cobb <hcobb@io.com> wrote:
The picture quality on mine is very nice. I watch movies at work while
I'm working at my bench. Now, if I could get cable tv streamed into my
PC at work... (I'ld get one of those Sling TV things, but I think the
IT guy would notice.)
- Posted by Henry J Cobb on October 4th, 2006
Henry J Cobb wrote:
Yes.
On the Archos AV500, go to settings, then system settings and switch usb
mode from Windows Device to Hard Drive and it works great under Linux.
-HJC
