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fixed:
something that'd make rockbox a million times more useful to me is network support via usb.

let me elaborate: i've got a iaudio x5l, it docks via usb, and presents itself to the host system as a usb storage device.

is it possible to change this behaviour so the usb connection acts as a network connection, and is able to mount a remote smb filesystem to play mp3's (if not now, consider this a feature request)?

this would make my player sitting on my desk so much more useful than it is now - i can let it read mp3's from my server with hundreds of gigs of mp3's on it!

ideas/opinions?

[edit: deleted 'sync' idea, irrelevant at this stage]

Febs:
You could write an autorun script that will automatically copy the contents of a folder on your network onto your player when it is plugged it via USB.  That file would reside on your device but it would still be run from the host computer.

Or, you could check out a program like Media Monkey, which can be configured to sync a device automatically.

fixed:
ignore my suggestion about sync'ing then - i know there's other ways to do it (i use rsync currently).

this isn't why i want such a feature.  i'd just love a way to be able to use my iaudio as a network mp3 player pointed at the huge stack of music i've got network-available!

saratoga:
If you've already got a PC on, why not just play the files on the PC?

Llorean:
Seriously, you can buy a *very* cheap networkable PC for far less than an MP3 player, hook it up to your network, and use it as your sound system. That's what I've done (well, I've retired an old PC, and I use it as a sound system + it has access to my networked storage of rips of all the DVDs I own so I don't have to get up and swap them in the drive. Yes, I'm lazy.)

A desktop, properly configured as a media center, can be done both more cheaply and more effectively than that assuming you've already got the storage and you just need something to manage/use it.

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