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Re:Goodbye, Slopify by jim-jim-jim on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @08:37PM (#42860453)
My criteria are:

- 500GB+

- Ability to sort by the albumartist tag (listen to heaps of compilations)

- Ability to export play log

- Functions like any other external storage device for transfer purposes

Anything out there? Last I checked (10 years ago) there was nothing that hit all these marks. I had a Sansa Clip with Rockbox and just dealt with the low storage capacity.

Re:Goodbye, Slopify by autoexec on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @08:46PM (#42860509)
Anything that takes SD cards should make storage a non-issue and make file transfer dead simple. Even microSD cards can hold over well over 5TB

Dedicated players are getting harder to find though. I had a Cowon mp3 player for a few years which was pretty nice. Maybe see if they've got something you like? http://www.cowonglobal.com

Re:Goodbye, Slopify by slothtrop on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @09:49PM (#42860936)
SD cards of that size may not be compatible with many devices though.
Re:Goodbye, Slopify by MarcelOlsz on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @08:41PM (#42860486)
iPod video 5th gen w/ Rockbox custom firmware. Then do the bluetooth mod and you're in music heaven. Probably fairly easy to write a plugin for the functionality you mentioned.
Re:Goodbye, Slopify by slothtrop on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @09:48PM (#42860932)
I just rotate music on a microSD for mobile. However, you can optionally self-host a music server and connect with a client on your device to stream. It's also possible to SSH from outside home network, if you really want to.