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Robin Gareus wrote:

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> Hi Frederico,

>

> On 10/09/2011 11:38 AM, Federico Bruni wrote:

>> Hi all,

>>

>> it's the first time I write in this mailing list and I hope I'm not OT.

>> I'm looking for a hifi stereo system with USB support. I mean: I want to

>> be able to plug an external USB hard disk, browse the folders and choose

>> the files I want to listen to.

>>

>> I've found some products (by Cambridge Audio) that support all the

>> formats I use, i.e. Ogg and Flac.

>> But it seems that the only supported filesystem is FAT32.

>> I wonder if you know some product which support some more advanced

>> filesystem. Hopefully ext2/3/4, but even NTFS would be maybe better than

>> FAT32.

>>

>> FAT32 is slow and doesn't support some characters in the file name. I

>> know I'll have some problems copying my huge collection of files in a

>> FAT32 filesystem.

>>

>> Any hint is appreciated.

>> Thanks!

>>

>> Federico

>

> I suppose you're looking for an off-the-shelf product, however what you

> wish to accomplish is easily done by just taking an old laptop (or

> similar) with a good audio-interface and simply install GNU/Linux.

Most any netbook would do it, too, use less power, and take up less space.
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David

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