One thing I failed to mention is that GordianKnot is a Windows frontend/rip-pack that ties many open source tools together. You can also find the linux versions or equivilent substitutes to accomplish all of your video encoding needs.
Being a mass storage device, all Archos hard drive players are compatible with Linux. I have mounted my Jukebox Multimedia 20GB player many times to a Fedora Core 2 system.
Any non-compatibility is with the software that comes included with the player, but who cares. Any serious Linux user is savvy enough to know how to find and use the any open source tools needed to convert both CDs and DVDs for playback on the device.
I personally recommend GordianKnot available on sourceforge.net for decrypting, ripping, and encoding your DVDs to DivX(mpeg4 based codec) with an MP3 soundtrack. CDex is a good CD ripper/MP3 encoder, also available on sourgeforge.net.
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One thing I failed to mention is that GordianKnot is a Windows frontend/rip-pack that ties many open source tools together. You can also find the linux versions or equivilent substitutes to accomplish all of your video encoding needs.
Being a mass storage device, all Archos hard drive players are compatible with Linux. I have mounted my Jukebox Multimedia 20GB player many times to a Fedora Core 2 system.
Any non-compatibility is with the software that comes included with the player, but who cares. Any serious Linux user is savvy enough to know how to find and use the any open source tools needed to convert both CDs and DVDs for playback on the device.
I personally recommend GordianKnot available on sourceforge.net for decrypting, ripping, and encoding your DVDs to DivX(mpeg4 based codec) with an MP3 soundtrack. CDex is a good CD ripper/MP3 encoder, also available on sourgeforge.net.