[bookport] Question on Skipping through audio material
- From: "Peter Torpey" <ptorpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:42:32 -0500
I have been downloading some audio podcasts to my BP and have some questions
about using the movement commands to skip through these files.
1. Generally I set the BP Transfer program to compress these files
(about 1.5 times), and compress pauses. These are all MP3 files.
2. While the material is reading on the BP, I use the 1 and 3 keys to
move back and forward by small increments, 4 and 6 keys to move back and
forth by larger increments, and 7 and 9 keys to move by still larger
increments.
3. My understanding from the manual was that using the 1 and 3 keys
would move backward and forward by about 2 seconds in the audio file. This
seems not to be the case - Generally this is moving by much more (maybe
about 10 seconds?).
4. Sometimes the 4 and 6 keys or 7 and 9 keys do not move forward at
all but just produce a beep from the BP.
5. One other small issue - When reading a text file, pressing the 1 or
3 keys and holding it down will bring one to the beginning or end of the
material, respectively. This produces a beep on the BP to let the user know
that the pointer have been properly moved in the document one is reading.
This beep is not heard when repositioning the pointer on these podcasts -
i.e., after holding down the 1 or 3 keys to move to the beginning or end of
the podcast, there is no confirming sound from the BP indicating that the
action was performed successfully. I think it would be a good idea to
include this beep in order to be consistent with the action in text files.
Anyway, I guess I'm not quite understanding how the movement commands work
for these MP3 podcasts.
In a future hardware implementation (I assume this isn't possible with the
current hardware implementation), it would be nice if the forward and back
movement commands worked like the fast forward and rewind on a CD or other
types of MP3 players. Thus, it would be nice if one could hold down a
button and hear the material rewinding or fast forwarding rather than
skipping by quantized amounts. This would make it a lot easier to locate
and reposition on desired parts of the audio material. Well, that's my
suggestion for the day!
Thanks.
-- Pete
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