Thanks. I think that till I get up nerve enough to try sound taxi, I'll rely on my DS 50, but putting books on the book port, and thus perminantly keeping them on a card would be nice. I'll think about it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Alfaro" <rick.alfaro@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:56 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: Converting Overdrive books to MP3. > Lana, > > WMP will not convert WMA files to mp3 if they have DRM protection. I think > that is the main point that the person that replied to you is missing. I > believe you are wanting to convert DRM protected files. If that is the > case, then you are back to Sound Taxi, TuneBite, or using something like > Total Recorder to record them real time as they are played. You could > probably also burn them to cd then rip them to mp3, but what a hassle. > > > > --Warmest regards, > > --Rick Alfaro > --rick.alfaro@xxxxxxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of lana > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:37 PM > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bookport] Re: Converting Overdrive books to MP3. > > I think you missunderstood my question. I do have Media Player 10, and > transfers to my DS player work fine. I just keep running up against a > suggestion that I can convert to MP3 using windows media player and then > transfer to book port, but my media player won't do it. The faq doesn't > even address that question; so, how do I convert to MP3? Or isn't it > possible after all. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Clark" <rclark0276@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:11 AM > Subject: [bookport] Re: Converting Overdrive books to MP3. > > > > Lana, > > Go here... > > > > http://www.overdrive.com/software/omc/hotkeys.asp > > > > The FAQ has all the info you need. WMP 9 and up is supported. > > > > *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* > > Why do we put suits in a garment bag and put garments in a suitcase? > > Robert & Dreamer Doll (Guide Dawggie) > > Newport, Oregon > > N24C 3G 8/2000 Hookup > > rclark0276@xxxxxxxxxxx > > http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ > > > > > > > > > >