[bookport] Re: Determination of length of an mp3 file

  • From: "Steve Nomer" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:59:08 -0500

Thanks, Nolan!  Exactly what I needed to know.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nolan Crabb" <ncrabb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 3:51 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Determination of length of an mp3 file


You asked how to determine the length of an MP3 file downloaded to your Book
Port.  You also asked whether there is a way to determine the elapsed time a
file has played.

The answer is yes to both.  This is particularly important to those of us
who compress the time on the MP3 file.  If you compress time, the actual
playing time on your Book Port will differ greatly from the duration of the
file that may be listed on your desktop or laptop, if you have duration
chosen as one of the details you see when you look at a file in My Computer.

To determine how long a file is, carry out these steps:

1.  If you're at the beginning of the file, hold down the 3 key until you
hear a beep.

2.  Now pres briefly the 5 key.  You should hear the amount of hours and
minutes in your file.  Holding down the 3 key until you heard the beep moved
you to the end of the file; tapping the 5 key announced the length of the
file as if you had fully played it to its end.

Now if you're in the middle of a file, you need to set a bookmark at the
point at which you've stopped before you press and hold down the 3 key.  If
you don't, you may have a somewhat more difficult time getting back to your
stopping place quickly and easily.  Remember, setting a bookmark is as easy
as executing a 4+6 key combination once the Book Port has stopped reading.

You can always press the 5 key at any time during the reading of a file to
determine the elapsed time.

Hope this is useful.

Nolan Crabb






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