[bookport] Radio for the BP
- From: "Bruce Lamden" <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 10:02:05 -0000
OK.
I kicked this question off and there has been a very interesting response
(I'm even responding to myself here).
The idea I had of building a radio into the BP and using the current user
interface (see below) would require a digital tuner. This way the BP would
be physically unchanged but it would require a lot of software development.
However. My experience with pocket radios is that analogue ones are better
to use when travelling than digital ones because they are quicker to retune.
The way to get round this issue is to use RDS, but that is expensive. I
think I am against this on cost grounds.
To add an analogue radio would require the addition of a thumbwheel (or some
such mechanism) to do the tuning. Intuitively it doesn't seem right to add
an analogue tuner to a digital device, but I am undecided.
Of course. I may have all of this wrong.
Bruce.
----- Original Message -----
From: "PAMELA RADER" <PRADER@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 4:40 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Regular cd Books with the Book Port
Rick:
Currently, the Book Port does not support WMA files.
>>> d28rik@xxxxxxx 03/08/05 11:31AM >>>
>> You can play regular CD books, but you have to rip them first. =
Ripping
is the process of converting audio CDs into .wav, .mp3, or some other
=
file
format.=20
My question is...=20
Is it true that Bookport does not play the windows media format file?
=
They
have the .wma extension.
I just tried the other day and copied an albums worth of a music cd =
after
having the windows media player rip it to that format. At same time,
I
loaded a couple audio books in mp3 format I bought from audio books for
=
free
dot com and they play great. So I was figuring Bookport does not play
=
WMA
files. The response I got from Bookport was "cannot play unfiltered =
files."
Please educate me if somebody does know.
By the way I know that buying audio books for free sounds
contradictory
when you say you purchase, but they are actually very cheap, and free
if =
you
download the very lowest sound quality. The readers seem to be all =
British
Shakespearean fellows and do a real nice job. Public domain works. =
Lewis
Carroll, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling and so on.
Rik
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of ROB MEREDITH
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 6:47 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Regular cd Books with the Book Port
Pam:
You can play regular CD books, but you have to rip them first. Ripping
=
is
the process of converting audio CDs into .wav, .mp3, or some other
file
format. Book Port Transfer does not rip CDs; you need to find a program
=
to
do this. You can usually do this with CD burning software. You can also
=
find
freeware rippers on the web.
Rob Meredith
>>> pbilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 03/07/05 04:45PM >>>
Can you play regular cd books on your Book Port like a regular text
file =
or
a Daisy Book? Thanks.
Pam
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