[bookport] Re: Regular cd Books with the Book Port
- From: Sandy Licht <slicht@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 10:54:25 -0600
BOOKport doesn't play WMA files. I hope it will in the future. Files with
the WMA extension are a lot smaller than MP3's.
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> >> 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
Sandy Licht
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