[bookport] Re: bookport and bookcourier formatting cards?
- From: "Adam Morris" <awmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:49:53 +1100
Hi david,
thanks for your detailed and comprehensive reply.
Adam Morris
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bennett" <david382@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 3:52 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport and bookcourier formatting cards?
I, too bought a Book Courier first and wondered the same thing. You can
definitely use the same CF cards without prior formatting, and can read the
same files with the exception of those from Audible.com. In fact, since
Book Port's software can transfer intact folders, I created an entire
one-gig CF card using the Book Port's software, consisting of 119 folders
with about 4,000 BRF and TXT files and then put the card in a card reader
and copied the whole thing to a folder on my computer. I did this because I
wanted the same reading material on both units but didn't want to go to all
the work involved in making two complete CF cards independently. For each
file you send to Book Port or Book Courier, two additional navigation files
will be created, and these can be utilized by both units. Audible.com's
files can only be played on the unit which receives them, even if it's
another Book Port or Book Courier belonging to you.
If you're like me, you'll enjoy some features which belong to one unit and
others which are characteristic of the other. If you use mainly the
synthesized speech the units are equivalent to each other, but with Book
Port you can compress audio files and perform notetaking functions, and the
software is much, much more robust. I use a lot of folders and sub-folders,
and these have to be created manually and then populated if you're using the
Book Courier, whereas Book Port's software will copy and process complex
folders using normal Windows Explorer highlight and send commands. It's
common for me to cue up fifteen or so folders each consisting of perhaps
forty BRF or TXT files, highlight them, and send them to Book Port while I
go off and engage in totally unrelated activities. Fifteen or twenty
minutes later I'll hear the Book Port's software emit the sound which means
the task is complete, and I either cue up more folders or disconnect the
unit, depending on my needs. You can't even begin to do anything like that
with the Book Courier. If you make a CF card with the Book Port's software,
however, you can read it with either unit with equal ease. Book Courier
actually has a few navigational advantages which I prefer: namely, the
ability to rewind or fast-forward through a large file by percentages. It
also has a System Information feature in its menu system which lets you
quickly view the amount of disk space remaining. With Book Port you can
only do this by pressing the 8 key while playing a file. You can't do it in
pause or idle mode unless you're reading an audio file. In most other
respects, I like the two units equally well.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Morris" <awmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 8:10 PM
Subject: [bookport] bookport and bookcourier formatting cards?
> Hi all,
>
> I have a book courier and will be getting a bookport on trial from the
> library soon.
>
> can you put a card used in the book courier in the bp without reformatting
> first?
>
>
>
>
> Adam Morris
>
> to download my podcast using a podcast receiver go to:
>
> http://ozcast.libsyn.com/rss
>
> or to download the files manually go to:
>
> http://ozcast.libsyn.com/
>
>
>
>
>
>
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