[bookport] fixing MP3 files with Foobar2000
- From: Woody Anna Dresner <wadresner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:30:28 -1000
Hi,
I discovered something today I thought others might find interesting
about how to make some files transfer to the Book Port that wouldn't otherwise.
I wanted to transfer the March 14 Main Menu to the Book Port, the one
Larry Skutchan talked on, because I wanted to find some specific
information in the file, and I wanted to use the Book Port transfer
software because of its ability to distinguish sentences and
paragraphs. The file played in the Book Port if I copied it directly
to a CompactFlash card, but if I tried to use Book Port Transfer, the
transfer program crashed almost immediately. Since I knew the file
played, I thought something might be wrong with the header
information, so I decided to see whether Foobar2000 could fix
it. This is a free program for playing MP3 and other music
formats. I downloaded it a few months ago to fix some AAC files so
they would play in Rockbox. So I selected the Main Menu program in
Foobar2000, pressed the Context key, and found a Utilities menu on
the context menu. One of the choices was to repair VBR headers. I
don't think the Main Menu program is VBR because it played on the
Book Port if I didn't use the transfer software, but it seemed the
closest choice to what I wanted to do, so I pressed Enter on
it. Foobar2000 was soon done with the file, and I plugged in the
Book Port and transferred it to the Book Port with no problems. I
have no idea if this would help with navigation in VBR files. It
might, because one of the things it does is make sure the actual file
length and the length reported in the headers matches exactly. So if
you have trouble with a particular file, try Foobar2000. I don't
remember the URL, but it comes up right away on Google.
All the best,
Anna
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