[bookport] Re: never mind my last question, but a fewcomments

  • From: Robert Carter <r-carter@xxxxxxx>
  • To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 13:58:18 -0500

Hi,

Paul, what do you mean by slow. USB 1 is not extremely fast, but, I find 
that it only takes about ten minutes or so to send a 90 meg audible book to 
the book port. I don't consider this any slower than sending any other usb 
1 files. It wasn't any faster to send large files to the Audible Otis.

Robert Carter

At 01:21 PM 6/9/2004, you wrote:
>Hi, Rob. Probably resending the entire file would be the best.
>I wonder, though, why sending audible files to the bp is so slow?
>At 6/9/2004, you wrote:
> >Querying the card is a possibility. Another problem arises, though. If you =
> >send a file that already exists, and you skip the dialog, what should =
> >happen? Should it just resend the entire file, or should it start where =
> >you left off as it does by default with the box? To be consistent, we =
> >would probably just resend the entire file.
> >
> > >>> paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/09/04 10:27AM >>>
> >Hi, Rob. It is too bad you guys can't query the card and see how much =
> >will=20
> >fit. Only if there is a problem would the dialog box then come up.=20
> >Otherwise, you would just put the entire file onto the bp.
> >It sure is slow uploading, though<grin>.
> >At 6/9/2004, you wrote:
> > >Paul:
> > >
> > >You have to load each part of a book separately, because there is 
> nothing =
> >=3D
> > >binding those files together as a book. Yeah, the file names are 
> similar, =
> >=3D
> > >but you can't always count on this because of inconsistent naming.
> > >
> > >Regarding the combo boxes for start and end times...
> > >
> > >It sounds like someone like you should just ignore the boxes and press =
> >=3D
> > >Enter to get whatever will fit. The default for a file which is not on =
> >the =3D
> > >device already is to start at the beginning, and send as much as will =
> >fit. =3D
> > >If you already have the file on the device, the default is to start at =
> >=3D
> > >your last reading position and send as much as will fit.
> > >
> > >We had to come up with some kind of scheme to allow selecting how much 
> of =
> >=3D
> > >an Audible file to send, and 5 minute intervals seemed to be the best =3D
> > >choice. Yeah, most people won't start at 15 minutes and send 30 minutes =
> >of =3D
> > >material, but Audible sections can range from very short to very long, =
> >and =3D
> > >limiting selections to sections would minimize flexibility for users 
> with =
> >=3D
> > >small flash cards.
> > >
> > >Perhaps we could skip the dialog if all of the file will fit? What do =3D
> > >others think about the current scheme?
> > >
> > >Rob Meredith
> > >
> > > >>> paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/08/04 10:19PM >>>
> > >Hi, Larry and Rod. Never mind my last question. Turns out the book I =3D
> > >was=3D20
> > >trying to load was not type four.
> > >I will have to go back and see if I can get it as type four.
> > >However, some comments.
> > >It takes an extremely long time to load one of these files, much =
> >slower=3D20
> > >than loading an mp3 file.
> > >Also, I was surprised that in a book that contains more than one file, =
> >=3D
> > >I=3D20
> > >have  to load each part separately.
> > >And why the combo boxes that ask me where I want to start and end? If =
> >I=3D20
> > >have plenty of room, why would I not want to start at the beginning and =
> >=3D
> > >end=3D20
> > >at the end<grin>? I don't understand the use of these boxes.
> > >Why would I want to start five minutes in or more?
> > >Thanks.

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