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

  • From: Paul Henrichsen <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 14:16:07 -0700

Hi, Clarence. I have USB two and, believe me, it is still slow<grin>. I was 
also surprised how the file I loaded didn't take up that much room. I will 
bet you could get a book into a 250 mb card easy. A 512 wouldn't even be an 
issue. And you can buy a 1 gb card on line at compuplus.com for 140 dollars 
plus shipping.

At 6/9/2004, you wrote:
>Paul, wouldn't that be ugly especially if you have read halfway through the
>book and only need to add the part that wouldn't fit?  Unless I'm missing
>something here then the system in place is the best alternative; not that
>difficult the way it is.  As for speed of uploading to the BookPort I would
>bet it is becuase of USB type 1.  I'm willing to wait given we now have an
>accessible device unlike the Otis!  Just my not so humble opinion.
>
>
>At 11:21 AM 6/9/2004 -0700, 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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