[bookport] Re: non bookport files
- From: "Bruce Toews" <dogriver@xxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:20:36 -0500
Yes, the BP can be used as an inefficient external drive. Your best bet
is to use a card reader if you can.
Bruce
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:13:25 -0400, "louis scrivani"
<lscrivani2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Hello,
> Say I want to save a file and transfer it to my home computer and I
> did not have a mem stick or anything other than the book port. could
> I use that memory card while it is in the bp, to transfer that file
> or files?
> Thanks,
> Louis
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Woody Anna Dresner
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 2:30 AM
> Subject: [bookport] fixing MP3 files with Foobar2000
>
>
> 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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