[bookport] Re: non bookport files
- From: <petrakigianos-giasou@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:23:53 -0700 (PDT)
The BP is USB 1.1 type device. Best to use a card reader to your
transfers to and from. Super efficient and easy.
--- Alex Parks <mehgcap@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes you can. The BP will act as a card reader, though be aware
>
> that it is still using battery power when plugged in. Your BP
> will simply report "playing unfiltered files not supported" if
>
> you accidentally try to open a non-BP file, even on .exe files
>
> and such. HTH.
>
> Have a great day,
> Alex
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >From: "louis scrivani" <lscrivani2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Date sent: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:13:25 -0400
> >Subject: [bookport] non bookport files
>
> >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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