I assume you could create a playlist on the computer and just use that file. I know the Icon supports .m3u files so just create a playlist on your computer with the Icon connected and just play that file. I will admit I have not tried this yet but I assume it should work.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Turner" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 1:11 PM Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Another Music player issue
Hi, In theory, that is correct. However, the way the Braille Plus currently deals with this situation it makes it extremely difficult. For example, I have a folder called disk01. In the folder there are files with names like, track 01.mp3, track 02.mp3, etc. I have another folder, disk02.The track names are the same, but since they are in a different folder, thatis fine.When you get the list of "songs" you see track 01, track 01, track 02, track02 with no reference to what folder they are in. Given that the book has 11 disks, so 11 folders, this makes it too tedious to try and set up play lists. You, of course, can figure that the first track 01 is in the first folder and so on, but who wants to keep track that way.If I could build the playlist on the computer and then move everything overthat would be one solution. For now, the Book Port handles this stuff fabulously, so I will stick to using it for mp3 books. Later, Richard -----Original Message----- From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of CB Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:24 AM To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Another Music player issue could you not just create a playlist of all the files?----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Turner" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 9:05 AM Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Another Music player issueHowever, that defeats the idea of putting a book on the Braille Plus that is in mp3 format from CD's. Who wants to read a book where you have to go andmanually start each track. Most of the books I've found on CD have tracksthat are no more than 6 or 8 minutes long. I would rather be able to listento it just like I would a music CD, which can be done rather easily on theBraille Plus. The fact that it is spoken material shouldn't make any difference. So, for now, I'll stick to keeping those on the Book Port. Thanks, Richard --- -----Original Message----- From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of PAMELA RADER Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 6:08 AM To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Another Music player issue Richard: You can create a folder on the hard drive and call it whatever. Put yourMP3 book files in there. Then, when you open them with File Explorer, theBraille + will know to open it with the player, based on the File Association. Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT American Printing House For The Blind 1839 Frankfort Ave. Louisville, KY 40206 PHONE: 1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx 07/19/07 08:51AM >>>Put them in the books folder even though they are mp3 files? On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:34:20 -0400, PAMELA RADER wrote:Hi Richard: Tagging them will help, but also you'll want to put your books in a different file, other than the music folder (either in the Bookshelf or in another folder and open them with File Explorer. Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT American Printing House For The Blind 1839 Frankfort Ave. Louisville, KY 40206 PHONE: 1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx 07/18/07 11:10PM >>>I just attempted to put a non-tagged mp3 book on the Braille Plus. I ripped the 11 CD's for the book "A Thousand Splendid Suns" into 11 folders titled disk01 through disk11. Since the CD's were not in the internet database that GoldWave uses, the filenames were track 01.mp3, track 02.mp3 etc. under each folder. When I had the Braille Plus update the catalog, it made a royal mess of those files. I could not tell which folder the tracks with the same names were in. I had a bunch of track 01's in a row. But, they did not show the path. So, apparently, having the tracks in different folders is meaningless. I guess I will need to go learn how to use the mp3 tag program if I want to use the Braille Plus for books like this. It would be nice if it could show the folder as well as the file name, then at least one could build a play list. Richard ---