Sir Troth, You understood exactly what I was asking. I will look into MP3 players. I don't think I have anything that plays mp3's..... Thank you so much for explaining that I can do what I want to do with these files. These programs are popcast. Thank you so much for your help. I love this list.... Rita Sir Troth wrote: >An MP3 player is just like a walkman, except that it plays MP3 files instead >of audio CDs. An MP3 player will either be flash-based or hard drive based. >Flash based uses flash memory (smaller MP3 players of 128MB, 512MB, 1GB, etc). >Hard drive based uses mini hard drives (like the iPod). Flash drives hold less >but are smaller. Hard drives hold a lot more, but are larger. And, more >fragile. >Some CD walkmans players will play MP3 files. All that means is that you would >make a CD with MP3 files, and the CD walkman would be able to play it. But, >this would be a DATA CD, not an AUDIO CD. You can get more MP3 files onto a CD >than you can get AUDIO if you were making an AUDIO CD. > >Now... you didn't really make the question clear. But, I think you're trying >to ask how you can listen to those talk shows without your computer. If I'm >wrong, please correct me. > >The simple way is to get an MP3 player (they can be purchased very cheap >nowadays) and just transfer the MP3 files to the MP3 player. After listening >to them, you remove the files and refill with new shows. > >If you have a CD player or walkman that plays MP3 files, you can do like I >mentioned above. Make a DATA CD and just play it in the player. > >I do the same thing you're inquiring about (or that I think you are inquiring >about). I subscribe to podcasts (which are basically archived audio shows >delivered to me) and then I place them onto my MP3 player to listen to it >during my boring hours. > >Any questions? >:o) > > > > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/