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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: need help looking for mp3 WMA playerRe: need help looking for mp3 WMA player
From: K4NKZ Jim Ardin <k4nkz_at_comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:39:53 -0400 thanks! I would like to know if we can talk by phone, because I am a bad speller because of dyslexia? if you are in the 48 states, I can call you. or you can call me at 850 210 0007 thanks for any and all help! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocker" <rocker_at_shaw.ca> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 8:29 AM Subject: Re: need help looking for mp3 WMA player > Hi Jim, > > As Tor already stated: "the IHP140 or H340 is likely the best choice for > your needs. Keep in mind that to find a new one will be about the same > price as an IPod. Rockbox will not play WMA files but you can boot into > the > original IRiver firmware and play them that way. Of course then you will > have no speech. > > I use the IHP140 for audio books and music. It does all the things you > are > asking for. I think the resume on start up feature still causes some > crashes but since I have disabled this feature I don't know for sure. > Regardless, it will still resume with an extra click of the play button. > Rockbox is very stable on this player. > > hth...rocker > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "K4NKZ Jim Ardin" <k4nkz_at_comcast.net> > To: "rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 4:10 AM > Subject: need help looking for mp3 WMA player > > > Hi everybody, I am brand-new to this rock box lists, and I have a lot of > questions! > Let me give you some of my personal history! > I was using a Dell DJ 30 MP3 player. Until last week when it died on me. > I was using the MP3 player, to play talking books that I converted to MP3 > and WMA files. I made each book into one track. > > So each track was five to 10 hours long. So if I had to stop in the > middle > of a book, and pick it up the next day, or an > > hour later, when I started the book the next day, it would start at the > beginning of the book. So I would have to > > fast-forward to the spot where I left off the day before and. > So what I am looking for is a better way of handling these books. > And I'm hoping that somebody on this list would be able to help me. I am > thinking that I could probably use a MP3 playlists > > for each book and break each book up into multiple tracks. And then > instead > of selecting play all tracks to go through my > > books I could go through to playlists and select which book I wish to > start > with. But I am thinking that I would have to use > > a this rock box software to really know what I am doing. > So because I have to replace my MP3 player I am asking everyone on this > list > to please let me know which MP3 players that > > have 30 G or more of memory will work with the rock box software! I am not > looking for a discontinued model, or an out of > > date model, or an Apple iPod. Because you paid too much for the Apple > name. > I would also like to be able to place a bookmark when I turn the MP3 > player > off, so when I started the next day it will pick > up in the middle of the book if possible! > I hope I explained what I am looking for. And I really hope that somebody > will be able to help me > before I spend $300 or more for a MP3 player that I can't work. > Thanks for any and all help, from A MP3 / WMA player dummy. > **********----------**********----------**********----------********** > Have A Nice Day, cause somebody should! > From Jim eMail = K4NKZ_at_comcast.net > **********----------**********----------**********----------********** > > > __________ NOD32 1.1703 (20060811) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > Received on 2006-08-11 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |