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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Newbie questionsRe: Newbie questions
From: Paul van der Heu <pvdh_at_xs4all.nl>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 19:55:40 +0100 On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:17:31 -0500 (EST), Cynthia Sellers wrote: >Hi! Welcome to the club ;) >1) should I start right off with Rockbox or get familiar with the >Archos software first? For anything but recording use RockBox.. >2) I have ripped all my CD's to MP3 on my computer using MusicMatch If you are happy with MusicMatch stay with it.. get the latest update form their website though. >and plan to copy the files to the AJR20. (Is that the proper way to >get my CD's onto the AJR20?) > When I do this(which I'm fuzzy on exactly how to do >it but assume once I jump into it that it will become clear), will When you connct the archos and your PC using the supplied USB cable it will be obvious as the PC will see the archos as a regular HD just copy the files to it using a directory structure you prefer.. >all the album info be available on the AJR20 or do I have to enter >it (Seems awful if the latter is the case)? I've got some CD's that >I'll have to enter the info for manually and I don't want to do it >twice. Well.. use the cddb database available on the net. AFAIK MusicMatch will allow you to fetch the trackinfo from the net if it is available while you rip the CD. and will add it to the MP3 file. >3) Some things I've read have made me nervous. I'm afraid I'll 'do >it wrong' and somehow break the unit! Many of the negative comments >I read seemed to indicate I could 'ruin everything' if I didn't do Breaking the unit is a somewhat strong term I feel.. you might trash you Harddisk but that is something a reformat will handle quite nicely.. Just do not drop or bump the unit while it is playing.. >4) This question is probably beyond the scope of this list but I'll >ask anyway... when I record a cassette do I have to record each >track separately or can I break it into tracks after it is recorded? >I guess I envision something like the following: I would suggest you use your PC to record the cassettes, so you can clean it up a bit (get rid off hiss/cracks etc..) and cut it up into the parts you like.. then encode the .wav files into mp3 ID them and transfer the mp3 files to the Archos. The main advantage of using the AJR20 to record is that in order to clean up your recording you would have to go from mp3 to wav and back which in not a good thing.. Received on 2002-11-14 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |