stick with mp3. its universal for portable devices. orhan. On Wednesday, March 19, 2008 6:38 AM Jacob Kruger wrote: > I would also agree that MP3 is what you should stay with. > > One thing I will say though is that with my zenstone, I tested various > bitrates (all of them constant though) to see what sort of level > would be acceptable since the sort of average rates for MP3 files are > somewhere between 128kbps and 192kbps. > > Playing with various rates, I found that as long as the files are > encoded to 64kbps, they sound pretty good on the zenstone, and that > obviously means I can fit more files on it's memory (currently have > around 350 on my 1Gb zenstone). > > Stay well > > Jacob Kruger > Blind Biker > Skype: BlindZA > '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Job Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:54 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] MP3 or WMA > > >> WMA is the Windows Media Audio format, which is a proprietary >> version of an >> MP3 file. The Zen Stone will play both formats. I use my Zen Stone >> with many MP3 files and they work great. The only problem I have >> run across is if the MP3 file is recorded using the Variable Bit >> Rate instead of the constant Bit Rate. If you try to fast forward >> while playing a VBR MP3 file, >> the player freaks out and sometimes locks up. Creative advised me >> to play only MP3 files recorded using CBR. >> John >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Steve Crews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 4:42 PM >> Subject: [Blind-Computing] MP3 or WMA >> >> >>> Hello, I am preparing some music files to load onto a ZEN STONE. >>> >>> My files are currently saved in an MP3 format. What is the >>> difference between an MP3 and WMA? >>> >>> Would it be better to convert my files to WMA before loading them >>> onto the >>> ZEN STONE? >>> >>> This is my first time at this and I want to get it right. >>> >>> Any help would be appreciated. >>> >>> Steve Crews >>> >>> 202 North Country Lane >>> >>> Desloge, Mo. 63601 >>> >>> 573-431-3325 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com >>> Address for the list archives: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the >>> subject or body of a blank message to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php >>> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >>> following address: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >> http://www.jaws-users.com >> Address for the list archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the >> subject or body of a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >> http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php >> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >> following address: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the > subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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