Thanks for all the imfo richard. I may have more questions later on. My big interest is country and gosple music. Terry
-----Original Message----- From: Richard Ehrler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Braillenote] why won't my mp3 file play? Terry, While any kind of deep discussion about mp3 file sources would probably get us busted by Dean Jackson, the list topic cop, it is useful to play with some to learn the function of the media player in our note takers. Not sure but think Jonathan Mosen has a web site that contains several to pick from on a variety of topics. I'll give you one url I know about below and let him update or correct my information if things have changed since I last visited this site. I also get many off the ACB Radio web site but so far have had to use a computer to gather and copy them to my compact flash card because of download file limitations on my current VoiceNote. I will be ordering a mPowered VoiceNote next week and Jonathan said they changed the download software on that unit to allow big file downloads. Even so, I have run into more than a few mp3 files that refused to play. Some seem to be recorded at sample or bit rates that aren't supported with the current media player. Some others just refuse to run and give no error message indicating the problem. It is just a trial and error process to find the ones that work. Also, keep in mind that if you have a computer, you can use software on it to rip tracks of compact discs to mp3 file format and try playing these on your unit. In that case, if you create a mp3 file that will not play, you can go back and experiment with other options on the computer to adjust bit, sample, stereo-mono, etc. until you get the best audio out of your note taker. Finally, there are web sites that sell discs of old time radio programs in mp3 file format and I have found many of these files play fine on my VoiceNote. I will give you a couple places to check out below but be warned that some of these files are huge and will take anywhere from a half hour to more than four hours to download with a 56 K modem. Don't even try getting content from any of these sites with your note taker unless it is one of the new mPower units. The first is a site of Jonathan's that I have found mp3 material in the past but haven't checked it out lately to see if still active: mosenexplosion.com/ Next is a site run by Larry Skutchan at American Printinghouse for the Blind where he has been uploading pod casts for the last couple months with a variety of content. This is one that I have found some files that don't play in my VoiceNote but most do play just fine: www.aph.org/tech/bct.htm This next site is run by someone who grabs the most recent copies of the Main Menu program andprovides them as mp3 downloads far faster than they show up in the ftp download site of the ACB Radio site: www.horspool.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mainmenu/ Here is a small web page containing the most recent issue of the Braille Forum stored in four separate mp3 file tracks: www.ptbs.org/ These last three urls are to sites that sell old time radio shows on compact discs full of mp3 files: www.theradiolady.com/ www.bobbysotr.com/ www.billsparks.org/ Well, that's it for now. Hope Big Dean don't bust me too bad for questionable message content! Richard Ehrler On 2005-08-05 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Richard or Terri; How do I define a mp3 file. Where do I get them. Can You buy them or do I have to copy them from the internet. If so, can I download them on my computer, to my card reader, to my BT or m power. Thanks for any advice. this is a chalange I have not tackled yet. terry Powers ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
