Hi, If it said M4v, does that mean movies bought from Itunes can be played, I sure hope so. Thanks, Courtney
On 26/05/2010, at 2:24 in the Afternoon, Christina wrote: > Hello listers, > > I have not done this yet but plan to. :) I have a victor stream and love > it. However being a mac user I've not been able to completely use the > recording notes feature as I've not found a way to play those files on my mac > because they're recorded in a format I've not been able to play on my mac. > However there is an upgrade now available from Humanware. There is the > standard free upgrade but you will now be given the option for a paid version > which will allow you to record notes in mp3 or wav which should be easily > played on the mac. > > Here are some notes from e-mails that I copied and pasted. There are also > other features on the paid upgrade version called Soft Pack. > > Finally, version 3.2 has hidden treasures that you should know about. In > addition to new languages and general maintenance, we now have the underlying > framework to support our long anticipated SoftPak. The Stream SoftPak is > optional software that provides five features for which we have had many > requests: support of the EPUB book format, ability to play Audible's Enhanced > Audio books, playback of MP4 audio including iTunes, Support for MS Word DOCX > and ability to record in MP3 or Wav file formats. > > We are offering the version 3.2 Stream and Companion upgrades at no charge. > For more information and to download visit www.humanware.com/stream_software. > After installing 3.2 you may take advantage of the optional software features > by purchasing the SoftPak for a nominal charge of $49. > > For more information about the Stream SoftPak visit > www.humanware.com/softpak. You may also purchase SoftPak online from that > page or by calling our customer service team toll free at 1-800-722-3393. > > Abo > > > MP3 and Wav Recording > In addition to the standard high quality AMR-WB+ 3GP recording file type, the > Stream > SoftPak allows you to choose either mono MP3 96kbps or mono wav 16 bit PCM > recording > file types. Select the recording file type using the Menu key 7. Press key 7 > multiple > times to find the Recording menu. Then use the left or right arrows to choose > either > 3GP, MP3, or Wav. Press the pound key to confirm your choice and the star or > Cancel > key to exit the menu. As you arrow across the choice of file types the Stream > will > announce how many hours of recording remain for each file type. Once you have > confirmed > your choice, all future voice notes and audio bookmarks will be recorded in > the chosen > file type. > Your choice of file type will affect the size of the recording files. Stream > will > produce similar quality with 3GP and MP3 recordings but the MP3 files will be > considerably > larger. Wav recordings provide the highest quality but take the most space on > your > SD card. For example, one hour of recording produces a 9 megabyte 3GP file, > 41 megabyte > MP3 file, or 303 megabyte wav file. > Support of Unprotected MP4 Audio Files > The Stream SoftPak supports the Advanced Audio coding found in audio files of > type > mp4, m4a, m4b and m4v. The most popular source of these files is the Apple > iTunes > store which offers millions of MP4 music and podcast files that you will be > able > to play on your Stream. Note that Stream SoftPak only plays unprotected MP4 > files. > Files protected with DRM are not supported. To acquire iTunes content you > will require > the iTunes program which comes with every Apple MAC computer or a free iTunes > version > for Windows computers which can be downloaded from: > http://www.apple.com/itunes > Use the program to purchase content from the iTunes online music store and > download..... > > > > I hope this info is helpful, > Christina > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
