Kevin, what version of vmware you looking at here? some versions had problems with supporting USB devices from the host system (especially on the old server platforms). I haven't used any of the new vmware products so, I am not exactly qualified on them.
The problem I see here is that if you get the streams on another machine and try to play them on yours, you don't have the DRM key on that machine, hence a failure of the files to play. I haven't messed with audible streams/files yet. I am still fighting a linux laptop to find why it has a memory leak in a system service. still, if you have itunes on both windows and OS X, it shouldn't be hard to stream them from one to the other (itunes can do streaming servers, though I have never set up one). come to think of it, I might try that here just to see if I can do it. -Eric On Nov 11, 2010, at 12:57 AM, Kevin Reeves wrote: > Thanks so much for this. However, How would she get the stream authorized to > run audible books if we can't get it working? Should we authorize it on > another windows machine, then we could just move all the downloaded audible > files to the card manually through the finder? WOuld that work? Thanks again. > > Kevin > On Nov 10, 2010, at 11:19 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> I think it might be vmware, since I had the same thing happen with windows >> XP. My suggestion for audible is to simply use a card reader, and liet >> itunes handle the downloading of the audible content. >> On Nov 10, 2010, at 10:30 PM, Kevin Reeves wrote: >> >>> Hey folks. A friend of mine has an MBP 13-inch with Snowleopard, VM Ware, >>> and Windows 7. She needs to plug her stream in via windows in order to be >>> able to move audible books to it using the audible manager. When I plug the >>> stream into the computer, I get the dialog asking me if I want to connect >>> to mac or windows. I choose windows, but nothing happens: no alert sound, >>> no nothing. I've tried this with 2 separate streams on 2 separate machines >>> running the same setup. Even when the stream is plugged in and I try to go >>> to the connect USB submenu, the stream does not appear. Several questions >>> come to mind. >>> >>> 1. Is this a windows 7 or vmware problem, or both? I know that windows 7 >>> users can access the stream no problem, but I wonder if the vm ware layer >>> is adding extra problems. >>> >>> 2. If the stream is a complete no go, is there a way to load the audible >>> books and authorization on the memory card? This individual is very >>> irritated about the fact that this won't work. If anyone can help, I'd >>> really appreciated. You guys rock. >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > -- > 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.
