Yep, I'll put a link up shortly, you can read the information within the
zip file thus make future arrangements to get updates etc.
On 20/01/2012 1:54 PM, Hank Smith wrote:
Hello is there a way I could get the directory of stations?
thanks
Hank
On 1/19/2012 7:13 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Gee! that's a nice price, I wonder if they'll ship to Australia?
guess I'll find out as that's considerably cheaper than I can
purchase it for here.
anyway getting back to the radio side of things, there's a directory
of radio stations being circulated specifically designed for media
players on computers and the Plextalk PTR1 to take full advantage of.
Its simple in design, each radio station has its own M3U playlist
file thus each can be opened in your favourite media player or on the
PTR1, so far so good but not so good on the PTR1 perhaps if the radio
station you wish to hear is a AAC stream<smile>.
The directory is comprehensive and is updated frequently which it
will need to be given that stream URLS do change frequently, new
streams are appearing all the time etc.
As for me? Well I'll be purchasing the PTR1 but certainly not
exclusively for its streaming functionality as it seems to have some
serious shortcomings, a book player and a recorder will do me fine.
For radio I'll keep using my trusty Squeezebox Boom as it plays
everything that's thrown at it and the Ootunes App on my
iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch.
Thanks for the information on the Victor Reader Stream software
upgrades, I have one of these devices though it hasn't been upgraded
for quite some time so it will be worth my investigation.
On 20/01/2012, at 12:57 PM, Clifford Blackwell wrote:
I don't believe thos formats are supported. So far as streams, it
is limited to .mp3 and .wma streams. I'm hoping that in a futre
firmware update, they will expand upon this capability.
It is a nice little machine though the transfer software is quite
clunky.
Freedom Scientific in the U.S. is selling the Pocket for $275.00 US.
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Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:06 PM
Subject: Plextalk Pocket PTR1, a huge concern
Hi!
Perhaps a list member who owns one of these devices can confirm or
deny my concern below.
I'm thinking very seriously about purchasing one of these players,
vision australia are selling them for $400.00 which appears to me
to be a very reasonable price.
I've just been going through the specs which look quite okay except
for the fact that the machine doesn't seem to support either AAC or
AAC+ formats, too bad if you want to listen to anything from the
iTunes store, is this true.
The specs make a huge point of talking about the PTP1's ability to
stream Podcasts and Internet Radio, I'm not doubting that for one
moment but if the device cant handle AAC then the ability for
Internet radio streaming I submit would be severely hampered as
many radio stations stream using AAC given its very good quality at
lower bit rates, anyone anythoughts on this.
I like the fact that the recorder can record in multiple Daisy
modes, that is to say you can record using PCM 44.1KHZ Wave with
the Daisy attributes as well as MP3.
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