Yeah, that is how the Overdrive service works. There's also the MuVo line of MP3 players from Creative. I know they've been mentioned here before. There's the Nomad MuVo's which come in 64M and 128M sizes and then the MoVo Mix's which come in 256M and 512M sizes. I have a Nomad MuVo myself, the 128M size, and it works well with MP3's, WMA's and Audible's format. It does support picking up where you left off. I find that it does OK with large files, but you do lose the audio feedback when you're fast forwarding at the end of a large file.
I bought the Nomad MuVo a while ago, so my facts above may be a bit off. I also had to upgrade the firmware to get it to support the Audible file format and the pick up where you stopped feature. Rick Alfaro wrote: > Rob, > > Thanks for the suggestion. I guess if there is no other way, I will have to > bite the bullet and listen to the low bitrate version. I wish they would > just make the much nicer sounding high bitrate version available in a series > of smaller files. I believe this is what OverDrive does and users of that > service don't have this issue. Thanks again for the advice. > > > > > > --Warmest regards, > > --Rick Alfaro > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Robert Hebert > Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 4:51 PM > To: PC audio discussion list. > Subject: Re: mp3 player that plays wma's > > With Net Library, there two options: > The first option is to download radio quality. This file is roughly one > tfifth of the CD quality file which is the second option. > So, if your file was 135 megs the other should be about 30 megs. > I had the same problem on a Iriver t 30 where the cd quality file was too > large for the unit--not in terms of its size--the T 30 is 1 gig but the unit > did not play such a large file properly--played about 2/3 of the file then > stopped. The smaller (radio quality) worked fine. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Alfaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 2:24 PM > Subject: RE: mp3 player that plays wma's > > > Kathy, > > My local library uses net library for downloadable books and I have signed > up to use the service. The big problem I have encountered is that the books > from Net Library are given to you for download as on huge file. The last > book I downloaded was 135 megs. I am on a very high speed connection, so > that is not a problem. The problem for was with the player I purchased to > read these books. It is a Sandisk Sansa M240. Even though the player has 1 > gb of memory, and can take the whole book with no problem, attempting to use > either fast forward or rewind looses your place and brings you back to the > beginning of the book. I called Sandisk about this and was told that this > behavior is due to the size of the file. It simply can't handle the > indexing for that size of a book. That was $75 down the drain > unfortunately, because that was the only reason I had purchased the player. > > > Can you recommend a player that will work with the huge files available from > net library? The ability to simply play the file with DRM isn't the only > thing needed for net library books, it also has to be able to allow you to > rewind or fast forward through a book without totally loosing your place. > Any suggestions much appreciated. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Kathy Szinnyey > Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:26 AM > To: PC audio discussion list. > Subject: Re: mp3 player that plays wma's > > Hi, Londa! I work at our public library which also now has access to free > downloadable books that are in wma-drm (digital rights management) format, > so I know the search for such an mp3 player quite well. I have found two > players that are more or less accessible. one is the Ilo for about $99; you > can get it from Walmoart on-line but not in their stores. I got mine on > ebay for about $50, I think. The other you can find just about anywhere. > It's called the Disney Mix Stick, I think. It's for little kids, but it's > pretty accessible and costs about $40. I'll be happy to talk more about > them and tell you what I know about advantages and disadvantages of each if > you want to write me off-list. There is also a player, the name of which > escapese me, that has pre-loaded books on them, one book per player. I'll > see if I can find it. So give me a holler if you like! > > Cheers, > Kathy > > > Kathy Szinnyey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Londa Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 8:43 AM > Subject: mp3 player that plays wma's > > > >> Hi All, >> >> I'm looking for an accessible mp3 player that also plays WMA files. Our >> library system is getting downloadable audio books and wants to be able to >> provide some suggestions for blind patrons. they'd also like to be able >> to >> purchase players and loan them with books preloaded on them to blind >> patrons. I've looked at the book port, but it's a bit expensive. I'm >> also >> not sure it will do the job. Any suggestions would be appreciated. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. 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