Brent, I did not put the Rock Box firmware on my iRiver T30 flash player. The firmware is directly from iRiver and is for providing USB mass storage capability rather than having to use the Microsoft Media Player transfer protocol. And, yes, you can reinstall the original iRiver firmware and get the DRM file capability back.
Jeff At 07:28 PM 10/22/2006, you wrote: >Does putting the DRM-capable firmware back get the capability back? Or does >the Rockbox site really mean permanent when they say that flashing their >software to a 3x series Iriver destroys DRM capability in the sense that >reverting back won't restore that ability. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jeff Samco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 9:26 PM >Subject: RE: Is there such a thing as a blind friendly player >thatplaysbothRAXand Wma/drm files? > > > > Rick, > > > > I do not use any DRM files so won't be able to comment on this. > > However, when I next off-load some files I will locate a very large > > MP3 file and see how it works with the resume feature. How large of > > an MP3 file do you recommend using for this test? > > Other than the resume feature, there is no bookmarking feature I am > > aware of. By the way, I immediately replaced the original firmware > > which required Windows Media Player transfer protocol, with iRiver's > > USB mass storage capable firmware. That removes any capability of > > loading DRM files. I'll post on the above in a few days. > > > > Jeff > > > > > > At 02:38 PM 10/21/2006, you wrote: > >>Jeff, > >> > >>How does this player handle large DRM files in terms of bookmarking, and > >>bookmarking in general on other file types? Thanks. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>--Warmest regards, > >> > >>--Rick Alfaro > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>On Behalf Of Jeff Samco > >>Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 12:58 AM > >>To: PC audio discussion list. > >>Subject: RE: Is there such a thing as a blind friendly player thatplays > >>bothRAXand Wma/drm files? > >> > >>Well, not sure what you want a player to do besides the basics. I have > >>previously used an iRiver flash player, ifp 795, and just 2 days ago got > >>the > >>newer version, T30 512 MB flash player. Both have predictable menus which, > >>if you are good at memorizing the features you want, you can use it pretty > >>effectively. I got one of my kids to change the settings I prefer to > >>always > >>stay the same. But, the feature I most enjoy is the playback speed > >>adjustment. It goes from 0% to 50 percent in 10 percent incriments. It is > >>easy to memorize the sequence of buttons. The features I like changed are: > >>Fast forward and rewind speed increased from 1x to 6x. > >>Study mode turned on: this changes the forward and rewind buttons so that > >>tapping it will not change tracks but will move ahead or back a set number > >>of seconds, like 3 or 10 seconds. > >>Auto power shut off time increased to a longer time period. > >> > >>Hope this helps, > >>Jeff > >> > >> > >>At 06:57 AM 10/20/2006, you wrote: > >> >Well, I'd just like to find a reasonably priced, and reasonably blind > >> >friendly portable mp3 player that uses direct plug n play for hooking > >> >up to a pc, rather than proprietory software. I don't care if it plays > >> >RA, or wma really, since I do everything in mp3, although, if it does > >> >ogg, I guess I won't complain, but, not something I'd expect for a > >> >reasonably priced player. What I mean by reasonably blind friendly, is > >> >that one can do more than just use the play, rewind and fast forward > >> >with some ease. 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