Wow! I thought flashing was completely irreversible. I guess if I wanted to play DRM files, I get a cheap player for that purpose only. I heard, all be it more expensive, that the Iaudio X5 also would do DRM files, but not sure it suffers the same affliction when Rockbox is flashed.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Gillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 7:01 AM Subject: Re: Is there such a thing as a blind friendlyplayerthatplaysbothRAXand Wma/drm files? > Once you flash rockbox, Your DRM capability is pernimantly gone. You can > blaime this on DRM as it was written to be virtually tamper proof. > > Bad Microsoft eh? > > Keith > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brent Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 8:28 PM > Subject: Re: Is there such a thing as a blind friendly > playerthatplaysbothRAXand Wma/drm files? > > > 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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