Yeah, that's why I look for the cheaper players. I hate spending money on stuff like this, but I also like the stuff, so that's my compromise! Smile.
Kathy Szinnyey [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 9:57 AM Subject: Re: Is there such a thing as a blind friendlyplayerthatplaysbothRAXand Wma/drm files? > 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. 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