Re: [IRCA] Bought an iRiver IFP-795T

[Charles A Taylor <MWDXer@xxxxxxx>]

At 06:05 PM 1/31/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Chuck,
>
>At least in the earliest firmware, the files created by the IFP-xxx devices
>are actually MP3 files, but with a changed file extension. You don't have
>to "convert" the files at all; simply rename them to .MP3 and they will
>play fine. I guess this is how they got around any fees or licensing issues.
>
>It's true, though, about the units not appearing as normal drives within
>Windows. However, I find the "iRiver Manager" software so easy to use that
>I've never upgraded the firmware on my IFP-795 (it would have lost a few
>encoding options in the process, anyway).
>
>Guy Atkins
>Puyallup, WA
>
>-

Guy,

I inadvertently deleted the MP3 player .exe from my PC and don't want to 
re-install the whole she-bang Windows XP. Is there a source for inexpensive 
MP3 player files?

I don't know the difference in the protocol between MD3 files and .WAV 
files. Would a .WAV player play an IFP file.

As for appearing as a drive in my PC: I don't care. I will load the IFP 
file into a pair of 1 GB flash drives. No important data files are on my 
C:\ subdirectories.

If my PC crashes, no data of any great importance is lost.

By the way, we lived on Whidbey Island 1984-1986. Mostly wandered north up 
to, and across the border and stayed away from the whole SEATAC area.
Went to Bruce Portzer get-togethers when we went to SEATAC.

73 de Wrong Reverend Charlie T



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>Message: 6
>Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:09:40 +0000
>From: "CHARLES HUTTON" <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [IRCA] Bought an iRiver IFP-795T
>To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>I'd check this out at Iriver. Their initial versions of the I-7xx and I-8xx
>didn't appear as normal flash drives to Windows and didn't directly use mp3
>& wma files - they had a proprietary format. That has all been changed in
>the newer versions of their firmware which are downloadable from iRiver.
>
>
>Chuck
>
>
>
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