Now, my big question is whether or not it can properly handle files from Net Library. I know the device can play WMA with DRM but as you know, Net Library files are huge and I haven't found a player yet that will handle them properly. Yes, they will play, but fast forward and rewind don't work properly, and your current place in the book is not remembered if you switch to another file. It would be wonderful if this player worked as well with Net Library files as it does with audible books.
--Warmest regards, --Rick Alfaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kathy Szinnyey Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 7:02 AM To: PC audio discussion list. ; Access-L Subject: Re: The Creative Zen Stone MP3 player Brian, this sounds like incredibly good news! As a person who works as a library assistant, I'm always on the lookout for affordable easy to use equipment for us blind folk who want to listen to audible books and music without losing our minds! Smile. Much to my beloved husband's annoyance (why do you need another one of these?), I will probably buy this and test it out at our library. This has got me jazzed, for sure! Until we get rid of that annoying DRM, this could be the best answer yet! Peace, Kathy Listen to Kathy and Fred on the Web at http://www.live365.com/stations/cityslackers/ http://www.fredkate.libsyn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Pattison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org>; "Access-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 10:31 PM Subject: Fwd: The Creative Zen Stone MP3 player > >>From: Brian Hartgen [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>I wanted to let people know about a very affordable easy to use portable >>media player which Anna told me about and which I have just purchased. >>It is called the Zen Stone player from Creative, and it costs 25 pounds >>or 40 Us dollars. The player was released on 3 May this year and so is >>very new and is available just about everywhere you can think of >>including retail outlets and Amazon. >> >>The player is extremely small indeed and weighs less than one ounce and >>has no screen. It has a mode switch on the side (for cycling between >>some features such as repeat, play all or shuffle), and a typical wheel: >>up and down for volume, left and right to skip tracks or within a track, >>and play/stop in the centre. The mode switch, if pressed and held, will >>allow you to skip to the next album or folder which is a nice feature. >>The Zen Stone can accommodate up to 1 GB of storage. >> >>The great thing about this player is that no special software is >>required to transfer regular WMA or MP3 files to it. You can simply >>copy and paste using Windows Explorer. However, there is software which >>can be downloaded called Creative Media Light, which allows you to not >>only rip tracks from audio CD, but in addition once the audio extraction >>has taken place, the music is automatically transferred to the player. >>So for a person who does not want to get into the business of copying >>music to the player, this could be very good. There's a bit of >>scripting needing to be done with that, but I intend to issue some free >>JAWS scripts for this if I can get that particular item to work. Apart >>from that and one or two small issues of labelling buttons which I have >>done, the software is quite usable. The good thing about the software >>is that when the player is connected to the computer for charging, the >>status line will report the percentage of the charging process. >> >>Now to the final great feature. This player will allow you to play DRM >>Windows Media files and Audible content. When playing Audible content >>(up to format 3 only), and you stop playing the book and move to another >>folder, your position within the book is retained! I think that the >>storage capacity of the player, and the fact that the quality of format >>3 is quite listenable, makes the use of this format quite acceptable. >> >>If anyone would like to know more about the player please let me know. >>But if you want something really simple on which to listen to music, >>podcasts and particularly Audible books, this is a very inexpensive >>option. If it does play DRM content, and I've no reason to doubt the >>claims made by the manufacturers, then this kind of player could be the >>start of people moving away from the iTunes music store (thank goodness) >>and to other music providers who offer DRM content. >> >>Brian Hartgen >>More information about portable media devices can be obtained from the >>Portable Player Portal. 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