To be honest, I have no idea what you are talking about when referring to KJV Bible. I assumed that you are referring to an audiobook.
Perhaps, it would make sense to describe the product and what it is you are concerned about. This is Linux/tech oriented community - I would not necessarily assume that people are familiar with the topic. -T On Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 14:34 Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/14/26 11:37 AM, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > > I believe that you answered the question of data storage size yourself > But that has almost *NOTHING* to do with my question. ROFL ;{ > > > > > mp3 files do not compress well. Resulting in .zip files typically bigger > > than their content. > > > > So, if you need to cary around 20 1.2GB bible stories - 32GB mp3 player > > device should work just fine. > > > > As for the usability, I would try to select a device which presents > itself > > as USB mas-storage when connected through USB - so that you can easily > > manage the fules on the device. > > > > Hope that helps, > > I does NOT. > I was looking for articles on actually using an MP3 player in my > environment. > > E.G. > 1. How convenient is it to choose which of 1189 chapters spread among > 66 books of KJV Bible to hear? > 2. When listening to a commentary, how easy is it to go back a few > sentences or minutes to clarify the meaning of something. > > TIA > > > > > Tomas > > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 10:49 Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I'm an tri-focal wearing octogenarian with some auditory issues. > >> I wish to listen conveniently to the KJV Bible and/or commentaries. > >> A suitable Bible in MP3 format whose zipped format is ~1.2 GB with > >> reading time of 85 hours. The commentaries of interest would likely be > >> ~10 hours per set. > >> > >> Smartphones are *NOT* a possibility. > >> > >> I'm looking for the functionality of a 60's era pocket cassette player. > >> I have never seen an MP3 player (friends all tote smartphones). > >> Ads on web are useless. All the MP3 player articles I found were focused > >> on tech behind the MP3 format and various descriptions of fidelity > >> versus bit rate (was an analog focused E.E. student a half-century ago > ;) > >> > >> Suggested articles dealing with usability issues? > >> Can I at least have the Bible and commentaries in different directories? > >> How much can be stored on the device itself (had assumed flash drives > >> would be needed)? > >> TIA > >> > >> > > > >
