Creative, why no OGG Vorbis? Why not make use of a free (as in free of patents and software) high quality audio container and codec?
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"Most music" is still on CD. You can rip to any format you want--and OGG sounds better, and of course is completely free. There are dozens of other manufacturers who support OGG. Why wouldn't I just look there instead of being coerced into ripping in an inferior format?
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I run Linux on my PC, so I can't address the Windows issue. And I don't think I even used the USB interface at all ... I just used the "line-level" output, and plugged that directly into my PC's sound card, and that worked perfectly.
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Hi Larry, I had to stay away from that this unit I had to send it back due to fact it created havoc with my computer. what I use and have used it "Virtual DJ free" its a program you can download for free , make sure you get the free version from Google. Next I have the "Maqix audio cleaning lab" from Magix.com great software and well worth the money. I never got to use this ION item for it was a mess on my computer so I sent it back fast. hope this helped Randy
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The best free converter I've found is xrecode II It's an audio file converter and audio-grabber / ripperallows you to convert from/to: mp3, mp2, wma, aiff, amr, ogg, flac, ape, cue, ac3, wv, mpc, mid, cue ,tta, tak, wav, wav(rf64), dts, m4a, m4b, m4p (itunes), ra, rm, aac, avi, mpg, vob, mkv, mka, flv, swf, mov, ofr, wmv, divx, m4v, spx, 3gp, 3g2, m2v, m4v, ts, m2ts, adts, shn, tak, xm, mod, s3m, it, mtm, umx, mlp It copies tag tooWorks on XP, Vista, Windows 7 32/64 bit versions.Built-in tag editor And can Merge multiple files to one large audio file
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That is a completely fair point, especially for the present. My contention was mainly that 20 years down the line, the software and formats will likely be very different from today, and those which are tied to a particular player (such as WMV or WMA) are in fact more likely to die out. However, you are correct that Windows is not likely to go anywhere, even in that time frame, and thus it's probably a pretty safe bet.It remains that the native format of these AVCHD files are not by default playable in WMP, though they probably will be in the future as it looks like the MTS format used for AVCHD files will become a standard for all camera brands. That is a completely fair point, especially for the present. My contention was mainly that 20 years down the line, the software and formats will likely be very different from today, and those which are tied to a particular player (such as WMV or WMA) are in fact more likely to die out. However, you are correct that Windows is not likely to go anywhere, even in that time frame, and thus it's probably a pretty safe bet.It remains that the native format of these AVCHD files are not by default playable in WMP, though they probably will be in the future as it looks like the MTS... » Read More That is a completely fair point, especially for the present. My contention was mainly that 20 years down the line, the software and formats will likely be very different from today, and those which are tied to a particular player (such as WMV or WMA) are in fact more likely to die out. However, you are correct that Windows is not likely to go anywhere, even in that time frame, and thus it's probably a pretty safe bet.It remains that the native format of these AVCHD files are not by default playable in WMP, though they probably will be in the future as it looks like the MTS format used for AVCHD files will become a standard for all camera brands. « Show Less
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Do you know what I would use to export files in .wav format? I have a pc with the basic stuff. I would ultimately be using Audacity sound editing software. I've always used .wav files with it. I'm not to experienced with the tech side of things.Andrea
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ariadne is absolutely correct here.For lower bitrates, wma is generally better than mp3At higher bitrates, mp3 is generally better than mp3.Ogg is better at both but sadly, the zen doesn't support ogg.Bladeenc mp3 encoder (free software, runs from the command line) has almost the exact same quality as the original CD at 320kb/s
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They provide software for you to create your own message with pre-licensed background music via a windows PC application. I'm a professional announcer and sell on-hold services, so if there IS anything on the original drive, we didn't use it anything which may be pre-loaded, nor did we use their software. Cannot answer that, sorry!
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Clever idea. You'll need to be able to record your audio, load it onto your microSD card for playback. It will work fine.
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Tristan is right - WMP is not a great program and certainly no benchmark for the industry or a good indication of whether a format is legitimate or not. VLC is the best, period.
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Unfortunately I have never used this feature, but I can offer some advice: rip the music into a 24-bit codec with the highest sample rate you can. (i.e, not MP3)
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The library's a great suggestion -- thanks! I called both SanDisk and Audible to complain about their mutual incompatibility and was told by both that it was up to SanDisk. Anyway, my lesson from all of this is that I should look into these things more thoroughly before I buy another player (which hopefully won't be any time soon!).
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Yes. I do a lot of audio streaming and the volumes are all over the place. This is a must for some of those programming sources! Jon
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Hi Mr.Scheuerman, truth is i don't know,what I do know is why rip high quality vynil to mp3 format? There are better machines to do this depending on your budget, this is just me,& I'm sure you'll find what you needSincerely Heriberto
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OFF TOPIC, but I have really gotten unexpected value from the voice recorder - I'm something of a community activist, attend board meetings etc. and find the recorder to be more than adequate to 'tape" meetings - I load the .wav files in Audacity and export as .mp3's - lose a little volume but very compact and portable after that.
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I's sorry but I haven't played any WAV files via USB. I doubt if I will, because I use the CD6005 largely to play CD's. If I do so in the future, I will update you. Thanks.
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I bought this device and I am using it. I am quite happy with it. My main workstation has Linux OpenSUSE 11.4, but I also tried it on OpenSUSE 12.1, Fedora 15 and 16 and it works perfectly on all of them.Kyle is right. Sewell USB SoundBox 7.1 USB Sound Card has a C-Media chipset and Linux is able to communicate to it at the chipset level. There is no need for extra drivers or anything. For me in all Linux distros it worked right out of box.