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Hi Manuel,
We ended up using this route in the end with the WMP and it does make them
smaller which is very helpful. Sounds fine for my son. I dropped my new
Jornada this week and it smashed into a thousand pieces so my son now has my
32 mg compact flash. He should enjoy that with plenty of music space. Thanks
"Manuel Romero" <mromerop_arroba_hotmail_punto_com> wrote in message
news:uoQ%23cmZSEHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I used to convert my music disc to wma at 64 khz bit rate, and the files
are
> smaller than mp3 at 128 khz (of course) and the sound with headphones is
> good in my ipaq 2210 and pocket music.
>
>
> "Eric Hicks [MVP, Windows Mobile devices]" <e_dadu@nomospam.yahoo.com>
> escribió en el mensaje news:uPukV$QSEHA.1396@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > The file sizes between mp3's and wma's at the same bitrate will be the
> same
> > size. The difference is in the sound. Wma's sound much better than
mp3s
> at
> > lower bitrates < 96k. It depends on how critical you are of your
music.
> > For getting music on the ppc, windows media does a great job as all you
> have
> > to do is sit the device on the cradle to sync, open wmp on the desktop
and
> > tell it to transfer to your device or the storage card on your device.
> With
> > cdex you have to manually transfer the files over and I believe
musicmatch
> > can move the files in the same way as windows media player.
> >
> > --
> > Eric Hicks [That_Kid] (MS-MVP Mobile Devices)
> >
> > The MS-MVP Program -
http
/mvp.support.microsoft.com
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights...
> >
> >
> >
> > "Geek" <geek@geek.com> wrote in message
> > news:%232dRVHQSEHA.2216@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi Eric,
> > >
> > > Thanks. I did also download musicmatch and it seems to have worked but
> it
> > > did seem a bit weird to figure out at first, but we muttled our way
> > > through
> > > it. I am going to check your advice too. Sounds good and if it is
simple
> > > all
> > > the better.
> > >
> > > Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't these files supposed to be
smaller
> > > than
> > > wmf? Isn't that supposed to be the attraction? Sorry, as you can tell
I
> > > haven't played with this before. my device is so old that an media
bogs
> it
> > > down, but my son has a clean device because he doesn't use anything so
I
> > > figured he could try this out.
> > > "Eric Hicks [MVP, Windows Mobile devices]" <e_dadu@nomospam.yahoo.com>
> > > wrote
> > > in message news:%2321HZYPSEHA.1340@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > >> CDex(http
/www.cdex.n3.net/) is free, uses the lame encoder and
works
> > >> great. I've been using it for years and it's just a great program.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Eric Hicks [That_Kid] (MS-MVP Mobile Devices)
> > >>
> > >> The MS-MVP Program -
http/mvp.support.microsoft.com
> > >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > >> rights...
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "Geek" <geek@geek.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:%233YtYKPSEHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > >> > Well, on the windows media player I see tht there are plugins that
> cost
> > >> > moola for creating mp3 with window media player. Any free
> alternatives.
> > > I
> > >> > would assume you need to have conversion software for this.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > "Manuel Romero" <mromerop_arroba_hotmail_punto_com> wrote in
message
> > >> > news:ePl$J5OSEHA.1160@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > >> >> He can create the mp3 using quintaessential player or musicmatch
or
> > >> >> any
> > >> >> software and pass it to the jornada using activesync
> > >> >>
> > >> >> "Geek" <geek@geek.com> escribió en el mensaje
> > >> >> news:%23iIR6fOSEHA.3348@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > >> >> > Hi all,
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > OK my son has my first jornada that I passed along to him. He is
> > >> > fourteen.
> > >> >> > Reality Check<yikes>..so he would like me to ask you experts how
> for
> > >> >> > one
> > >> >> he
> > >> >> > can take his CD music and turn it into a mp3 file and place it
on
> > >> >> > his
> > >> >> > jornada which now has a trial of pocket music on it burning a
hole
> > >> >> > in
> > >> > his
> > >> >> > pocket.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > I am not sure about that stuff. He is young and I am well...a
> > > mother..a
> > >> >> geek
> > >> >> > mother ok...but still a mother if you know what I mean. so, we
> need
> > >> >> > something easy for him to understand. Thanks in Advance.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > --
> > >> >> > Thanks,
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Geek using
> > >> >> > Jornada 547
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
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