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Any MP3 Player Allowing Uploading of FM Recordings?

by markey Mar 17, 2005 7:53AM PST

I thought the Iriver 795 was a good as I could get in features and performance. As my jogging partner, I want a flash unit with good and powerful sound. Direct FM recording capabilities seems like it may (??) be an added bonus, but I read in a review that because of security concerns, you cannot upload these files. Are there other players on par with the iriver players where you can upload such files?

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Where did you read that?
by dagger906 Mar 17, 2005 8:07AM PST

I had an old iRiver IFP-180, and FM recordings uploaded just fine. It's not in mp3 format, but the iRiver Manager can convert it to mp3 files once you upload it to the computer.

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This is where I read that.
by markey Mar 17, 2005 8:16AM PST

From MP3.com (I think it is a CNET review) "Because the iFP-790 connects to PCs through iRiver's software, it doesn't show up as a removable drive. Also, bear in mind that to protect against piracy, Music Manager won't let you upload music from the player to a PC, although you can do so with data files. The upside to this light level of security is that the iFP-790 can play songs in the secure WMA format sold by online music stores such as Wal-Mart and Napster."

Although I understand you can update software (from Iriver) so that you can drag & drop from explorer. So maybe you can do uploads?

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Not sure why...
by dagger906 Mar 17, 2005 8:31AM PST

It worked fine for me. Just drag and drop the recorded .rec file from mp3 player window to your computer window in the Music Manager. Once the file transfers, a wizard will automatically come up to convert the .rec file. Here's a bit of correction: it converts .rec to uncompressed wave files, not mp3. You'd have to encode it in mp3 with another sound editor. I recommend Audacity, which is free: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

I use Music Manager version 3.08, and iFP-180T firmware version 3.22. Not sure if they changed anything in iFP-790.

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Samsung Flash
by Rexgo Mar 17, 2005 11:40AM PST

1g Samsung Flash player (YP MT6-Z) with FM record (in Stereo) 128 Kbs with a line in for MP3 encoding from any source. Voice record & great menu's Chek it out u won't b disappointed

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Muvo TX FM
by kippy33 Mar 19, 2005 2:28AM PST

It has great recording quality from FM, is cheap, comes in many sizes, and is simple.

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The review is wrong...
by dagger906 Mar 19, 2005 11:29AM PST

I say just stick with the iRiver player. That review is probably wrong anyway. I've recorded a lot over FM, and it worked fine.

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