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WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER10...CONVERTING TO CD FILES TO PDA

Sep 18, 2005 4:56AM PDT

I HAVE A NEWER DELL DESKTOP WITH WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 10 AND AND A DELL AXIM50 PDA WITH WINDOWS MOBILE 10. AFTER READING TONS OF INFO ON BOTH....I AM STILL CONFUSED. SINCE WMP10 CONTAINS CODECS, DOES THIS MEAN IT WILL CONVERT MY SONGS ON CD INTO WMA OR MP3 FILES(COMPRESS THEM) AND THEN LET ME DOWNLOAD THEM INTO MY DELL PDA WHILE COMPRESSED, SO I CAN LOAD LOTS OF MUSIC? OR DO I NEED A SPECIAL PROGRAM TO DO THIS. MY "EXPERT" SON IN LAW....WHO DOES NOT HAVE WINDOWS MEDIA PAYER 10 DOES NOT THINK SO. ANYBODY...PLEASE HELP THIS NOVICE.
THANK YOU

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PDA help
Sep 18, 2005 6:03AM PDT

Hey there,

To start off, I have a PDA myself (IPAQ) and always copy mp3's from my computer to the PDA.

You mentioned Windows Media Player on your computer and the same on your PDA. You do not need to use either one.

Basically here is what you do:

To convert files from Music CD to an MP3, you need a converter. A very good program to do that is called CDEX. CNET's download.com has it:

http://www.download.com/CDex/3000-2140_4-10226370.html?tag=lst-0-1

Then once you install the program and convert your *.cda (cd files) to MP3 you can simply drag them to your Pocket PC via ActiveSync.

When you insert your PDA into the charging cradle, ActiveSync should find it and put up an icon in My Computer.

It will be probably called Mobile Device. Double click on that and you will be seeing your pda's hard drive (or memory card). I would highly suggest actually using the memory card because you can fit a LOT of music there.

Simply locate the songs that you just converted into MP3 format, select all of them (ctrl+A), press COPY (ctrl+C), go to your PDA'S memory (or storage card) as described above, and paste (ctrl+V). You can then play the songs using your Windows Media Player or any other mp3 player.

I use the PocketMusic player from pocketgear.com

http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=17133

FYI, the "codecs" you were talking about are basically like translators for different file encoders that are used today. For example, one of the most popular ones is the DivX codec, which is used to read video files. The DivX Encoder compresses the video to a much smaller size then the Codec is used to "uncompress" the file and read it.

Hope this helps, sorry for the long post Happy

Let me know how it turns out

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pda help
Sep 18, 2005 7:50AM PDT

Now I am really confused. The info given by microsoft re:media player10 indicates that it not only encodes the cd so you can play it in wma or mp3, but compresses it to file and transfer to the pda.

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Regarding WMP
Sep 18, 2005 7:59AM PDT

Yes, it can do it FOR you...but you are better off doing what I described above

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Reagrding WMP
Sep 18, 2005 9:37AM PDT

Thank you

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Please don't yell.
Sep 18, 2005 6:58AM PDT

All capital letter posts with one paragraph are hard to read.

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PLEASE DON'T YELL
Sep 18, 2005 7:39AM PDT

Sorry....do you have an answer?

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Maybe if ..
Sep 18, 2005 8:22AM PDT

There was a proper post. All capital letter posts are much like yelling. Please try a proper post.

Bob

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YELLING
Sep 18, 2005 9:32AM PDT

THERE ARE NO FORUM POLICIES INDICATING THE USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS....IF YOU ARE OFFENDED PLEASE DO NOT REPLY.
MOST PEOPLE CAN READ EITHER, AND IT IS NOT MY INTENTION TO OFFEND. IF YOU ARE, SO BE IT.

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Your choice.
Sep 18, 2005 10:15AM PDT

With that, you may not get very kind responses.

If you want help, follow the written and those unwritten rules.

Bob

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some help on mp3 players please!
Oct 8, 2005 9:51PM PDT

hi guys

newbie on mp3's, so want some help without sacrificing your time...i'm after a middle category player with the following specs:
-approx 5-6gb storage(minidrive, flash,other?)

-good sound quality

-maybe optional fm, recorder, recording from legacy devices ie vinyl, hi fi...got a psychedelic vinyl collection i would really like to have it on the go

-compatibility with windows media player+/- real one

-sync with these players from laptop following ripping regular audio cds in their libraries

-...r there mp3's with sd cards?

-good build

i would really appreciate your expert advice

thanx