[CW] W1AW MP3 Practice Files in IPOD

[KD5NWA]

I also use Audacity to create practice CD's and I can't recommend is 
enough. An excellent program that is extremely capable and that I can 
use in my PC's and MacIntosh's, and the price is just right.

At 11:24 PM 8/19/2005, N5DWI (ex-K5HOQ) wrote:
>You can use an open source sound editor, such as Audacity;
>import the file and re-record it at the lowest bit rate your iPod
>will accept.
>
>Audacity is free cross-platform: Linux, Mac, and Windows, and
>is available at:
>
>        http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
>
>There are others, but this program can't be beaten with a stick.
>
>vy 73 de john
>
>===============================================
>
>David J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
>
>>Sounds like the mp3 file format that the W1AW files are saved in 
>>don't play on the IPOD.  In all probability the W1AW files are 
>>saved at a very low bit rate - which the IPOD doesn't understand.
>>
>>Consult the documentation for IPOD for the supported bit rates.
>>
>>I checked quickly and the iPOD Shuffle supports bit rates from 
>>8-320k Kbps, but the iPod Forth Generation 20 GB unit only supports 
>>32 - 320k Kbps - so the newer units don't support the "low 
>>fidelity" file specifications.  The older unit and newer units both 
>>support variable bit rate encoding as well as constant bit rate 
>>encoding.  (Variable allows smaller files).
>
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