[CW] W1AW MP3 Practice Files in IPOD

[n2fq]

Tnx to all of you. I'll try that program.

A further bit of investigation showed that those
ARRL mp3 came across as "Stream" and the IPOD
does not load "Stream" although ITunes does.

take care.

Oh.. have guys seen this straight key for $1395?
<http://www.straightbrass.com/> Saw the ad in QST.

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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