Tungsten T5 as an MP3 player

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Using the program Pocket toons all of these things are posible but the
program does cost a few dollars.

As far as I know Mp3s and other files (incolding Ogg) can only be played
from the SD card. But that might be diffrent with the T5 since it has that
flash rom.

MP3 playing doesnt hurt the battery at all, because at least with Pocket
tunes you can turn off the screen while it's playing, giving you hours more
of battery life.
"Peter Mutsaers" <plm@msbx.net> wrote in message
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> Hello, I have some questions on how the T5 is as an MP3 player:
>
> - is there player software included or do I need to buy add-on?
> - can one play MP3 directly from an SD flash card?
> - does it also support other formats (e.g. Ogg)?
> - does playing MP3 hurt battery life hard?
> - can the player resume at the last position (1 bookmark). Are even
> multiple bookmarks possible?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Peter Mutsaers

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That looks wonderful, thanks for your input. Now I'll buy a T5 + SD
card instead of an mp3 player. I've been looking for a similar "mp3
player" for long, one that also offers bookmarks and exchangable flash
(i.e. SD cards).

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I use my T5 as an MP3 player. It comes with all the software that you
need, although I had fits getting it to work.

On the T5 itself, you get RealPlayer 1.6, which is a beta version that
last I checked wasn't even available at Real's website. For your
desktop, Palm provided RealPlayer 10.5.

OK, first problem is that RealPlayer 10.5 froze anytime I tried to
download music from the music store or anytime I tried to transfer
music from a CD. Technical support was no help. They had me unistall
and reinstall the software numerous times. They had me defrag my hard
drive. They had me clean out temp files. Nothing helped.

Work around. I downloaded the older RealOne Player from the Real
website. Voila -- RealOne PLayer allows me to transfer music from a CD
to my desktop library. I still can't download music from their on-line
store. When I try, the software prompts me to upgrade to RealPlayer
10.5. Oh no, you don't! I already fell for that one. I'll live
without the on-line store, and Real will live without my money.

Next problem is that the RealOne Player is old and it doesn't recognize
your T5 or, for that matter, any PalmOne devices. There is undoubtedly
a plug-in somewhere, but Real support couldn't direct me to it. Oh
well.

Work around. Just save the music to your hard drive. From there, you
can easily transfer it to the internal card on the T5 using the file
transfer application that comes included. It's fast! And there's no
need to hot sync. You can also use the removeable drive feature to
accomplish this, which comes in handy if you're using someone else's
computer.

Tip. When you transfer the music from the CD to your hard drive, put
it in RealAudio 8 format. There's two reasons for this. First, its
more compressed tham .MP3. Second, the RealPlayer 1.6 on your Palm
won't recognize .MP3 files stored on the T5's internal memory card.
When I asked technical support about that one, they mumbled something
about RealPlayer 1.6 being a beta version . . . Gee, thanks Palm, for
pre-installing it on my device.

However, if you have gotten the files in RealAudio format on to your
T5, you will now have a pretty good "MP3" player. Volume is good. The
battery lasts. Sound quality is good. I use the internal card to
store the music. I haven't gotten an expansion card yet, so can't
speak to that.

One last thing. The T5 doesn't come with earphones. The ones on the
Palm site are ridiculously expensive. Don't buy them there. You can
pick up a decent enough pair at Radio Shack or at most electronic
stores for anywehere from $10 to $25.
Hope this helps.

Good luck,
Richard Stanz