[Blindtlk] Finally got my hands on digital NLS player

[T. Joseph Carter]

How would I identify if the USB drive isn't compatible?  I mean, is 
there an approved list or something?  It's a little 2GB stick I've 
had for a few years now, and I like it because it's very small.

Don't have the money for a cartridge just now.

Joseph


On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 08:40:29AM -0500, Steve Jacobson wrote:
>Joe,
>
>Did you download the magazine?  It sounds to me as though you may have a download problem.  Are you
>using a cartridge or did you put it on a jump drive?  I have seen similar behavior when using a jump
>drive that is not compatible with the player.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Steve Jacobson
>
>On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 19:54:57 -0700, T. Joseph Carter wrote:
>
>>So I finally got my hands on one of the NLS digital players.
>
>>I hate the thing already.
>
>>I'm not sure if the (actually a magazine) is the problem, or if it's
>>the player.  I've used DAISY players before, mostly with the
>>organization formerly known as RFB&D's books, and with Bookshare
>>books.  But I'd never bothered to sign up for BARD, because most of
>>the time what I played my books on was my computer, and you can't do
>>that with NLS books.
>
>>I finally signed up because apparently an iPhone app is in the works.
>
>>So the problem is that I've got the navigation menu set to navigate
>>by article.  Next.  Contents.  Okay, but I want to skip that.  Next.
>>End of book.  WHAT!?  Previous.  Play.  End of book.  WHAT!?  Go back
>>around to select article in the menu and start pressing previous and
>>hold it.  One article.  Five articles.  Ten, then twenty, then
>>thirty, beginning of book.  Okay, play.  End of book.  WHAT!?  I've
>>managed to get it to jump to various places (verified with the info
>>button), but only the front matter and table of contents play, and
>>then not even them all of the time.
>
>>Either this magazine is completely hosed, the player is completely
>>hosed, or this behaves like no other DAISY player I have ever seen,
>>ever, period.  And of course, because of the stupid ridiculous DRM, I
>>can't even begin to examine the thing myself to figure out where the
>>problem lies.
>
>>This wasn't the way to make a good first impression.  And since my
>>Victor Stream (which I had no trouble using) has grown legs, I don't
>>even have a point of comparison.
>
>>Joseph
>
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