[Dtb-talk] downloading books

Tue Jan 12 04:19:08 UTC 2010

Mike, or anybody else,

I have scripts that emulate the download manager on UNIX machines if
you're interested.

Basically, rfb&d decided to break up their books into small .zip files
(many per book).  I believe they did this to make it easy to restart a
failed download attempt, without needing to redownload the entire
book.  I'm not so sure that was necessary, but there you are.

Jim

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 06:33:11PM -0800, Mike Freeman wrote:
> How does one "properly" install the download manager? Frankly, I
> just wish I could download a zipped file and handle it all myself.
> Oh well.
> 
> Mike
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Burke, Dan (DSS)"
> <burke at mso.umt.edu>
> To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 8:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] downloading books
> 
> 
> >If you are being asked to "Open" or "Save" the documents when you click
> >on the download link of your RFBD download page, then you haven't
> >properly installed the RFBD Downloader utility.  This link is at the top
> >of the My Downloads page.
> >
> >When you get the thing to work properly, you won't be prompted to open
> >or save.  It will just start to download.  But there is a trick to watch
> >out for.
> >
> >RFBD's Downloader creates two different folders:
> >
> >* RFBD Downloads
> >
> >And
> >
> >* RFBD Media Files
> >
> >Despite the intuitive desire to open the RFBD Downloads folder, don't
> >bother.  In it are lots of zipped up files that are then unzipped into
> >the RFBD Media files.
> >
> >So go to the RFBD Media Files folder in My Documents to find your books.
> >You book will be listed by its product number something like ...
> >DLXQ777.  For the Stream, you just copy that entire file over to the
> >$VRDBT folder and paste it.  You can change the folder name if you want,
> >but it won't make any difference to the Stream.  And if the book has
> >more than one CD, they will all be in the DLXQ777 folder, and will be
> >recognized by the Stream.
> >
> >Good luck,
> >
> >Dan
> >
> >
> >
> >Daniel J. Burke
> >Assistant Director/Coordinator
> >Disability Services for Students
> >Emma B. Lommasson 154
> >The University of Montana
> >Missoula, MT 59812
> >
> >www.umt.edu/dss/
> >
> >406.243.2243 voice/text
> >406.243.4424 direct line
> >406.243.5330 fax
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> >On Behalf Of Greg Kearney
> >Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 3:31 AM
> >To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
> >Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] downloading books
> >
> >If you need a mac downloader contact me I wrote one a while back.
> >
> >Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >Greg Kearney
> >Association for the Blind of Western Australia
> >
> >On 09/01/2010, at 2:28 PM, "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
> >
> >>By default, the RFB&D Download Manager places your books in (I
> >>think) the "RFB Media Download" folder under My Documents, each book
> >>in its own master folder with each CD of the book (if there is more
> >>than one) in a subfolder. All you have to do is either copy the
> >>folder under the RFB Media Downloads to where you place other
> >>talking books for Humanware Companion to download and just proceed
> >>as you would with any other talking book.
> >>
> >>Mike
> >>
> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah" <sarahandfamily at live.com>
> >>To: <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >>Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 7:53 PM
> >>Subject: [Dtb-talk] downloading books
> >>
> >>
> >>>      Hello. I need to download books from recording for the blind
> >>>and dyslexic and copy them to my victor reader stream. Do I need to
> >>>open the books or save them? I know they are placed in my
> >>>documents. thank you.
> >>>  Sarah
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