[Dtb-talk] getting the DTB folder to pop up on theStream's book shelf

Jim Barbour jbar at barcore.com
Sun Nov 21 02:28:39 UTC 2010


This actually isn't a requirement for the stream.  It is a good idea,
because it makes it easier to delete books while the stream's SD card
is connected to a computer, but you don't have to do it.

Jim

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 08:46:00PM -0500, Dornetta wrote:
> And please don't forget to make a file folder for the book first. If you  
> download "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" first, make a file by going to the file 
> menu then hot key 'W' and then 'F' for new folder. Use the F2 key to 
> rename the file "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" and enter...then go to the page 
> and C&P the file after it is downloaded and saved..then proceed with 
> extracting the file by going to the file menu.
> HTH
> Netta
> "Just because you are blind, does not mean you lack vision"-Stevie Wonder
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Barbour" <jbar at barcore.com>
> To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 2:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] getting the DTB folder to pop up on theStream's 
> book shelf
>
>
> Hey Mike,
>
> As a first guess, I'm wondering if you unzipped the books.
>
> You need to download the books, which land on your computer as a .zip
> file.  You then need to unpack each .zip file into a folder,
> containing many files.  You then copy this folder to the stream.
>
> The stream just ignores .zip files in any of its folders.
>
> Hope this gets you started,
>
> Jim
>
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:23:02AM -0800, Mike Gilmore wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Thank you to those of you who answered my question a couple of weeks 
>> ago regarding why the DTB folder wasn't showing up on the Stream after 
>> I'd deleted the excerpted DTB's. I have downloaded several NLS books 
>> and saved them in the DTB folder; however, when I power up the Stream, 
>> the DTB folder isn't coming up. Is there a reason why? How do I fix 
>> this?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
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