[Dtb-talk] installing humanware companion

[Steve Jacobson]

That is what I was missing, that the NLS player would find books within folders.  Thank you.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:19:04 -0800, Mike Freeman wrote:

>It does and if the Stream folders aren't there, it will create them. But the NLS player and Book Port 
Plus will find the books anyway.

>Mike Freeman


>On Nov 29, 2011, at 11:02, "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com> wrote:

>> This is interesting.  When I used the Humanware Companion sometime back, it seemed to require the 
>> Stream's folder structure to work.  I guess I'll have to take another look at it.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Steve Jacobson
>> 
>> On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:27:53 -0800, Mary Ellen wrote:
>> 
>>> If you plug either a thumb drive, a card reader, or NLS cartridge into a USB
>>> port, HumanWare Companion will unzip a book and place it on the drive,
>>> whatever physical form that drive takes. I like the companion because it
>>> unzips and transfers a book faster than Windows.  That could just be because
>>> my computer is slow, but the Companion is still quicker.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
>>> Sent: November 29, 2011 9:15 AM
>>> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
>>> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] installing humanware companion
>> 
>>> Jim,
>> 
>>> I didn't think that the Humanware Companion would work with NLS players
>>> without copying the unzipped folder to the cartridge.  Are you saying that
>>> the Humanware Companion detects the NLS cartridges?
>> 
>>> On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:57:36 -0700, James Aldrich wrote:
>> 
>>>> Hi Dan and list,
>> 
>>>> Perhaps you are right but then, I can place more than one book onto my 
>>>> Victor Stream or Book Port Plus or simply send the files to my SD card 
>>>> which I place in my PC.  Either way, the books go to the appropriate 
>>>> $vrdtb folder and either device plays them just fine!  I continue to 
>>>> use this handy utility since it doesn't matter which player I use.  
>>>> Even the NLS player works nicely with this utility.  One can have the 

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