tsl90

I have never been into mp3s but am interested in getting some tunes on my x50v. I'd like to load them onto the SD card to save room elsewhere. What's the most efficient way to do that?
Is there a tutorial about setting up media player play lists anywhere?

Also - I thought media player would display the CD cover during the songs. Do you have to have a direct connection to the internet from the axim to get this info?

Thanks

TL

psydstudent

There are a ton of mp3 encoders floating around the internet (search Google or this forum for some names). You can also use Windows Media Player on your PC to encode to mp3. The bitrate you choose will depend on how you are going to listen to the music and how much you care about quality and size. I encode all my mp3s to 256 since I attach my Axim to my Alpine headunit in my car and dont want to loose bass and treble. 128 is a good balance between size and quality.

the only way I know of getting cover art is to rip a CD on my PC using Windows Media Player. I forget what the name of the database is but there is a feature in Media Player that will connect to this database and update the playlist with the names of the songs, artist, and cover art. After ripping the CD (or selected songs), move the folder that was created containing all the songs to your Axim's SD card. When you play those songs the cover art will be displayed.

tsl90

Thanks.

I didn't realize that Media Player would encode mp3s. I downloaded another encoder.

I'll give this a try.

Thanks

TL