Patrick Balleux

Hi All, just a quick note : V0.09 has a bug when converting WMA to MP3 : It will register them as WMA and not MP3 even if the files are actually MP3... I've released a new version 0.09a that fixes this problem... Happy Listening! Pat

Hi Steveh I'm sorry, but for now, I do not know. The AAC support is on my todo list, but I haven't check that for now. Check this forum often since things are going fast. Pat Hi All, The NW-E00x Mp3 File Manager has a new version released : 0.09 What's new : + Now album/title shows in a treeview instead of a list + Removed the shoutcast list and replace by a shoutcast browser. Yep, when you click on un PLS link, it will play... + Now support native WMA on the player. No more converting is needed. + Detection of file type (MP3 or WMA) Get it at : http://sourceforge.net/projects/nwe00xmp3man Note: You can still convert any file to MP3 (even streams) but if you have a WMA file, the player supports it. In the event of a format that the player would not recognize, you can still convert it to an MP3 format directly in the Mp3 File Manager (if FFMpeg is found on you PC or on the key...) Now the Shoutcast tab is a browser like a small Web browser that always show Shoutcast. You can click on any link (buttons may not work). No javascript support in there... You can seach for keyword so you can find a radio station as you like. One you have found a stream, click on it and the Mp3 File Manager will play it. If you want to record it, click Add button, and when you will click "Write", the Mp3 file manager will save the stream on your player... And, now, the album support is fully functionnal, and shows as a treeview instead of a list... That's all folks! Pat Here's a screen shot of NW-E00x Mp3 File Manager 0.09 Pat

It's me again! I made NW-E00x Mp3 File Manager for the NW-E00x Sony player (I have the NW-E003FG). And everybody who owns that series knows why I've made the mp3 file manager What I would like to know is : Can it work on other player of the NW-XXXX Series... There are several way to validate... 1 - Empty your player and with SonicStage, add only 1 mp3 (without converting the file) to the player. A short one like 10 secondes of audio... Zip the OMGAUDIO folder with the original MP3 and send it to me. I'll be able to validate the compatibility this way. Don't forget to tell me your device model... 2 - With SonicStage, put mp3 on your player (do not convert them in atrac)... Then installer the NW-E00X Mp3 File Manager on your player at the root. Start it (you will need Java 1.5 installed) and check if your mp3 songs will show. If it is the case, then look at the left, there is a small green square button. That the play button to listen the mp3 on the player. Select one of the titles and click play (at the right, not at the top that is called "preview"). If you hear the songs then there's a good chance that it is compatible! Send the OMGAUDIO folder in a zip with only one mp3 in it. Or you can test everything and if it works... it works! I have a hint for the NW-20x series and the NW-A60x series... If there are other, I will need to change the name... Thanks Pat

"A version a day, keeps the doctor away..." Nah, but there is another version : 0.08 Features : + Added support for listening to Shoutcast radio and also to record them on the player... + Added some kink of disk space left on the player. (See note below) + Bugfix : Is now case insensitive on folder's name. (See note2 below) TODO: + Supporting AAC/ATRAC + Supporting author seach on the player http://sourceforge.net/projects/nwe00xmp3man Note : Java 1.5 is unable to detect the capacity of a drive... That will change in Java 1.6 but I had to find a way. A file called "playersize.txt" will appear with the 1gb size by default. Change that size to match the one of your player... Sorry, that's the only way for now. Note2: On the sourceforge site, one wrote to me that NW-E00x Mp3 File Manager was not showing is songs under Linux but it was working under Windows. He told me that under linux (FC4) all folder names were in lower case... And the mp3 manager was case sensitive on folder names "10F00". I've made a small modification to be case insensitive and it should now work. If someone could validate that since I don't have FC4, I would be pleased. Thanks Pat

Some screen shot of version 0.07...

Hi all, A new version is out : 0.07 Features: + Bug fix when saving albums : Now keep the correct order when reloading... + Added support for french language (Oui, NW-E00x Mp3 File Manager en français...) + Bug fix when converting WMA files : Some WMAs were not totally converted... + Minor corrections, gui modifications... TODO: + Supporting AAC/ATRAC + Supporting author seach on the player Get it at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/nwe00xmp3man Enjoy!

Hi all, Ok, here is the new version of NW-E00x Mp3 File Manager : 0.06 Features : + Support form FFMPEG : If it is detected, you can import WMA, WAV and MP3 (converting the bitrate...) + Added internal mp3 player using JLayer 1.0 : You can listen to your mp3 on hardrive, your player or from a podcast + Better GUI, more options, etc... + You can now add/remove url podcast from the interface... TODO: + Supporting WMA/AAC/ATRAC + Better GUI + Podcast url management... Get it at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/nwe00xmp3man Enjoy! Pat

Hi Auke, I do not know if it will work. If MP3FileManager V2 is working with that player, then NW-E00X Mp3 File Manager won't work. The problem is that the NW-E00X series is quite different from the other series. Even if the file structure is the same, files (mp3) are not envrypted on the player for the NW-E00x series as it is for others of the NW-EXXX series. And that's why the Mp3FileManager V2 from Sony is not working with the NW-E00x series. As for the MP3 robot voice problem, the next version of NW-E00x Mp3 File Manager will have a solution for that problem. Keep reading this thread or visit the sourceforge site ... http://sourceforge.net/projects/nwe00xmp3man Pat

Hi jurin I know that if a format is not supported by the player, SonicStage will convert it to a supported format... I currently have a MP3 that sound like robot voice on my player, I'll investigate to see what is happening... FOLLOW-UP: I check the problematic mp3 file and the bytrate was at 56 kbps... It seems that NW-E00x series does not support well this format. I used FFMPEG to convert it to 128 kbps and the file was playing without problem after that... Pat

Hi jurin, I had this problem with some podcasts, but I think it is related to the MP3 format ... Check the bitrate and frequency of the faulty mp3 to see if there is something strange... As for NW-E00x Mp3 File manager, it is only making a copy on the player without touching it, so the problem should not be there. Try to convert your faulty mp3 to 44.1mhz and bitrate of 128kbits to see if it is ok... Pat

Hi all again Just to inform you that version 0.05 is out... You can get it at http://sourceforge.net/projects/nwe00xmp3man What's new : + Support for albums! + Better feedback + Show size of what is selected TODO: + Supporting WMA/AAC/ATRAC + Better GUI + Podcast url management... Remember : it works under Windows, Linux and Macs ! Pat

Hi all, There is a new release of NW-E00x Mp3 File Manager : V0.04 You can get it at http://sourceforge.net/projects/nwe00xmp3man What's new : + Now support more than 255 files + Integrated podcasts downloader : Let you download MP3 from podcast directly to your player + Better feedback + Size of files is shown TODO: + Supporting WMA/AAC/ATRAC + Better GUI + Podcast url management... Note: A file called "podcasts.txt" will be created by the software if it is not found. You can enter URL to podcasts in that file, one per line. The url must be poiting to the xml file of the podcast... The next time you start NW-E00X Mp3 Manager, those urls will appear in the Podcasts tab... Click "Browse" to see the list of available MP3s. And as for files on the hard drive, clic "Add/Insert" to select them on your player. When you have selected all of your mp3s, click "Write" to download them directly to your player... Enjoy! Pat

Hi Univert! Yes, it runs on windows... You need Java 1.5 installed first since this is a java application. Go to http://www.java.sun.com and download the latest JRE (1.5 Update 8 at the moment of writing this) Once that done, simply copy NW-E00xMp3FileManager.jar on the player (at the root) and then double-click on it. Pat

This feature will come in a future version... First, I am working on mp3 files import/export and making the software stable. Albums and playlist will be supported one day, but first, I need to find how cause there is no doc that explain the files format on the device. Check this forum often for news on NW300xMp3FileManager Pat

Hello all, Using Linux at home, I was faced with the problem that I could not tranfer MP3 files on my NW-E003F sony player... So I created one of my own : http://sourceforge.net/projects/nwe00xmp3man This is a Java software and the current version is 0.03. Seems to work quite well for now. You will need Java 1.5 installed on the PC or the player itself to make NWE00xMp3FileManager work. Also, you will need a clean copy of you OMGAUDIO folder on your player. If you lose it, you will have to use SonicStage to make another one... (The folder initialisation will be soon incorporated in the NWE00xMp3FileManager player itself...) *** BE WARNED *** SonicStage won't work with the player if you use this software ********************* Features : + Import any mp3 from your hd (multiselection supported...) + Export any mp3 file from your player to your HD + Delete mp3 or any tracker on the player + Quite fast while tranfering + Works under Windows and Linux (should also work under Mac...) Missing - No ID Tag support (for now...) - No Album support (for now...) - No support for ATRAC/AAC/WMA (will come soon) - No documentation yet (any volonteer?...) - 255 files max... To come... + Support for albums + More thant 255 files support... + Support for AAC/WMA Your comments are welcomed... Pat!

Hi Void, Seems like we did the same at the same time... I created the same kind of tool put in a GUI interface... This is an alpha version (proof of concept) and I am able to transfer MP3 replacing existing tracks on the device. Here's the link : http://www.geocities.com/naurd/NW-E003_MP3_File_Manager.zip This is a Java application and it will work in Windows as Linux (and maybe Macs)... Install it on the device in a subfolder (E:\mp3manager) and double-click on it... It will show the current track at the bottom, and let you select the mp3 file to use to replace the existing track... More to come...