fisha Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Hi folks, I have both an XP machine and an iMac G5seriously considering either an A1000 or A608 in the very near future. In the past i have liked Sony products and i'm not a great fan of the iPod stuff. Now I know from these posts that the MP3FileManager stuff does not seem to work properly with these devices and in the meantime I am prepared to put up with just using the XP machine for the music management.but i have a few of general questions:- for the devices that can run MP3FileManager, does the device then become visible on the Windows Explorer as a general mass storage device like a USB key would?- for those working devices, if they do appear as a generic mass storage device, has anyone plugged one into an Apple Mac to see if the Mac can read and write onto it too?- For the devices that dont work with MP3FileManager, when you plug them into Windows, what do you see in Windows Explorer? Does the device appear in My Computer as a removable drive/device ( like a USB mass storage device normally would ) but that you simply cant read or write from it. i.e. does windows essentially see a generic storage device, but something is blocking it, and the only person allowed to access it is the connect software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stuge Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 - for the devices that can run MP3FileManager, does the device then become visible on the Windows Explorer as a general mass storage device like a USB key would?Yes,Any Hard disc based players or Flash based players are visible from windows explore as a "removable drive"For the devices that dont work with MP3FileManager, when you plug them into Windows, what do you see in Windows Explorer? Does the device appear in My Computer as a removable drive/device ( like a USB mass storage device normally would ) but that you simply cant read or write from it.Yes device appears as " removable drive" in my computer.You can store anything on them(files ,games etc)Secondly i will like to tell you something that Mp3filemanager has nothing to do with removable drive .MP3 File Manager Ver.2.0 is a program which can transfer MP3 files by dragging and dropping them to the Network Walkman.Further i will suggest you to Read Faq from here:NW-A3000/1000 FAQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisha Posted December 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 (edited) Ah - OK - i see.So, it appears as a regular mass storage device, but am i correct in saying that if you simply drag an MP3 onto it via windows explorer, it wont play because the sony device expects it to be in the obfuscated format ( something which xispe's prgram works around for most other devices ) Edited December 13, 2005 by fisha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stuge Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Ah - OK - i see.So, it appears as a regular mass storage device, but am i correct in saying that if you simply drag an MP3 onto it via windows explorer, it wont play because the sony device expects it to be in the obfuscated format ( something which xispe's prgram works around for most other devices )←Yes you are right but you can import mp3`s via mp3 file manager program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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