How to share your Music or Movie files on the forum!

1. Make sure your file is in the correct format and compressed if it's big (AMV, MTV, MP3, WMA, ZIP or RAR)

2. Go to sendspace.com

3. Upload your file (could take a while depending on your upload speed)

4. Sendspace will give you a URL, take that url and post it in the Movies/Music forum and give a description of what your file is.

Rules: all files must be work safe and clean! Enjoy!

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Song download of the day: Holiday by Green Day

Hey put this on your mp3 player; it's rather suiting because it's the holiday season!

holiday.mp3

A New Discovery!! FM Radio capture!

I just found out that you can capture the FM Radio! This is how it's done:

1. From the main menu go to "FM" (the FM radio selection)
2. Find the station you want to record
3. Push the menu button and select either Fine Record (32k) or Long Record (8k)
4. A loading screen will appear, then it will start recording
5. Press the "play/pause/stop" button to stop/pause the recording, press it again to continue recording.
6. Once your done, hold down the menu button and it will say "Saving..."
7. Now you can play the music by selecting "Voice" from the main menu and choosing the file that you recorded to.

I hope that makes sense to you. Now you can listen to your favorite radio music whenever you want. A downside to this is that the 32k sound quality is kind of fuzzy and the 8k sound quality is downright terrible.

Here's a sample of the 32k radio recording ("holiday" by green day) : http://www.sendspace.com/file/sjnkhu (I hope this link works)

.LRC File Lyrics!

This MP4 player can show lyrics as you play a song!

Here's how to do it:

[ti:δ֪]
[ar:]
[al:]
[by:]
[00:22]The glove compartment isn't accurately named
[00:32]And everybody knows it.
[00:36]So i'm proposing a swift orderly change.
[00:45]Cause behind its door there's nothing to keep my fingers warm
[00:52]And all i find are souvenirs from better times
[00:58]Before the gleam of your taillights fading east
[01:05]To find yourself a better life.
[01:23]I was searching for some legal document
[01:31]As the rain beat down on the hood
[01:36]When i stumbled upon pictures i tried to forget
[01:46]And that's how this idea was drilled into my head
[01:58]Cause it's too important
[02:03]To stay the way it's been
[02:08]There's no blame for how our love did slowly fade
[02:15]And now that it's gone it's like it wasn't there at all
[02:21]And here i rest where disappointment and regret collide
[02:29]Lying awake at night
[02:48]There's no blame for how our love did slowly fade
[02:54]And now that it's gone it's like it wasn't there at all
[03:00]And here i rest where disappointment and regret collide
[03:09]Lying awake at night (up all night)
[03:15]When i'm lying awake at night.

copy and paste into notepad, when you save, make sure "save as type:" is set to "all files". And save it as: 03_Title_and_Registration.lrc

Now download the song:
http://www.deathcabforcutie.com/mp3/03_Title_and_Registration.mp3

Put the .mp3 and the .lrc on your MP4 player.

while playing the file on your MP4, hold down the menu button for about 1 second and the lyrics will appear!

Firmware updated and new tools downloaded.

I updated my firmware yesterday. I didn't notice anything new, but it didn't solve one of my previeous problems; I set the sleep time to 0(not knowing what it would do) and now whenever I turn on my MP4 it goes straight to sleep. Now I try to change it back to 10 secs and it automatically resets itself. This is somewhat inconvenient.

Review: AMV Format
I downloaded MP3 player Utilities 3.57 (upgrade from the provided 3.06, on the drivers cd), and am now able to convert movies to AMV format. I don't know that much about this format, but I do know that it is compressed more for smaller file sizes and has a fast forward and rewind function; which becomes useful on large movies.

-=Score=-
9/10 - huge upgrade from the rediculous .MTV format, with new features

The new firmware can be found on www.hyfai.com (don't install unless you have a hyfai mp4)
The MP3 Utilities 3.57 can be downloaded

I got my MiniPod today!!! MP4/MTV player review

When I got home, I went straight to the mailbox in hopes of finding a package from canada. As I peered into the mailbox I screamed for joy when I saw a bubble wrap envelope resting peacefully on some junk mail. Quickly, I grabbed it and ran inside to tear it open violently. After it was open, I found a strange looking box kept closed by a magnetic seal. I opened this box and found my MiniPod! I was amazed by this shiny little MiniPod; A puddle of drool insinuated at my feet.










Also in the box were:

• Manual
• Drivers CD (On a cool lil' minidisc)
• USB Cable
• AC adapter (usb 2 wall converter)
• Ear Buds

I prepared to hook it up to my computer, but the usb cord provided would not fit in the bottom of the MiniPod! I ran to best buy and radio shack searching for the correct USB cord, but it was nowhere to be found. When I came home I tried one last thing; the USB cord to my Toshiba Digital Camera. I looked at it and smiled; I forced it in and it fit perfectly! I plugged it into my computer and it acted just as a normal mass storage device.

Video
There was a video provided on the minipod already. It was in .AMV format; I haven't been able to find a video converter to convert into .AMV format yet, but there was one provided on the drivers CD that converts into .MTV format. Before I could get it to work I had to download video codecs from: http://www.auhe30.dsl.pipex.com/utility.htm. After I did that, I was able to convert the videos and play them on my player. The video and audio seemed to be in sync as far as I could tell and the audio quality sounded great.

Audio
The music files transfer over easily and quickly. It allows for multiple folders and directories. The firmware is nothing like that on an ipod but it gets the job done. The music sounds crisp and clear, and would probably be much better with higher quality earbuds. .WMA and .MP3 file formats can be played.

FM Radio
The FM Radio works just as an FM Radio should. It's a great feature to add on; although, I don't think I will be using it much.

Picture Viewer
Works great. It can view pictures of all sizes. It would be sweet if it would have a slide show mode with zoom and whatnot.

Text Viewer
It cuts off words and continues them to the next line. I think there is a way to fix this in microsoft word, but I'm not to compelled too read books on this tiny thing.

Voice Recorder
It sounds a bit muffled, but it is a really awesome feature.

Settings
The settings allows you to change the screen saver time, dim or brighten the backlight, change the language, and update the firmware.

Firmware
Definately gets the job done, but lacks quality and convient features.

Ratings

• Audio 10/10 - plays crisp and clear
• Video 8/10 - plays videos, surprizing feature in something as small as this
• FM Radio 10/10 - Plays the radio like it should
• Picture Viewer 8/10 - Good, but not the best; mostly because of screen size
• Text Viewer 6/10 - Are you really gonna sit down and read something on this thing?
• Voice Recorder 8/10 - Does a great job, just adds more to the fun
• Firmware/Settings 5/10 - This mp4 player would be much better if it had better firmware. Updates?
• Customer Service 4/10 - Wrong USB? C'mon, don't you know your own product?
• Overall 9/10 - Good price, and in my opinion, it's better than an Ipod.