Samsung SCH-A950
NPR podcasts with Verizon's "Samsung Music Essential Kit"?
I've just descovered podcasts. Awesome. Windows media player seems to do a good job of converting the MP3's to the format needed by the phone and sync'ing the files.
Except for NPR! Windows media player gives me a "Error: Windows Media Player encountered an unknown error". Anyone have any idea why? Thanks,
-Jon
Except for NPR! Windows media player gives me a "Error: Windows Media Player encountered an unknown error". Anyone have any idea why? Thanks,
-Jon
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Ok, I figured out a work-around (for anyone who cares). If I convert the NPR .mp3 to a .wma with another program (in the windows media bonus pack), it works. It's funny that every other .mp3 works.
I suspect that the problem is that the windows media player knows that it has to convert to 64k bitrate, but it doesn't know that it has to convert from .mp3 to .wma. Most of the other .mp3's are greater than 64k bitrate, so they have to be converted down. The NPR .mp3s are already at 64k bitrate, so it doesn't know it has to convert them.
So now I have to use iTunes to download the file, windows media bonus pack to convert it, then windows media player to transfer it to the phone. If anyone knows a shortcut, I would like to know about ...
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I suspect that the problem is that the windows media player knows that it has to convert to 64k bitrate, but it doesn't know that it has to convert from .mp3 to .wma. Most of the other .mp3's are greater than 64k bitrate, so they have to be converted down. The NPR .mp3s are already at 64k bitrate, so it doesn't know it has to convert them.
So now I have to use iTunes to download the file, windows media bonus pack to convert it, then windows media player to transfer it to the phone. If anyone knows a shortcut, I would like to know about ...
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