Will the player accept drm protected wma audiobooks?
1736456
Yes it does. I download books from Overdrive media and players must meet that requirement to download the wmas. That is why I picked the SanDisk Sansa Clip mp3 player.
1736457
hi there, i don't really no, i use this player only for music audio not for drm protected files but you can search online to find the answeror maybe contact sansa.
1736458
I download WMA audiobooks from the local library without any problems. Do not know about DRM audiobooks.
712758
I don't know. I use it for audiobooks and I delete them when I have listened to them. Ann TT
991702
I have never used the Audiobook. For my mp3 downloads I had to get a converter from CNET. I just looked, there are two Audio book converters based on category selection. I'm not sure this will help but I hope it does. Always scan what you download first.
2041684
Overdrive has books in MP3 and Secure WMA format. This player will play either one. I have used both many, many times.
1418504
I downloaded it just because of habit. Then I just rolled back. The download wasn't necessary for me for what I wanted to do. It says it had a few minor bugs to fix like shuffling over a folder boundry or something, but I don't use that feature anyway. I believe that the firmware it ships with allows you to play audible. I have listened to a few audible books so I know it works. I have firmware 2.51.
1108368
Lawrence/Melton, thanks for the info! I am thinking about .atrac for nostalgic reasons. Some years down the road, when Sony folds and ATRAC becomes public domain, perhaps ATRAC files will be more playable.. ;) But looks like PCM/WAV is the way to go, as someone else mentioned that I will be transcoding the audio if I save it as ATRAC3+. So I will probably just do PCM and convert it to FLAC for archival and playback. The CDs will be for giving to my relatives so they can play it on any CD player. Not as a storage/archival medium. That'll be on my RAID harddrive. I am picturing another scenario. After all these work (and $$$ to buy the MZ-M200) to upload a pristine copy of the recording to my computer, and put the MD away for storage in my attic/craw space, something happens and I lose the copy on my raided HD, the copy on my RAID NAS, the copy on my offline HD, and the copy on my offsite storage, and I am back to square one, bidding on an MZ-R200 from ebay (as I've probably sold mine), paying dearly, to do this all over again. ;) Well, of course this won't happen, as I can probably still hunt down the copy I gave to my relative, but the thoughts have occurred to me. ;) In the end, I think the MD would've cost me more than if I had purchased a professional DAT player in the first place. There are so much that can be said about why MD failed and how utterly stupid Sony is, I am not going to say anything other than Steve Jobs is the best answer to Sony's paranoia about copy protection. Protected a few pennies, but missed out on billions.
1145727
I don't have an audio book on mine yet, but for a song, there is a play speed option when you hold down the right side of the screen for an extra 2 seconds. It can be set to 0(default), 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. Not sure what speeds they correspond to. Since audio books are part of the Music library options, I would guess this option is also available for audio books. I have firm-ware version 2.01US, so you might have to upgrade if your player has an older firmware. I didn't remember seeing the audio books option in the earlier firmware.
507023
Most probably the file is protected and that's why you can't copy it. Convert it to mp3 (just put "free wma to mp3 converter" in google and you will find plenty of freeware programs) and try to transfer it to the Coby player again.
7753
Sorry....I can't answer that question. I was only able to download music and mp3 files....not sure about books...let me know we're to get it and I will work on it Saturday. I'm not by my computer but I used the Walkman on the road today. So send me info and I will see if it works
180312
No it doesn't "work very well with the WMA format." The DRM type WMA format won't play on this device.
2283685
iTunes works with .mp3 or .m4a(apple) media. You shouldn't have any problems... unless you're like me. I ripped a bunch of music from my own CDs with XP, and used Windows Media Player. They are all .wma format, and iTunes won't recognize them. I had to download a trial version of a media converting software product to convert my wma files to mp3. My fiance has an ipod and I use a creative labs MuVo, so we are trying to use mp3 as the common ground. (My MuVo plays wma and mp3)
1649008
Yes, download Kindle app on itunes. not reproduced in wma. only played in m4v,. mp4,. mov, h264
991703
I had the same problem. I know Coby mp3 players play the wma format, but I don't know about any others.
49559
My WMA files do not play on this device, it actually freezes it. I believe it only plays MP3 format.
1727820
I just tried to upload my library, and none of my wma files (lossy or lossless) are recognized, only mp3.
1106632
Depends upon what you mean. I have listened to audio books that I have downloaded from my local library on the Electorhome and they sound just fine. However I did need to copy the files to the player (this is as easy as copying files from one directory to another in windows). The player does not, as far as I know, have built in support for things like Audible like some more expensive players. Also, the player does not have the ability to play books at various speeds - which is a feature I would dearly love to have when listening to audiobooks. That said - for the money you get a very good player for audiobooks. Depends upon what you mean. I have listened to audio books that I have downloaded from my local library on the Electorhome and they sound just fine. However I did need to copy the files to the player (this is as easy as copying files from one directory to another in windows). The player does not, as far as I know, have built in support for things like Audible like some more expensive players. Also, the player does not have the ability to play books at various speeds - which is a feature I would dearly love to have when listening to audiobooks. That said - for the money you get a very good... » Read More Depends upon what you mean. I have listened to audio books that I have downloaded from my local library on the Electorhome and they sound just fine. However I did need to copy the files to the player (this is as easy as copying files from one directory to another in windows). The player does not, as far as I know, have built in support for things like Audible like some more expensive players. Also, the player does not have the ability to play books at various speeds - which is a feature I would dearly love to have when listening to audiobooks. That said - for the money you get a very good player for audiobooks. « Show Less
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You should be able to convert the non-DRM books with a PC app called Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/) to whatever format your e-reader software uses.