Posted by NRen2k5 on 11/17/93 11:43

Charles Russell wrote:
> fred-bloggs wrote:
>> Charles Russell <SPAMworFREEwor@bellsouth.net> wrote in
>> news:FrWVf.5274$Q6.4781@bignews5.bellsouth.net:
>>
>>> Ole Kvaal wrote:
>>>
>>>> fred-bloggs wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, I can't really help you with MediaCenter. Can't you convert
>>>>> the wav to mp3?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I can. So perhaps I should try the mp3 32bit/11025 hz to wav
>>>> 44100 hz to mp3 32bit/44100 procedure . . . OK, I'll give it try
>>>> right away. Thank a lot for your helpfulness and patience (so far)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Does the Zen player support MP3 only at 44.1 kHz sample rates?
>>> I thought even the earliest MP3 standard permitted several rates, down
>>> to 16 kHz for voice. I should hope that such files would be portable
>>> to all current players.
>>>
>>
>>
>> MPEG1 defined only 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, and 48 kHz.
>> MPEG2 added 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz and 24 kHz.
>>
>
> What formats does the Zen player support? I had no luck trying to find
> on the web detailed specifications of supported file formats for the
> different players, even for Apple. The Ipod my kids gave me for
> Christmas handles 16 kHz and even 11.025 kHz, as does the Goldwave audio
> editor. If I had been spending my own money and gotten a cheaper MP3
> player, would I be unable to play my highly compressed low-fidelity
> voice files directly without reformatting to bigger files?

I'll check with my Zen Micro tonight. It's the Zen's smaller-capacity
sister, and the two should be identical in every way apart from their
capacity.

- NRen2k5

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