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Posted by DJXTC on Jan-06-2004 00:45:

Got a question about a mp3 hard drive

Hello...I've saved up for enough money to get an Archos jukebox 20. Which has record in capabilties.

I'm curious about this product. One of my friends say that mp3 hard drives pretty much act like a external Hard drive only with the mp3 recording feature. And he told me that all i do is record and then drag and drop the file.

I'm just being sceptical (due to teh fact that i don't want to burn money for no reason). Does mp3 hard drives really allow the user to drag and drop the recorded files?? I'm asking this because i bought a minidisk last year thinking it had this cabaility...and i was wrong.

Your response would be graetly appreciated.

Posted by szuchy on Jan-06-2004 00:58:

I'm not sure what this has to do with producing music, but I'll try to help you anyway.

Drag and drop as opposed to....what else? I don't know what other method there could be to copy music to an mp3 hard drive.

Here is what is says on this page:
http://store.yahoo.com/directron/studio20.html

"Recording Method: Adds a drive letter to computer. Drag & drop files directly from Windows Explorer."

It sounds like it does what you want.

Posted by DJXTC on Jan-06-2004 01:03:

What i mean by drag and drop is that. Hnce minidisks does NOT allow any transferring of audio(even if it's ur own recording) to the computer due to copyright infringment, making minidisks unalbe to tranfer To the computer. My question is does the archos jukebox allow you to transfer your own recordings(line in) to the computer.

Posted by TigerClaw on Jan-06-2004 01:03:

Re: Got a question about a mp3 hard drive

quote:
Originally posted by DJXTC
Hello...I've saved up for enough money to get an Archos jukebox 20. Which has record in capabilties.

I'm curious about this product. One of my friends say that mp3 hard drives pretty much act like a external Hard drive only with the mp3 recording feature. And he told me that all i do is record and then drag and drop the file.

I'm just being sceptical (due to teh fact that i don't want to burn money for no reason). Does mp3 hard drives really allow the user to drag and drop the recorded files?? I'm asking this because i bought a minidisk last year thinking it had this cabaility...and i was wrong.

Your response would be graetly appreciated.

Those type of harddrive mp3 players have the capability to record, But the only drawback is, Even in the highest quality setting, Your recorded mp3s will only come out as VBR instead of CBR quality, You will not get 192k or 320k quality mp3 recording on those.

Posted by DJXTC on Jan-06-2004 01:11:

can you please elaborate more on this?

Posted by TigerClaw on Jan-06-2004 01:20:

Well, I dont own one, But a friend does, From what Ive seen, It can be used as a recorder since you can plug these stereo cables to a receiver or anywhere, Say a Mixer when you want to record your own DJ sets or someone else's set, you can record many hours of music with it since they hold about 20 gigs or more, Depending on the model, Also, These Archos players come with a video player so you can actually download mpeg4 movies into it to watch on the color LCD screen.

Posted by DJXTC on Jan-06-2004 01:23:

Well it seems like it can transfer to my PC...I prolly might buy onw. The one with video capability are the new ones. The older model which i'ma get is only audio. If it doesn't work...oh well just another $250 down the drain.

Posted by TigerClaw on Jan-06-2004 01:28:

Best Buy is selling two different models

ARCHOS 20.0GB MP3/MP4 Audio/Video Player - Click here

ARCHOS Portable MP4 Video Player with MP3 Recording and Digital Camera Option
- Click
here

Posted by DJXTC on Jan-06-2004 01:37:

I've seen those. See I originally wanted to buy the Creative Nomad Jukebox 40GB, but due to it being $400 and the only new thing is it being 40GB. I tried to look for jukebox 3 which was available with 20GB...but they are discontinued.

SO with my budget all i can afford is the archos. I really don't need that TV thing on it..all i need it to do is record my sets and turn them to CD's without it being as crappy as computer recording. I also have a real crapy computer...so editing is out of the question.

Posted by TigerClaw on Jan-06-2004 01:40:

You find find more about the Archos harddrive mp3 player here.
http://www.archos.com/products/fam_mp3_music.html

Posted by szuchy on Jan-06-2004 02:00:

quote:
If it doesn't work...oh well just another $250 down the drain.

Well, maybe it doesn't have to be that way. Just a couple days ago I heard about this new thing called "returning". I'm not entirely sure how it works, but I think it's something along the lines of customers getting a refund for a product they didn't like. Maybe that might be of some use?

I would be very surprised if you find there is copyright protection on copying files to your computer from the jukebox. In other words, I don't think you will need to "return" it.