[PLUG] Articles on MP3 player usability?

[Richard Owlett]

On 1/14/26 11:37 AM, Tomas Kuchta wrote:
> I believe that you answered the question of data storage size yourself
But that has almost *NOTHING* to do with my question. ROFL ;{

> 
> mp3 files do not compress well. Resulting in .zip files typically bigger
> than their content.
> 
> So, if you need to cary around 20 1.2GB bible stories - 32GB mp3 player
> device should work just fine.
> 
> As for the usability, I would try to select a device which presents itself
> as USB mas-storage when connected through USB - so that you can easily
> manage the fules on the device.
> 
> Hope that helps,

I does NOT.
I was looking for articles on actually using an MP3 player in my 
environment.

E.G.
   1. How convenient is it to choose which of 1189 chapters spread among 
66 books of KJV Bible to hear?
   2. When listening to a commentary, how easy is it to go back a few 
sentences or minutes to clarify the meaning of something.

TIA



> Tomas
> 
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 10:49 Richard Owlett <rowlett at access.net> wrote:
> 
>> I'm an tri-focal wearing octogenarian with some auditory issues.
>> I wish to listen conveniently to the KJV Bible and/or commentaries.
>> A suitable Bible in MP3 format whose zipped format is ~1.2 GB with
>> reading time of 85 hours. The commentaries of interest would likely be
>> ~10 hours per set.
>>
>> Smartphones are *NOT* a possibility.
>>
>> I'm looking for the functionality of a 60's era pocket cassette player.
>> I have never seen an MP3 player (friends all tote smartphones).
>> Ads on web are useless. All the MP3 player articles I found were focused
>> on tech behind the MP3 format and various descriptions of fidelity
>> versus bit rate (was an analog focused E.E. student a half-century ago ;)
>>
>> Suggested articles dealing with usability issues?
>> Can I at least have the Bible and commentaries in different directories?
>> How much can be stored on the device itself (had assumed flash drives
>> would be needed)?
>> TIA
>>
>>
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