I am using the iRiver IFP-790T as a backup recording device when recording the Geek News Central Podcast. Of the 18 shows produced we lost 1 due to a PC crash and I vowed that would never happen again. So as I record the show on the PC the iRiver MP3 player which doubles as a voice recorder is my failsafe mechanism.
Today on the Daily Source Code with Adam Curry he mentioned he owns nearly the same device, and drew some of the same conclusions I did. The thing sucks. It's a great recorder but you have to use iRiver's proprietary interface that has DRM management to get files on and off it. Windows does not recognize it as a external drive and it records in some proprietary format.
I really wonder who these companies have on staff testing their products, don't they have a clue on how the real world works. I guess that is why the Apple iPod is as popular. Someone just needs to figure out how to record at a high bit rate on the iPod. [iRiver]
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Have you tried using the iRiver 7xx series UMS firmwire. I remember hating the 300 series until the UMS driver came out, and i think they supply their own convertor now.
The REC file convertor is Here
and the latest UMS firmware for the 700 series is Here
I hope this helps. On my 300 series when i record from line in it records straight to MP3.
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December 16, 2004 12:35 AM
Posted on December 16, 2004 00:35
I have the ifp-790, and installing the UMS firmware gives me all the functionality I wanted(no more iriver music manager), with one trade-off. Now the maximum record quality is 96kbs.
This is beta firmware, so maybe the record quality will boost back up with the final version. One can only hope, but in reality 96 should be enough for what I need it for.
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December 16, 2004 9:54 PM
Posted on December 16, 2004 21:54