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AJ Starr · 07-09-2009, 02:13 PM

I recently received a Coby 725 MP4 player which can display ebooks in txt format.

However, (1) the software for syncing music and photos does not included the txt syncing. I can use Win explorer to put the files there and as long as the files are not too large I usually can get it to work.

(2) There is a choice of protocols for MTP and MSC which I just read up on in Wikipedia. One statement said that MTP would only allow certain formats, i.e., MP3 WAV, and photo, but it did not mention txt.

Because I have the unit set for MTP protocol, is this why my txt files do not work properly? If so, what are the ramifications if I switch it to MSC. Will I get better response? It won't matter that if I have to reload, I'm still playing with the device.

My desire is to have the txt files display properly. Now, I put an entire book in there and it shows from 5 to 20 pages, instead of the 400 plus pages.

BTW, I found that if I save my word processing document as ASCII generic word processor w/o "returns" so that each paragraph continues as one long line in the txt reader, that the portable reader displays the paragraphs better.

Thanks for any help.

AJ

07-09-2009, 02:13 PM	#1
AJ Starr Guru Posts: 815 Karma: 1029784 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Nebraska, USA Device: PEZ, Color Libre, 2@Sony T1, Onyx i62HD	Coby MP4 w/txt I recently received a Coby 725 MP4 player which can display ebooks in txt format. However, (1) the software for syncing music and photos does not included the txt syncing. I can use Win explorer to put the files there and as long as the files are not too large I usually can get it to work. (2) There is a choice of protocols for MTP and MSC which I just read up on in Wikipedia. One statement said that MTP would only allow certain formats, i.e., MP3 WAV, and photo, but it did not mention txt. Because I have the unit set for MTP protocol, is this why my txt files do not work properly? If so, what are the ramifications if I switch it to MSC. Will I get better response? It won't matter that if I have to reload, I'm still playing with the device. My desire is to have the txt files display properly. Now, I put an entire book in there and it shows from 5 to 20 pages, instead of the 400 plus pages. BTW, I found that if I save my word processing document as ASCII generic word processor w/o "returns" so that each paragraph continues as one long line in the txt reader, that the portable reader displays the paragraphs better. Thanks for any help. AJ