Don't be so smug! The NLS player was primarily designed to play books from cartridges that come from libraries for the blind. Other players, such as Stream, Book Sense, Pocket, VR Classic, Wave, and commercial devices like iPod etc. do not unzip either. Dave -----Original Message----- From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 12:31 PM To: Robert Jaquiss; Linux for blind general discussion Subject: Re: what do I need? You mean the NLS player can't handle its own unzipping? How quaint! BTW: Since the question was about Linux, let me answer that there is an unzip command in Linux. You don't need Windows to unzip. And, of course, Linux is perfectly capable of mount USB drives, so you should be able to copy files straight across to that drive. Janina Robert Jaquiss writes: > Hello: > > The files from NLS have to be unzipped, and placed in their own > directory. On a PC, Winzip creates a directory having the same name > as the book. The directory then needs to be copied to a USB drive. I > suggest using an empty drive. It is important that the files be in a > directory on the drive and not at the root level. Then plug in the > USB drive into the port on the side of the player. When the player > starts, it will find the book. > > Regards, > > Robert > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Tew" <btew@xxxxxxx> > To: <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 2:23 AM > Subject: what do I need? > > > >Ok I got a digital player from the library. > >I can download books from bard noproblem. > >What do I need to get the files from the computer to the player > >using linux? > >Do I need any special software for that? > > > >t i a. > > > >--Brian Tew > >do not reply to this address. it is a spam trap. > >please use: btew at bresnan dot net > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list mailing list > >Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Chair, Open Accessibility janina@xxxxxxxx Linux Foundation http://a11y.org Chair, Protocols & Formats Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/wai/pf World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list