I got a new-to-me Imation RipGo! mp3 player recently. It burns and plays mini-CD's in mp3 format. It's almost 2-decade old technology, but it's fun so far playing around with it.
Here's what I've noticed so far:
- I can't get it working with the USB connection to any computer. Perhaps it only works with 32-bit .operating systems? But you can burn CD-R's on your laptop, and just use those discs in the player.
- I've heard that CD-RW disks don't work. I've heard that anything larger than 185 MB discs don't work.
- I had trouble with many mp3 ripping software programs, including ffmpeg and AIMP. They would create mp3s fine, but those mp3s wouldn't play in the RipGo. The filename would be read, but it would just skip to the next song.
- Instead, if you use itunes to rip the mp3, those mp3's work fine. (Convert to wav first, then use itunes to convert to mp3) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204310
- Don't use 48,000 encoding. Use 41,400.
- If the battery is really drained, nothing will turn on. Just let it charge up for an hour, and try again. If the battery is really low, the LCD screen won't even display that it's charging, even though it is. Just be patient.
- Yes it's slow, and there's weird noises when the track starts. What do you expect from 2-decade old technology?
