Text Files Splitting........

Hi.

The new iPods can read 4 kb files via the NoteReader.

Check out iPod3eBook (http://www.alphalink.com.au/~timmo), which will split up any sized text file into iPod Notes format and put in the links. (I've updated the site to have a Win32 executable now, not just a perl script)

Please post if you have any problems.

Cheers,

Tim.

torchedlh,

Sorry about the readme file... I just cobbled it together as a temporary thing late last night...

Try the following instructions. They are a stet-by-step guide. Hopefully this will be a bit less vague. Please post if things are still unclear.

Cheers,
Tim.

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1. Extract the contents of the zip file to a directory
For this example, we'll use c:\ipodtxt

2. Put your text file into this directory.
Makes things easier later, eg, HarryPotter.txt

3. In Windows, open up a 'command' prompt by:
A - Click: Start - Run...
(btw, keyboard shortcut for this is the 'Windows' key & 'R')

B- type: cmd

You should now see a Window just like an the old MS-DOS prompt.

4. Type: c:
(Changes to the C: drive)

5. Type: cd\ipodtxt
(puts you in the ipodtxt folder)

6. Type: ipod3ebook -h
(Optional step - this will display a help screen, explaining 'advanced' options)

7. Type: ipod3eBook harrypotter.txt

A new folder called harrypotter.txt_ipod will be created
This folder will contain the new .txt files.
You can now close the command window by typing exit, or just close it.

8. Mount the iPod as a Firewire device, if it isn't already visible in Windows Explorer.

9. Copy the new folder to the /Notes folder on the iPod using Windows explorer.
(You can copy the individal files, but I just grab the folder..)

10. Dismount

11. On the iPod, Go to Extras, Notes menu option. If you have copied a number of notes, the iPod will show a 'Loading Notes' message... This could take a while... depending on which Harry Potter novel you are reading!!

Once that's done, you should see the new folder as an item in the Notes folder.

12. Select this new folder, and you should see your text files.

13. Select the first one, and you're away!
You will

14. Scroll down to the bottom of the page. You should see a link to the next page. Select this to 'turn the page'.

The Menu key backs out to the previous page. There is no way yet to drop staight back to the folder... I've queried Apple about this, and they are thinking about it as a upgrade.

That's it.

Unless, of course, you want to move on to the...

....Advanced Options:

To change the title, directory created, or output filenames, use the following format:

ipod3ebook -t Harry -d hpbook5 -f hp harrypotter.txt

These options will:
Set the 'T"itle on the iPod as: Harry
Create an output 'D'irectory called: hpbook5
Name the output 'F'iles to : hp-0001.txt, hp-0002.txt ... etc.