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Tue. March 21, 2006
The zen of video portability
After I picked up a Creative Zen Vision a couple weeks ago I have hardly put it down. Today was no different as I sucked the battery dry listing to music and watching a video. How that video got to the device was, however, a somewhat circuitous route that worked flawlessly. In the words of B.A. Baracus COL Hannibal (thanks for the correction, Jeff), I love it when a plan comes together. Here's how it went:
Used my Palm from downstairs at home to VNC to my desktop to start it downloading a video. I checked in from work via Java-based VNC through the web browser Safari to see if it was done. Once it was, I FTP'd the video file up to our server where I then used my PC at work to grab the file. Once downloaded, I broke out my 257-in-one card reader and copied the file over to my digital camera's CF card. From there I loaded the card into the Zen and transferred the video. Once on the device, it played flawlessly and I enjoyed watching it during my lunch break.
It's nice when stuff you think should work, works.
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3/22/2006 @ 9:02am
One small point of correction. The character who used the phrase "I love it when a plan comes together" was the commander COL Hannibal, not the overmuscled but highly amusing B.A. Barracas
by Jeff
3/23/2006 @ 7:11am
I stand corrected -- good call on that one. It's been a while for me watching the A Team but it certainly made its impression on me when I was a kid, what with all the horribly inaccurate weapons that never injure anyone I have around the house and all. ;)
by KevinFreitas