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xeno-canto files on iPhone, iPods and other mobile phone gadgets

To: "Peter Shute" <>, "'Steve Clark'" <>, "'Birding Aus'" <>
Subject: xeno-canto files on iPhone, iPods and other mobile phone gadgets
From: "" <>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:29:04 -0700
As with anything free, there will be mistakes.

Saying that, I have used it a lot and have only had one experience where I 
thought the identified call was wrong.

Jim Holmes 


Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone

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From: "Peter Shute" <>
Date: Wed, Aug 24, 2011 7:11 pm
Subject: xeno-canto files on iPhone, iPods and other mobile phone gadgets
To: "'Steve Clark'" <>, "'Birding Aus'" 
<>

Is there any chance the calls are mislabelled? Is xeno-canto moderated?

Peter Shute

> -----Original Message-----
> From:  
>  On Behalf Of 
> Steve Clark
> Sent: Thursday, 25 August 2011 10:47 AM
> To: Birding Aus
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] xeno-canto files on iPhone, iPods and 
> other mobile phone gadgets
> 
> G'day all
> 
> A couple of people have asked for instructions on how to do this...
> 
> Cheers
> Steve
> 
> How to get xeno-canto files onto an iPhone or iPod Touch
> 
> 1.    Open xeno-canto in your browser ( I use Firefox but the
> instructions should be fine for other browsers)
> 2.    Search for the species of interest, with luck a list of 
> recordings
> will appear
> 3.    Right-click on the floppy disc symbol for the recording you want
> 4.    From the pop-up menu select "Save Link As ..." ("Save 
> target as..." in
> Internet Explorer)
> 5.    Choose where to save the file and what to call it.  I 
> don't change
> the name of the file and I save to the desktop because you can then
> find them quickly and you only need the file for a short period
> 6.    Press 'save' to save!
> 7.    Open iTunes
> 8.    Select "File-New Playlist"
> 9.    Call the new playlist something like "East Africa Birds"
> 10.   Drag the xeno-canto mp3 files from your desktop onto 
> the new playlist icon
> 11.   Sync your iPhone/iPod Touch
> 12.   That's it! If all went well you will be able to play 
> the files on
> your iPhone now and can now delete them from your desktop.  They will
> still be in your iTunes library on your computer.
> 
> 
> How to get xeno-canto files onto a non-iPod mobile phone
> 
> Steps 1-6 from above
> 
> 7. If your phone is sophisticated enough it should have storage space
> that your computer can access.  Read the phone manual to find out how
> this is achieved on your model.  My Nokia smartish phone comes with
> software that runs on my PC.  This communicates with the phone via
> Bluetooth or a USB cable.
> 
> What I see is a phone music folder on my computer that I can drag
> files to.  These are transferred to the phone when I run the sync
> program.
> 
> The files are then available for the music player on my phone.
> 
> Your phone will have something similar - read the manual.
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