Steve,
Thanks.
Just to let you know, iRiver provides a simple app that lets you transfer files. It's called the iRiver Manager, and I believe it's a free download on their
website (I have the iFP-380T model, with 128MB flash memory). All it does is provide an explorer-type interface. The window is divided in half; the top half shows your computer, and the bottom half shows the files on the handheld. You're supposed to drag files from the top to the bottom.
What I do now is I use MC to automatically generate a Smartlist for me (I have the word "gym" in the keyword field of a bunch of tunes, and the smartlist pulls 125MB of "gym"-labeled tunes). I open the iRiver Manager and put it side-by-side with MC, then drag the list from MC to the lower half of the window in the iRiver Manager. The nice thing about it is it keeps the files in the order they are in the playlist -- it doesn't re-order them alphabetically or anything. Ideally, I'd like to just be able to right click the list and "Send To > iRiver portable," or drag and drop in the tree (or even the action window).
The other issue is voice recording. The iRiver unit features a voice recorder, which records voice memos in REC format, in a designated folder on the unit (which is there by default, I think called VOICE). The REC files are associated with RealPlayer. But when you go to transfer them off the unit to your PC, a window pops up and tells you to convert to WAV or MP3, which it then does for you (I tried transferring to my PC without converting, then playing the REC file in RealPlayer, but it didn't work -- it tried to download a codec/plugin and failed).
I know that this is probably not high on the list of priorities, which is fine with me (obviously I have a work-around that functions fine). I just thought I'd share what I knew if it could be of any help to you, now or in the future.
Thanks again,
crow