Ogg files on TTN5 & Palm OS

eillo7 · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 19, 2005 Posts: 199

Having rolled back to TTN5 I cannot get .ogg voice files working on my Tungsten T3. I had assumed it was a limitation of the software but in another thread it has been suggested that they should work on TTN5. Well, they don't for me. Crying or Very sad

When I try to set a proximity warning I still have to select frow cows, boings, cuckoos and other monstrosities...

I have gone right back to the start - hard reset, format SD card, install TTN5, load map. There is no other software installed - except the default stuff.

POI files and .ogg files are all in the map folder, file names are absolutely identical (except .poi and .ogg extenstions), there are no .ogg.ogg double-extensions. They are the same files that work okay on TTN6.

Does anyone have TTN5 running on a Palm with working .ogg files? Any ideas I haven't tried yet?

mikealder · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:05 pm Post subject:

As far as I know the ogg file method will not work on the Palm devices with TomTom version five, the only way you can get spoken alerts on that combination is to swap out the data.chk file for one that does contain the spoken alerts, have a look at This Page but make sure you install the correct version relative to what software you have running - Mike

eillo7 · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 19, 2005 Posts: 199

Thanks Mike - I have since read your post when the .ogg files were released where you did confirm that Palm did not seem to work.

Shame Oldboy didn't mention it when he said they should work (but an equal shame I didn't mention I was running a Palm!).

Oh well, no harm done.

Oldboy · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 4:04 pm Post subject:

mikealder · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 4:21 pm Post subject:

Richard, perhaps the crystal ball needs replacing Laughing

in all seriousness though this does highlight the need to include basic information when posting questions in the forum, if nothing else it means you will get a more accurate answer, often leading to a quicker solution - Mike

nigelho · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 11, 2006 Posts: 9

I am running TTN5 on a palm TX (I used to have a palm T5 with TTN5) and my friend runs it on a Lifedrive, all three palms run ogg files for speed warings and they work fine.

eillo7 · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 19, 2005 Posts: 199

Any clues as to how it's done then?

nigelho · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 11, 2006 Posts: 9

Changed the ogg file names to match the names of the camera database and put them into the same folder of the card. In my case there were 3 files with the same name but extensions were .ogg, .bmp and .ov2. (eg pocketgps_uk_gatso_30) The directory on my SD card is Great_Britain-Map.

I went to "Change Preferences/Manage POI/Warn When Near POI and set the distance to whatever was appropriate, at that point the "select a warning sound" option was not available. I also replaced the data.chk file in the TomTom directory of the card with the original one.

The sound files were from ray Flanagans site.

The Palm I am using is a TX with TTN5 update 1

I think the problem may be that you need to reset your 'warn when near POI' settings for each POI.

Hope this is useful, would have done this yesterday but had to be out

JockTamsonsBairn · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:22 pm Post subject:

eillo7 · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 19, 2005 Posts: 199

I'm running TTN 5.201 on a tungsten T3. As mentioned in my first post I have checked filenames for .ogg files, put them in the correct directory and they are not seen when setting warning sounds.

I have experienced this functionality on TTN6 so I know what to expect, but it does not work on my TTN 5.201 setup.

I don't know what "TTN 5 update 1" means...

JockTamsonsBairn · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject:

eillo7 · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 19, 2005 Posts: 199

The .oggs are just fine - I have them all working great on my TTN6 setup (I have 2 palms, one running TTN6 and the other running TTN5).

JockTamsonsBairn · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject:

eillo7 · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 19, 2005 Posts: 199

They are both Tungsten T3s, so are basically identical. And yes. .ogg files play on both when the appropriate software is installed.

I am something of a Palm veteran and know my way around the devices, and I have played with Tomtom since its original launch on the Palm.

I say this not wishing it to be rude in any way - I do appreciate your thinking and input - I just thought it would help you to know the level of user you're dealing with. So please feel free to get [moderately] technical if you think it will get us somewhere Wink

JockTamsonsBairn · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:54 pm Post subject:

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