How to: Export Approved Section Audio for MP3 Devices

With the arrival of Render version 3.14 Approved Section audio can be exported all together for playback on MP3 devices. 

Prepare a micro-SD card:
  1. Using a micro-SD card reader, insert a fresh (empty) micro-SD card in the reader, and open Windows Explorer.
  2. Using the right-mouse button, click (or long-press) the SD card icon on the left of the window.
  3. Choose “Format.” A popup window will open. Confirm that the “File system” setting is “FAT32 (Default)” and “Allocation unit size” is “32 kilobytes.”
  4. Click/tap the “Start” button to format the micro-SD card. A popup WARNING window will open. Click/tap “OK” to close the popup. A popup COMPLETE window will open. Click/tap “OK” to close the popup.
  5. Finally close the Format window. The micro-SD card is now ready for the audio files exported from Render.

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Export Scope Audio
  1. Now open Render and login to your user.
  2. Click/tap on the 3-dot menu and choose “Section Status.”
  3. Verify the Scope Select icon (top left) is displaying the Scope you want to export. If not, tap that icon and select the Scope that you want to export.
  4. Click/tap the “Export” button near the top of the screen.
  5. The “Select an Option” modal will open. Choose the MP3 player icon (on the left):
  6. A Windows Explorer window will open. Click/tap on the SD card icon on the left of the window. Then on the bottom right of that window, click/tap “Select folder.”
  7. Render will begin exporting all Approved sections from the selected Scope onto the micro-SD card.
  8. When the export is complete, open Windows Explorer and open the SD card to confirm that the audio files have been written to the micro-SD card.
  9. You can now Eject the micro-SD card and insert it into your MP3 player.

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Notes:
  • Folder layout inside SD card will be: LANGUAGE\BOOK\AudioFile.mp3
  • In Render terms: PROJECT\SCOPE\SECTION.mp3
  • Only target-language translation files will be exported, not Back Translation audio files.
  • Exporting from Render will export all Approved Sections in the currently selected Scope. Exporting the same Scope multiple times will overwrite the previous export so there is no need to manage files manually.
  • To export a different Scope from the same Project to the same SD card, open the Scope Select icon (top left of Render screen) and choose the other scope. Then repeat steps 8,9 and 10 above.

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