sfbp

Aha! You can play the tracks THROUGH THE COMPUTER. This means that the USB is working. That leaves... (tada!) the destination of the files on your hard disk. Just as I suspected. You are running as a power user or administrator, I take it? Where exactly is SS pointing to for the files it uploads right now?

As long as you see the triangle then you should have no problems. 1. Do you by any chance have a second unit to test with? 2. Can you play the tracks back? 3. WHERE is SS expecting to write the files to? Could be a directory that is inaccessible to your current logged on user. After hearing your description this sounds most likely. Make a NEW folder called SonicImport on the C: root. Go into SS and fix the location of imported files to point there. May be all you need to do. Good hunting! Stephen

What I like about the ICD-SXnn0 line: 1. Drag and drop everything 2. Support for MP3 both direct recording as well as transfer in (the latter on almost any bitrate) 3. PCM (of course) 4. Their new LPEC codec which is (in its highest quality) 128kbps, the one thing missing from HiMD. How many times did you do the calculation and think: I wish I had 128kbps HiMD, would be perfect? 5. Size and connectivity (line/mic/USB). I don't care about not being able to change out a microSD card. The minuscule weight compensates for that. The buttons and screen are WAY better than I have any right to expect.

I found the post and the tezt highlighted in red, using Google Translate (I know not a word of Japanese). Does "information" mean (in context) software? Stephen

Question 1: were the recordings decrypted before downloading them to MD, using the File Conversion Tool. (If they were recordings MADE on the MD, this question is irrelevant). If not, very likely SS thinks you have a different machine from the one that downloaded them and will not allow upload. Question 2: do the recordings show as transferable (Square+triangle) or merely as transferred (square only)? Stephen

At $230 for the 8GB model and $120 for the 2GB model I hardly regard this as placing "trust" in Sony, rather the opposite. I figure all their *previous* investment in audio probably means that this one they got right. So far, so good.

Well, I recently acquired the Sony ICD-SX950. With built-in microphones, or your favourite pair of stealth mikes, you can get 12 hours PCM in a package weighing 2 Ounces. This has been reviewed in another thread, and yes, it is possible there is slight bass roll off, but this is easily compensated for if you are doing a real "pro" recording. The voices generally sound BETTER than on MD, different codec makes them clearer.

Perhaps you are running the 32-bit version of W7. Many (if not MOST) are finding the manufacturers of new computers are providing W7-64. They will find the Home Basic edition which does NOT have the XP 32-bit subsystem (provided in the premium versions) which WILL run SonicStage. In any event the big problem is with the NetMD drivers. So if you stick to HiMD format (whether 80m or 1GB disks) you won't notice any difficulty.

that's great news. I actually picked XP for one new computer because of this; happy to hear I can now move forward with the rest of the world. Out of curiosity, is the development team in Aomori? Or, how do you know this??? Regards Stephen

This sort of nonsense is why I steadfastly resisted getting a 64-bit OS. Another promising strategy would be get the 32-bit version of Windows 7, or the upgrade to 7 which allows an XP 32-bit subsystem to run your old software. Good luck!

I just put my Toshiba Flat Screen Tube HDTV up on craigslist. Did I make a mistake? It certainly had the best picture (although creating some interference in all sound that really bugs me). The Sony Bravia I purchased seems to do the job quite nicely, with just enough forward-looking features to make it seem useful. But my main reason for buying it is I worry about finding that everything moved so far forward by the time I wait for the CRT to die that I may be stuck. Seems like resolution on the LCD screens is a perpetual problem... too high or too low always.

I may be mistaken but that looks like the overwrite head assembly (minus the overwrite head itself). If so, you are dead in the water. You may be able to play things (as you probably already discovered) but the moment you try to press track mark or record (or do any writing with USB) you will lose the entire disk. Sorry.

I think you've hit the nail on the head. A lot of these "fakes" are in fact just surplus stock sold either because they couldn't find distribution chains, or perhaps "below standard" in ways that we don't care about. But IMHO you are just as likely to get a good one as not. Let your ears be the judge. I ended up having a shouting match (actually via email!) with the guy who was "inspecting" them and passing on after marking them up. One tip - many of the MD units do a lot of grinding which gets picked up when the unit is plugged directly into the recorder (the RH1 is the LEAST offender in this, meaning you might ignore for the RH1). So you might be better off using the little extension lead they always seem to provide as part of the package. This varies (different Sony facilities?) from being simple flexible rubber to a braided version. Stephen

OK, but beware that any time anyone even by accident presses the record button or makes a track mark, you lose the WHOLE disk, if the OW head is dead. If that's acceptable, suggest you start looking in the service manual which is on the www.minidisc.org site. We'll help (there are others probably more competent than I).

Probably not enough data just yet. But I **love** the word :chunder: has been years since I heard anyone use it. Describes perfectly the noises that MD (and other machines) when they repetitively attempt to do something they cannot. Unfortunately you have to start from knowns to get knowns. The commonest thing that happens is that writing fails in some way and the resulting disks are useless until correctly formatted. So without at least another unit to make sure that a correctly formatted disk fails..... I would be inclined to take a trip down memory (?nerd?) lane and get the thing apart. You will at least marvel at it. You can probably find a unit with the same or better capabilities for 25 quid, or even less. Stick around here, lots of friendly folks with too many of the darn' things. Me for instance, but I'm a bit far away. Don't give up just yet - here are some ideas: - If you are good at getting it (the case) open the second (overwrite) head may be bent or stuck in the path of the insertion. Probably dead to all intents and purposes. - battery or power circuits may be fried (probably you tried running on the charger, to eliminate that possibility) - one or more disks are ruined possibly because something is wrong, and you are trapped in a vicious circle (as I described at the outset) - most likely, the overwrite head's ribbon cable got busted. Many discussions here, we'll point you to those in due course Welcome to the forums!

Ah, I missed that - you don't actually need an MDLP-capable deck to TOC-clone an MDLP-recorded disk. That makes things a whole lot easier.

Yup. But to get MDLP tracks you need a TOC-cloning deck or portable that supports MDLP. Not sure how easy that is to find at least in a portable. This is actually one request we should add to the #linux-minidisc project's list of things-to-do. Something to automate TOC cloning. But I recently discussed a possible way to do it generically with their main developer.

There are no drivers needed to read or write Hi-MD. Explorer will never see the music files, just the "container" files that have the music inside them. You should be able to see 3 or 4 such, always the same name, and even when there is no music on the disk (ie freshly formatted). If you can't see even those, there's something wrong with USB on your Win7 installation. Remember you cannot use a hub, the MD must be connected to a real USB port. I suppose there could be a USB-speed issue but I have not heard of such a thing so far.

Ah this is purely a Windows 7 problem Point 1: you cannot make a NetMD under Windows7-64, EXCEPT if you have one of the premium versions and the XP compatibility layer installed (it's a whole XP virtual machine or VM) Point 2: If you can see the Windoze directory then the disk in your MD is a Hi-MD (and not a NetMD). Even if it's an 80m disk formatted as Hi-MD, which is cool as long as you can play it back in a Hi-MD. HTH

Note that what I said applies to NetMD, not HiMD. I'm assuming you didnt have any HiMD recordings (or for that matter, MDLP recordings saved on HiMD).

Click on your name and select the "Messenger" dropdown. sfbp

You have to point the sonicstage library there. "Tools->Options->Location to save imported files". Of course we assume that none of your tracks are encrypted (protected). Go back, do not pass go, do not collect $200 etc etc. The easiest way to do this is to make a "junction point" so that a folder on the external drive looks like the directory where Sonic Stage wants the library. First, configure Sonic Stage to point to somewhere sensible (NOT silly ol' c:\Documents and Settings\Users\<blah blah>). Use something like C:\SonicStage\imported, i.e. somewhere of your own devising. Assume that the "imported" folder exists. Second make a junction (you'll need junction.exe from Sysinternals, now a subsidiary of MSFT) like this junction C:\SonicStage\imported h:\foo\bar\mymusicfiles (whatever you called the backup on your "h" drive). The backup needs to have the folder names in that base folder be the names of the Albums, for proper operation. Now you will find that h:\foo\bar\mymusicfiles\NiceAlbum is visible to everyone (including Sonic Stage) as C:\SonicStage\imported\NiceAlbum. Good luck! Stephen

You'll need the "deck drivers" which I hope I have attached as an upload to this post. At least, I hope that these are the ones. "Ultimate" refers to Avrin's version that cleans up a fair amount of crap from the install such as the Connect Store stuff (Connect no longer exists) and uses the most up to date OpenMG modules (hence the name, since you are unlikely ever to need another update from Sony). The downloads sections has been missing for a long time (almost a year) and I have complained but to no avail. Sorry. Deck_Driver.zip

I'll say it again: you CANNOT re-upload (to the PC) anything that was downloaded (to the MD).

Sorry, but it was always Sony's intention that you should NOT be able to rescue your NetMD recordings off of MD. Their rationale being, these are copies, and it is up to you to save and own the original. Sorry, but these are not my rules, just explaining. There's only one way that I know to get digital-quality NetMD recordings back to a PC, and that is using an MDLP-capable deck, and sending the result through optical out to the PC (equipped with optical in), and recording that optical in with waverec or some such recording software. There's a nice USB external card for $20 that will do that... but first you need a deck. It's possible with audacity but only on the (analog) line out of the portable. The MZ-RH1 will not help you for the recordings you previously downloaded to the NetMD.