BearBoy

Hi @Umby. Welcome to the forum 🙂 I find Web MiniDisc Pro to be really good for NetMD on Windows 11 but I don't have any Hi-MD machines. There is a guide to it on the MiniDisc Wiki HERE. They have recently introduced Hi-MD functionality to the app but I have no first hand experience. There is some info re the Hi-MD capability HERE I think the only other option for Hi-MD would be Sony's SonicStage, which can be installed on Windows 11 PCs. I have never used it myself but I know @sfbp has a lot of experience with it and might be able to offer some advice.

Sorry, I should have been more specific. I meant with regard to track markers, rather than just being able to record the audio. I've had mixed results using my current solution. Seems to generally work okay when there are gaps between tracks but not when the music transitions from one song to the next without any silence.

Hi @DanMD, welcome to the forum! Thanks for the recommendation; looks like a useful little device. Do you know if it works with recording from streaming services as well as files stored locally on your PC? The USB-C version would make a useful way of connecting a tablet/phone to a MiniDisc recorder. That's interesting. I was going to ask which encoder you had been using (I know the default "atracdenc" encoder is generally believed to be somewhat substandard) but then noticed that you said you only recorded in SP so your MZ-N510 would be doing the ATRAC encoding anyway. I wonder what's going on that is resulting in an impact to the sound quality?

This afternoon I've been cleaning battery leakage out of the remote control for my CDP-XB740 😠 Timely reminder to remove batteries from anything that's not going to be used for a while...

I suspect installing one of these would be beyond my skills/level of dexterity as well but it's great that there's now an option for the more capable to resurrect these devices.

Thought this might be of interest to anyone who has an MZ-RH1/MZ-M200 with a failed/failing OLED display: MZ-RH1 Compatible Display Modules Apparently @asivery is working on something similar for the MZ-RH10/MZ-M100 (some info in the comments on Reddit)

Good work! I'm always a bit reluctant to take the risk on a "spares and repairs" deck, or one the seller says they are unable to test, just in case it turns out to be more than just a simple belt swap/ribbon cable reseat type issue. My technical "expertise" doesn't really extend beyond that.

Another lovely Pro deck @kgallen. You must have quite the collection by now.

Good to see they put it front and centre 😉

Well spotted! Was kind of hoping they'd be made out of formica or something 😉

Actually, looks like v1.5.0 is here: https://testing.minidisc.wiki/webminidisc-testing/

@asivery has released an updated version of Web MiniDisc Pro. Update notes from Reddit: Reddit Link

Thanks @Richard 🙂 They're nice enough looking discs but was just wondering if the styling would be along the same lines as the packaging.

That's what I was Googling for: to see what the discs themselves looked like. Do you have any pictures of opened ones?

Packaging looks sort of "retro", which I am not sure was so much of a thing back in the heyday of MiniDisc. Were these quite rare @Richard? Googling them is bringing back nothing (except your post).