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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).

Was initially searching for a FlowB before I worked it out 🤣 Have been looking at mixers recently with a view to upgrading my Xenyx 1002. They suddenly seem to leap up in size/features (I don't need) though once you get to more than 10 inputs.

I'm sat burning a new disc using Web MiniDisc Pro and an MZ-N910 whilst Googling @kgallen's new mixer. Always great to see you using the Pro decks for a show. Hope it all goes well!

I was watching that yesterday 🙂 There's a list of MD boomboxes on the Wiki site: https://www.minidisc.wiki/equipment/sorting/all?flt[equipment.type*~]=boombox

Hi @tetsuo1981. Welcome to the forum 🙂 Are the playback skips only when you play back on the LAM-1 or do you get them when playing those discs back on other MiniDisc players too? Are the skips always in the same place? Have you got any MiniDiscs that have been recorded on a different device? If so, do they play back okay on your LAM-1? I'm not familiar with the LAM-1 but can you reach the laser/head to clean them with some IPA without opening it up?

I actually find it fairly difficult to tell sometimes 🤔 I was assuming the MZ-E630 would be plastic because I thought my MZ-E620 was. Having had a closer look, however, I think the MZ-E620 might actually have a metal lid, albeit with a large plastic insert. Not 100% sure though 🙄 Back on topic, any progress with troubleshooting your MZ-EH930 @sfbp?

Thanks for the correction, @Richard. I'd just assumed it was plastic for some reason. Part of me wishes you hadn't pointed that out as now I'm more inclined to try to pick one up 🤔

Glad to hear everything worked out well @jmsla 👍

Saw this on Reddit this week: https://testing.minidisc.wiki/multitrack_ripper/ @asivery, who took over development of Web MiniDisc Pro from Stefano ( @cybercase ), has created a new app that allows you to transfer multi-track MD recordings made on MD Data discs (using machines like the Yamaha MD4 and MD8) to a PC using a standard NetMD device. Here's his update: Reddit Link I never had a multi-track MiniDisc recorder, although I did lust after them back in the 90s, but thought it might be of interest to others here. It's great to see all the fantastic development work that's finding new ways to keep the format alive 🙂

I had a similarly good experience with Gerry. Very responsive and quick to dispatch. Let us know how you get on with your order @jmsla Looks like the range of items available on the site has increased since I last looked too.

Have you got any way of testing the laser aside from using a disc @sfbp? e.g. some sort of laser power meter? Just grasping at straws though tbh. Hopefully one of the more technically savvy members will be along with something more useful. As a somewhat irrelevant aside, the MZ-EH930 looks really similar to the MZ-E630. Looks metal though, as opposed to the plastic case on the MZ-E630?