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Hi everyone, just a quick update on the efforts from Stefano and me in getting the MDS-JB980 to work with The Web MiniDisc Application: Unfortunately, it is not looking very promising at the moment and challenging to say the least Stefano and I were able to set up a remote debugging environment and the goal of our meeting yesterday was to find the reason for the initialization failure on the MDS-JB980. Unfortunately we did not succeed as we had to rely on trial and error to debug the init connection. As you probably all know there is no open specification on the NetMD protocol structure. The next step that we discussed is to set up a virtual machine running Windows, install SonicStage 4.3 and then figure out a way to view the USB data structures. This will hopefully provide more details about the exact block format that the Sony software sends over USB to the MDS-JB980. I do want to manage everyone's expectation that most of the work for the described next step is not planned or even considered at the moment. An important reason for this is that Stefano has other commitments too and that The Web MiniDisc Application is considered a side project for him. In the meantime, I wil do my best to setup the virtual environment that allows for viewing the USB data structures and hopefully we can take it from there. If anyone has any tips or suggestions on viewing the USB data structures please share them here. Thank you! Best regards, Alex

That's awesome news Stefano! I have just replied to your PM. Looking forward to work on this!

Hi Stefano, thank you for your quick reply! When de C-19 situation improves, I will ask a colleague if he can help me out with debugging the Net MD protocol on my JB980. In the meantime, I would really to like to try and debug it remotely with you if that's possible. Please? : ) It does not have to take much of your time and I am tech savvy. Installing a development environment on my machine that works for you should be no real issue and we can use Google Hangout, Teams, Zoom, Teamviewer, etc for screen sharing? Would you please consider this request? I know that many JB980 owners will thank you for it (including me :)) If remote debugging is really no option for you , then that's absolutely fine of course. You have already given us an awesome application. Thanks for considering!

Hello Stefano and everyone! I am new to this forum and let me say that I love seeing everyone’s love for the Minidisc format and Sony gear in general. It is amazing to see what you have build Stefano and have given to the community! I am 100% sure it sparks new appreciation and love for the format and it helps independent artist bring awesome minidisc releases to life. I do have a question: Can I please help you in getting the application to support the Sony MDS-JB980? Like Stachu & BearBoy, the application stalls on my MDS-JB980 during the connect proces using a blanc disk. I am using a Mac (Catalina) together with the latest version of Chrome. When checking the console log using the developer tools, this message is displayed: Uncaught (in promise) Error: Format and input mismatch at 6: expected 16, got 255 at Object.scanQuery (query-utils.ts:134) at e.<anonymous> (netmd-interface.ts:307) at 2.9524475a.chunk.js?__WB_REVISION__=d9d5afd33edf187fc884:2 at Object.next (2.9524475a.chunk.js?__WB_REVISION__=d9d5afd33edf187fc884:2) at a (2.9524475a.chunk.js?__WB_REVISION__=d9d5afd33edf187fc884:2) Per your suggestion, I also tried Platinum MD but unfortunately it has a similar issue (see https://github.com/gavinbenda/platinum-md/issues/2 ). It looks like Sony changed / upgraded the protocol as it seems more or differently formatted data is coming through than expected? Is there a way I can help you identify and isolate the issue? That would be awesome!