EnderIII

Nice to see SIF back up. Why was it down? It was quite a long time. I think many people have given up on it. That http://www.minidisc.wiki has turned out pretty nice btw. Still has a ways to go, but it has data on some devices not found anywhere else in English.

From my understanding he, or someone else who knows how to figure out the handshake commands, needs to get their hands on to an actual LAM-Z05 to test it. If he would send it back when finished, I'd offer to send him mine and cover shipping both ways, but I am in Japan and shipping would cost an absolute fortune. Hoping someone who lives closer can do so. Do we have any confirmation the Z03 actually works? Last I saw all it had done is pass the testing app. The Z05 will also pass the testing app saying it should work, but fails with the actual web/platinum minidisc programs. I assume it is because the testing app doesn't actually test writing a new song, and that seems to be a big issue.

These days, the easiest way to go about putting these onto a minidisc would be to use web minidisc or platinum. Both support full quality SP transfers of FLAC over netMD.

Yes! It got ported to web MD and the newest release candidate for Platinum MD. Seems to work with every Sony deck, and most bookshelf units. The biggest noteworthy unit missing support is the LAM series.

One suggestion to any windows users trying to get this set up. I could not figure out exactly what this meant, but it is an option during the Python2 install. If you missed it on your initial install, just rerun the installer and choose the modify the install and you will be able to select it as an option. For some reason it is the only option not selected by default for the installer.

This is the results for the MDS-S500 testing. Found NetMD: Bus 003 Device 020: ID 054c:013f Sony Net MD Found 1 netmd_devs Acquire Device ....OK Get Status ....OK Get Disc Flags ....OK Get Disc Title ....OK Superorganism Get Disc Capacity ....OK Time used: 00:33:08+050 (44.79%) Get Track Count ....OK 10 tracks Get Length track 2 ....OK Get Encoding Track 2 ....OK Get Flags Track 2 ....OK Move Track 1 to Track 2 ....OK Play ....OK Skip forward ....OK Pause ....OK Play ....OK Get position ....OK Stop ....OK Enter Secure Session ....OK Get Leaf ID ....OK Leave Secure Session ....OK Release Device ....OK Looks like you got it figured out. I am impressed. If there are any other versions of the script you would like run let me know. I will keep an eye on this thread. Looking forward to finally being able to use my decks with platinum/wed minidisc.

Hello, I have got it working. Turns out python wasn't in path like I expected. Reinstalling it and double checking the setting during reinstall seems to have worked. Unfortunately, my MDS-S500 did not work, it says no device found. Could it be due to having a different USB/Device ID? According to Zadig it is "054C 013F" Here is the output: No Known NetMD Devices Found. Currently connected USB Devices: Traceback (most recent call last): File "netmd_test.py", line 289, in <module> show_uuids=options.uuids) File "netmd_test.py", line 19, in main print ("%d: %s" % (count, devs[count])) File "C:\Users\Ender\Desktop\netmd_test-main\usb1.py", line 983, in __str__ self.getManufacturer(), File "C:\Users\Ender\Desktop\netmd_test-main\usb1.py", line 1132, in getManufacturer self.device_descriptor.iManufacturer) File "C:\Users\Ender\Desktop\netmd_test-main\usb1.py", line 1122, in _getASCIIStringDescriptor temp_handle = self.open() File "C:\Users\Ender\Desktop\netmd_test-main\usb1.py", line 1163, in open raise libusb1.USBError(result) libusb1.USBError: LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE [-4] The MDS-NT1 results are as follows (Reran w/ disc lock off): Found NetMD: Bus 001 Device 042: ID 054c:0081 Sony Net MD Found 1 netmd_devs Acquire Device ....OK Get Status ....OK Get Disc Flags ....OK Get Disc Title ....OK Superorganism Get Disc Capacity ....OK Time used: 00:33:08+050 (44.79%) Get Track Count ....OK 10 tracks Get Length track 2 ....OK Get Encoding Track 2 ....OK Get Flags Track 2 ....OK Move Track 1 to Track 2 ....OK Play ....OK Skip forward ....OK Pause ....OK Play ....OK Get position ....OK Stop ....OK Enter Secure Session ....OK Get Leaf ID ....OK Leave Secure Session ....OK Release Device ....OK Here is the MZ-N920 Results. Found NetMD: Bus 003 Device 016: ID 054c:0188 Sony Net MD Walkman Found 1 netmd_devs Acquire Device ....OK Get Status ....OK Get Disc Flags ....OK Get Disc Title ....OK Superorganism Get Disc Capacity ....OK Time used: 00:33:08+049 (44.83%) Get Track Count ....OK 10 tracks Get Length track 2 ....OK Get Encoding Track 2 ....OK Get Flags Track 2 ....OK Move Track 1 to Track 2 ....OK Play ....OK Skip forward ....OK Pause ....OK Play ....OK Get position ....OK Stop ....OK Enter Secure Session ....OK Get Leaf ID ....OK Leave Secure Session ....OK Release Device ....OK Here is the MZ-N1 Results Found NetMD: Bus 003 Device 017: ID 054c:0075 Sony Net MD Walkman Found 1 netmd_devs Acquire Device ....OK Get Status ....OK Get Disc Flags ....OK Get Disc Title ....OK Superorganism Get Disc Capacity ....OK Time used: 00:33:08+049 (44.83%) Get Track Count ....OK 10 tracks Get Length track 2 ....OK Get Encoding Track 2 ....OK Get Flags Track 2 ....OK Move Track 1 to Track 2 ....OK Play ....OK Skip forward ....OK Pause ....OK Play ....OK Get position ....OK Stop ....OK Enter Secure Session ....OK Get Leaf ID ....OK Leave Secure Session ....OK Release Device ....OK

Yes, I did do that step. I am thinking it might be something wrong with the Python. Even inputting "python --help" give me no output.

Hello, I have quite a few netMD devices I was going to run this test on and submit the output for (MZ-N1, MZ-N920, MDS-NT1, MDS-S500. These are first gen netMD portable and decks, along with two of the latest), but have run into a roadblock. I am using a W10 machine. I have installed python and run the instruction, but get the following error when I try to run it. Some googling suggests just trying "python" or "py" instead of "python2," but when I do so this happens: It gives me a new prompt without any output. Any ideas on how to fix this?