Tom B

Yes, what I have on this PC was uploaded from my MZ-RH1. They are all files I made without turning on any copy protection. When you say "decrypt" do you mean to run the File Conversion Tool? Or do you mean convert the ATRAC files to .mp3? That would be my first experience with the File Conversion Tool. I have never run it before. There are a large number of these files and the Tool says it would take 24 hours to run (apparenlty tying up the PC during that time). Reading the instructions I am confused about just what the File Conversion Tool does. The files I have on the PC from the MZ-RH1 were all with the single Sonic Stage version 4.3.01, not earlier versions. I mention this because the instructions for the File Conversion Tool say:

Everything I have I recorded with one of two Minidisk recordrers. I did not turn on DRM. I do not have any purchased music. Does this mean I do not need to convert anything? Could I select a folder on the new hard drive, F:, and simply copy the existing files there? Or will there be a problem with Sony DRM or something else? It appears from the above answer that I can select a new folder on Drive F: and create new material there. If I don't copy the other files over to F: will Sonic Stage find them where it always has, on Drive C: ? Thanks.

I use Sonic Stage 4.3 and the XP-Pro operating system. The Drive C: on my PC has a large number of ATRAC audio files I recorded that are maintained there. Recently I added another hard drive to the computer, Drive F: I would like to move the ATRAC data from Drive C: to Drive F:, so I can manage my hard drive space. I'm not finding a way to manage this path, and need some help with this.

LP4 works for me when recording long radio programs with a HD FM tuner. I end up converting these to .mp3

FYI - There's another discussion related to this going on here: http://forums.sonyin...m-mz-rh1-to-pc/ "Keeping recording date metadata when transferring from MZ-RH1 to PC Recordings originally made with Aiwa AM-F80 have metadata stripped?" //

My MZN10 records with date & time stamp. I can easily access this from the same disk played on my MZRH1 When making a lot of different recordings, date & time information makes it so much easier to handle a number of them later.

I'm encouraged. If you have enough together to do this in Linux, a Windows application can't be too far behind. (Where do you get the specs to do this in Linux? What programming language is used?)

What I want to do - is avoid manually entering this original date information after I transfer the file to the computer. It does show the date/time of the transfer OK. As things stand now I have to disconnect the MZRH1 from the USB connection to the computer. I power it with the battery and read the date / time of the original recording. I then edit the title (or other info field) with this information, typing it in manually. Yes, I understand 'upload' or 'up' being TO the PC from the MZRH1.

Several models of MD recorders have a clock with current date and time set up by the user. The original recording date and time is stored with the original file. Is there a version of Sonic Stage that will display this original date and time? So far I have not been able to find this in my Sonic Stage ( ver. 4.3.01.14050 ). While the original file has this information, it does not appear to be transferred to the PC. I use Sonic Stage to download files from a Walkman MZRH1 to my PC (XP Pro).