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After rectifying some issues that i had earlier, i must say say that sonicstage 3.4 is very stable. it did not crash or hang in my computer. now i can convert and transfer without any problems. furthermore, obtaining cd info from gracenote was also stable and hassle free. the loading time for ss3.4 was also very fast. i can safely say ss 3.4, is the stable and fastest version so far. Thanks

thanks alot. i read in alot of forum and websites. they mentions words like "burn-in" and "break in". i am new to this terms . they also mention that the phone sounds good after "burn-in". what does that means ?? plz advise.

Does any one have this earphone? how does it sound ? does it have good bass? how does it compares with MDR-EX71? Which is better ? Thanks alot

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In my HD5 Juno Reactor.. god of tribal music Pearl Jam Story Of The Year Metallica

You can also try vaja case. they look sexy and stylish. www.vajacases.com

sorry off topic also. Yeap. I am a die hard matrix fan. Not only i love the music i also love the entire matrix saga. To me the matrix is the best movie in the history of mankind. i have watch the trilogy(more than 1000 time still watch it again and again), the animatrix, played the two games (bad game design by atari), read the comics. The Wachowski brothers are the best.

yeap. apollo 440 are great. their songs are out of this world. now listenin this music mantras... Don Davis's Masterpiece... Vegas The Crystal Method

Love these album and loaded in my hd5,

it seems that, some atrac3plus rate is not supported by hd5. is it true ? it seems atrac3plus 128 kps is not supported. thanks.

In my HD5,

Songs that are in my Network Walkman

Hello everyone, I think I have solved my own problem. After analyzing my computer thoroughly and reading a lot of threads in atraclife and minidisk forum, I realizing that sonicstage must be conflicting with some of codec that I have installed in my computer. I have initially installed ffdshow and ac3filter in my computer. I suspected that this two codec was the culprit. I uninstalled both. And install sonicstage 3.4 (full installer) and rebooted the computer. I started ss3.4 and randomly chose about 10 mp3 songs to import in ss3.4. I right click the tracks to convert. The songs converted to atrac without any error msg. Like I said earlier, I need ffdshow. I installed ffdshow only. Again I tried to convert the mp3s to atrac. The mp3s converted without any problem and error. Actually, I did not disable the mp3 codec under ffdshow settings. But the ffdshow icon appears in my system tray when converting which is ok for me. From this I can conclude that, don’t install 2 or more codec that can do the same thing. When sonicstage trying to convert, the 2 codecs clash and thus giving the stupid error. I hope people will lean from my mistake. Thanks a lot for all your inputs and suggestions. Sonicstage is not that stupid afterall.

i have attached the screenshot of my add/remove programs. i hope this might help. does anyone use anyof this software in conjuction with sonicstage 3.4 ? Are You able to convert mp3s to atrac? thanks alot.

thats great news for you. gd luck actually i was trying various setting with ffdshow but still no luck. to help to slove my problem, do i need to list the software/hardware that i have installed in my pc ??

sony reply me juz now i don't know what to say and don't what to rely them back. Their most answers are #%@!up. i have tried to unstall both xvid and ffdshow not no luck. i think i have to really stick with ss3.1

stuge, by any chance, did you install xivd or ffdshow in your computer in conjunction with your sonicstage 3.4 ? thanks alot

count me in. feel like going down to sony office and start a protest. hahahah although they have outstanding hardware, sony is very bad at desiging software.

i tried disabling the mp3 codecs in FFDShow.. i open sonicstage 3.4 and tried to convert my mp3s to atrac. i am still getting the same error. i also tried uninstalling FFDShow but still no luck sony reply me juz now as they requested, i attached a mp3 file and email them back. i am juz wondering what will they reply me back. i am sure they will say, to try another computer or reformat or that sort.

now i am work. i will do that 1st thing when i get home. even when i am at work, i thoughts are about how to slove this problem that i am having. hahaha Thanks alots stuge, After reading the thread that Ishiyoshi pointed out to me, it seems that you can't even convert mp3s to atract in connect software. it seems that i am running out of options. thanks

me again. i would like to playout with connect software wheather connect sotware would solve my problem. although, it looks like stab in the dark, but i don't mind trying. i am unsure where to obtain the software. i hope someone would me kind enough to share the program. well, my plan is that if connect software allows me to convert, i will import all the atrac files in sonicstage software to transfer to HD5. thanks alot.

stuge, i am aware that the sony connect software is not for NW_HD5. the thought juz came aross my mind. you told us that you have about 200 mp3 that you are not able to convert to atrac. are you able to achive this in the connect software with out any error msg ?? i read in this forum that ffdshow is not compatible with ss3.4. what should i do or rather what is the setting that i should apply in ffdshow to make it compstibe with ss3.4. i don't want come to a point that i need to uninstall ffdshow cause it need it. Thanks alot.

But what might be wrong with my computer that prevents sonicstage 3.4's mp3 -> atrac conversion. but what is puzzle me is the sonicstage 3.1(CD that came withHD5) work fines. stupid sony take about 12 hrs to reply my email. so i have to wait each day for thir reply. furthermore, the solution that provide me is the same again and again.

i have tried using the backup but still no luck. Furthermore sony have juz replyed me with is crap answer. i have already done this steps a millions of time.

the reason is that, in order to fully utilitise the sound function fully in HD5 the songs must be converted to atrac.