[Atrac3+ conversion problem]

Strange! I never encountered that problem except on some protected CD's, but SS will abort the ripping with reason. I believe your problem is in ripping stage, not in conversion (encoding) stage because there are lots settings can duplicate your problem, say incorrect read sectors that greater than the CD ROM capability, incorrect offset settings, jitters, C2 - h/w error recovery capability, misleading TOC of CD - extra CD or protected CD. Unfortunately, SS came without these settings except the Smooth Reading option - it works on scratch CD's. I suggest you re-do a test on CD drive with a good audio CD again. I noticed that you do conversion with file, if encoded from Helix mp3 encoder with VBR options enabled, please get the latest one v5.1 to do ripping again.

[SonicStage 3.4 problem]

It may be Windows Installer registry record of SS corrupted due to incomplete installation or uninstallation/abort, or some anti-spy software prevents the registry record from updating. SS3.4 is working great that ever, so I suggest you upgrade it again. There is a way to keep the downloaded software for later use as follows:

1. Before running SS3.4 web installer, open yours TEMP folder in C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR LOGIN NAME\Local Settings\. PLease take note the Local Settings folder is hidden by default.

2. Then run the SS3.4 web installer, you will see a lot of folders created. Get focussed on "sonicext.tmp" folder, and copy this folder to any place you like while the SS3.4 is starting its installation after decompressing. Be quick, all folders will be purged after installation. The sonicdl.tmp folder contains all compressed downloaded files.

Hope this helps when Windows Installer prompts source file again.

[VAIO music transfer program 192K & 320K Issue]

Hello there,

Does VAIO music transfer support (any workaround) A3+ 192K and 320K? I can't see such settings when encoding our wave file. Thanks in advance

Heman