minimi

Update from me... That sounds like a lot of work jellyman. This problem (see above) seems to occur a lot as I can read through the forums. But some people have got it to work. I've tried reinstalling SS2.0. Deleted every possible file and registry key that had anything to do with SS or OMG. Reinstalled again, and again same problem. Tried even converting first to WAV with SS and that works flawlessly, but then it comes to transfer time (which I do seperately, after conversion), it chokes. This time though I'm getting a different error: "These tracks cannot be transferred. The tracks cannot be transferred to the device/media. The remaining transfer count is zero." Then it names the file it choked on. When I read on this "count" error thing in SS help, it makes a referenced to "restricted content". Could it be that in SS2.0 sony people got smarter to find out if the file is actually "illegal"??? Otherwise, why do so many people have problems with songs that they've had for years now? Hmm.... All in all, I'm still up the creek w/ no paddle. Anybody out there figuring this thing out??... Anyone...??.... Hello...??... S.O.S. ... regards to All

Unfortunatelly not. All I have is a laptop, which is a Vaio K13. Do you think the problem has to do with installation of the software for recording the ATRACs? But if it the installation was good, could it still be?? Why isn't the Ojbsir.exe file working, that still bugs me....

Ok. I have various bit rates. Most of my songs are 128, some are 192 and some 96. All of them are recorded at 44khz or better. The thing is, this is not consistent. I could have a problem recording a 128 bit file and record 96 bit fine and vice versa. So I can't really pinpoint the problem. One thing I tried was to re-save the files using Audacity as mp3 again and then re-recording the same song again. To my surprise that worked for the first song. Yet, when I tried it with the next song, it didn't work anymore. When I compared the two files, the original and re-saved version of the same, the only difference was the CRCs were set to "no" on the re-saved file. Not sure what that means. But either way, this is way too much work to just transfer files to MD. There's got to be a fix somewhere for this. If you want anymore detail, just ask. Thanks for looking into this.

This is the most frustrating experience ever.... :wacky: I found the file and tried to run it, but when it tries to connect to the internet to authenticate, it comes back with an error saying "Cannont connect to the Internet". Say what???? I'm connected 24/7!!!!! I have DSL connection and my LAN settings are set to automatic with nothing else chosen. Why is it not connecting?? Man, if Sony only put this much effort into making things work as they put into making things not work, a lot of happy people would be out there... Back to my problem though... what should I change if anything to get connected with that file??

Thanks for replying. Went through the motions as described in the link you provided. Everything went without a glitch. Yet, when I connected my MD and tried to transfer just one song I got "Failed to write data to the device/media". And I formatted the disc insided b4 writing to it. Am I up the creek with no paddle now?? By looking through the forums and reading through some of the posts on the same topic, people had no solutions to this. Could this be an MD problem?? I just had it for 2 weeks.

I figured the problem. Basically, all the noise that I'm getting is becuase the tape deck is playing at a much higher audio then my mic-in line can take. So I found a quick solution. It's called iMic and it usually sells as a Mac accessory ($35 @ MicroCenter). Yet it works with PC laptops quite well. All I have to do is plug my tape deck into the iMic, plug the iMic into my laptop's mic-in input and voila!!! The iMic takes care of all the noise and adjust the volume and whatever else is needed for me to record clean audio from tapes onto the lapto. This fixes the problem. Very easy to do and the sound is almost exactly the same as on my tapes, as far as I can tell without using any measuring tools. I'm happy. If anyone else out there is having the same issue, iMic is the tool to get. Good luck!! minimi

Hello all!! I have a peculiar problem. I've been transferring files over to my MD (NE-410) using RealOne with no problem. But just yesterday I've tried to transfer files (which I've transferred before with no problems) to a blank disc and I get the following error: "One or more files could not be transferred. Please make sure that there is sufficient space on your portable device and that the files type(s) you are transferring is supported" Then RealOne disconnects me from my MD. I thought it was RealONe problem so I went back to SonicStage. And I got the same error!! I thought it was a specific song, but it started happening randomly on any one of them. All are mp3 format and I've put them on MD before with no issues. So what gives?? Where is the real problem? Should I be fixing the mp3 files?? But why when they worked before? I thought that the created .omg files might be corrupting the transfer, so I clear them every time before new transfer. To no avail. Anyone run into this problem?? What is the solution?? Thanks in advance. mac

Allright now... Tiny problem, how can I lower the volume on in line coming from the tape deck to the laptop??? The loudness is off the charts!!! I have the line set on the lowest possible level and still the distortion is unbelievable. It's like my tapes are recorded at 100 times better quality then any CD out there, at like bazilion khz!!!! I'm using Audiograbber for now to bring the music from the tapes onto the laptop. I was able to lower the distortion a little by going low on everything on windows volume controler, but still the distortion is through the roof. Any suggestions?? minimi

I hear you both! It seems that as long as you do everything right, you can't do anything wrong. But I know there are many settings on these programs that can be tweaked, adjusted, mastered or whatever, to make the sound equal or better to what it was on the tape. Usually I tried to record my tapes at the best sound possible, unless it was otherwise impossible. So I'm looking for the same from transferring it to my MD. And I love the idea of having music from many cassettes on one virtually undestroyable Mini-CD. That is awesome! I have to work with these programs like Audacity or Simple Burn or even Winamp or md32 or whatever the program's name. I want to get the best sound possible. I know many people are concerned with recording with mp3 to MD, but heck, most of us have music from the cassette era!! Or even phono!! That's the important stuff. Mp3 can always sound good, in my humble opinion. IT's the cassette sound that makes it a challenge, even reocordings made from tapes from other sources. But I hope it'll be a good experience. I'm really excited about this MD. I used to hear about it in Europe all the time, but I was like, MD, really??? Then after I started reading up on it, my brain top flew off!! CDs are just too bulky. Cassettes are too old, MD is what I need and I hope it works like a charm. I'm getting the equipment by friday hopefully. I'm not plannign on much sleep!! If anyone else has any tips or input, share it here, I'd be interested. minimi

Thanks for the link. Will definitelly look through it to find the best possible solutions. That's true, I am digitizing the sound going directly from tape to MD. But isn't there "hiss" issues and "noise"?? I thought, that's why people were recording first to the PC and then to MD when moving music from tapes. I'm just scared that the sound will be very different from what I have on the tapes. I'll definitelly compare recording straight to MD and going through the PC to see how much sound loss there is. Right now I'm going to have an N410 available to play with for a month or so. Should be good for testing, right? Yes, I saw the Hi-MD craze!! I'm looking at some of them on minidisco. Very tempting... But I thought I'll try the process first on the older one. Then I can decide if I really want the Hi-MD (I know, most fanatics will say, YES YOU DO!!) or not. I want to go through the motions of recording onto MD to see how "painful" it is. From the horror stories I read of many people owning an MD, I want to experience whether it's really all that awful. Seems like a skill in its own terms. All in all, it beats lugging 6 cassetes around, when I can have just one minidisc and sound similair or better, right?? :smile: minimi

What is that "era", mAjEsTiC?? Is the NF610 plagued by it?? Would be helpful to know which MDs were built without this problem... :whatever:

Hi Stevo, thanks for posting. The way I want to go about it is hook up a regular tape deck, go with RCA outputs into laptop and record it there first. I read that that's a better way of doing it. For one, I'm digitzing the sound and second, I get to "massage" it with tools out there, I just don't know how to go about it. But I heard that the way I want to go about is pretty good. I don't know what that will mean for the sound quality but I guess I'll find out. If the laptop doesn't matter then I'll try it, but I think I remember reading somewhere that AC97 on laptops is crap for recording from tapes or LPs. Is that true? I think the way to go is tape deck -> PC -> MD. What should I use on PC for recording? Any nice tools out there besides windows built in tools?? minimi

Hello All!! Newbie here to this MD craze. Woohoo!! The more I read about it the more I get hooked... :rasp: I've wanted to transfer all my tape (cassette) recordings to some other media. MD sounds very appealing to me. But need some help in the matter: 1) what is the best way of doing it? (tools, links, tutorials) 2) is a laptop with XP on it with Audio AC97 a good choice for this? What would be the results? Can I at least try? 3) Has anyone done moving recorded music on tapes to MD? How better or worse does it sound?? I'm sure, somewhere in this forum there are answers to my questions and I look through it daily now, believe me! :smile: But my biggest concern is with the laptop. Own the new PCG-K13. Are laptops good in general for such tryouts? I only ask, because for some time I won't have a desktop access and I wanted to try putting my tapes onto MD. Thoughts, concerns, tips are much welcome and appreciated. Thanks! minimi