Sharpo51

Oh! Do you have any more details about the ATRAC version which is used?

It's USD 29 at AudioCubes.

There was a time when they did it right - I still have the MZ-R30 which is very user-friendly. Of course the many features which have been added over time require a different interface but what logic is behind the menu name "Useful" and the only item "Format" in the "Edit" menu? I have many Sony devices, and all of them are much more user friendly than the new Hi-MD recorders.

BTW: Where do the differences come from? Some batteries have 1450 mAh, the one in my N910 has 1350 mAh and the packaging of my spare battery (bought in Germany) states "1400 mAh". - Just another question out of curiosity: Has the charger BC-7HT ever been officially available outside Japan?

MZ-R30 - seven years old and still in very good condition.

Maybe he wants to disable some of the advanced features :wink:

If Hi-MD decks become available it should be possible to play the PCM tracks and record them via a digital connection. - But of course this is no replacement for a faster PC-based access of the data. Gunther

Did Sony tell you some details about the conversion? I doubt that all recordings on Hi-MD can be exported without any restrictions. Gunther

According to http://www.minidisc.org/himd_mdcenter_news.html this is not possible: All recorded audio is placed in a collection of ".hma" files (of unknown format) in a single directory on the MD. One large .hma file contains all the audio-data, the other files are for index-data & titles. These ".hma" files can be freely copied back to the PC hard drive, but no subsequent playback of them is possible. (They present fertile ground for further investigation however). Gunther

I'm surprised how many people assume that all these restrictions (or at least the most annoying ones) will be gone with SonicStage 2.1. What makes them believe in it? Is there more than rumour and hope? Gunther