PaulV

what sonic stage really needs now is the ability to read ape/Flac files. with all these formats we have at the moment i am finding my self storing a cd in wav format then doing a fresh conversion each time, as opposed to keep 4 copies of the cd at different bitrates each time. we will not have flac support on the MD as it will be to difficult to porccess for the `simple` atrac chips, but sonic stage needs the option to store files in loss less encoding.

do the flash players accept the new bit rates?

does the little sony flash memory players support the new bit rates?

the whole reason why mp3 has become so huge is that it is not drm`ed so people can upload and download and pass around as they want; and that is the key. mp3 as a technology allows them to do this, it`s the technology that allows them to do what they previously could not. had ogg have been there first, then ogg would have become the dominat standard ( which is should, it`s the best codec out there ) and mp3 would be in ogg`s place. since mp3 is the dominat force sony was stupid to only allow atrac on it`s early players. even if some one WANTED to buy a sony device they would not as sony forced them to use a rubbish DRM locked format that actually treated them like a tagged crimnal ( only allowed out to certian places, not allowed to see certian people etc ). now FINALLY we are getting to a place where some one who WANTS ( and i keep saying that as this is not a casual buyer i`m describing here, this is sone one who searches for a sony device to play music on ) to buy sony can use an mp3-like enabling technology to allow them to do what they want to. hopefully now atrac will be come a force again and sony customers can buy a sony device knowing theya re getting something better or equal to the other devices out there.

my 780 is not finding the drivers. i`ve told it to search in the folder i downlaoded from here but it still will not find the drivers....

is there any wher eic an buy the headphone adapter? is it not included with certian units? i have bought a unit and the seller claims it was never int he box

tha`ts where i found it. i have an n600 and i don`t like it`s size or down right uglyness. i love player only units esp. small ones, like my belovid e10. so would i be right in thinking that this would be the e10 version of the hi-md world? how come the browser has no info on it?

Sony MZ-EH930 Type-S Hi-MD MiniDisc Player quite simply, what is it? this like a hi-md playing similar style to the e10? is it much bigger? it`s not listed on the equipemtn browser and i cannot find any info on it any where.

sounds like an idea! what about this rmeote tho http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...5786635061&rd=1 the seller lists it as being MZ-E10 compatable. that correct?

is there a difference between the usa and jap plugs?

i recentl slammed my remote for the lovely E10 in a car doors, meaning it`s pretty much knackered. any one any ideas where ic an pick up a replacement? or even the convertor for the headphone jack to a normal 3.5 mm jack?

i am in the uk

does an yone know a good blank import MD supplier? i fancy some neige, bit clubs and such. all the really nice looking ones. some one must have some some where. minidisco charges 60 dollars for shipping! searched ebay too with no luck

i have the europian version with the optical in jack. yes i am going to put an ORDINARY music cd in the dvd player to record to minidisc.

if i was to buy a DVD player with an optical output, could i hook my minidisc upto it and record from it? for exmaple, if i bought an ordinary DVD player with an optical output, connected my Nh600/JE480 via an optical cable and inserted a music cd, would the minidisc be able to record digital audio? it works with my PS2`s optical output, but i am wondering about the DVD players output.

well that`s me not buying second gen. this means that any thing i record on the second gen machines is NOT compatable with ANY minidisc device i have, bar Hi-MD capable devices? what the HELL is that about? it`s not minidisc any more. i am assuming second gen will play SP discs?

your saying you cannot record in MD mode? as in no SP? your jibbing me ar`nt u?

aye, release date for the uk?

bloody hell! $250 for the 910 and an extra $150 for the oled display on the rh10? not really worth $150 extra sorry.

i was wondering this too. they are the same height as a cassette but a mm or two wider. maybe a wooden cassette tower sanded to make the holes a little wider? i like the new cases!

i`ve been into MD since the start ( awia f-65, huge brick of a thing ) but want to catalogue all my MD now and get into it properly. Md repleacing CD for me

i want to get into MD more and so want a storage unit but there seems to be very little choice. is there a wall hanging matt like for cds with pockets where you can put your MD in and display them? i have an old MD holder, flat thing with the minidiscs stood upright and you can flick through them. got it from virgin mega stores, any one know where i can get similar? finally what software? if there a minidisc labeling program? or cover printer? or cataloging soiftware?

i ge tthis too with 132 atrac on hi-md media

the best way to put it is like this. i work for a local council here in england. if you phone up, you speak to some temp office wench who will sit and listen, write down your comment and throw it in the bin afterwards beocuse her line manager is fed up with recieving complaints about not enough parking. the only way to get your increased parking is to take the line manager for a drink ( if you can get ot him ) and talk to him over a beer. suprise suprise, next morning you will have 3 new parking paces out side your house. no doubt sony tech support are the same. all entries for ` drm issues` `backup problems` and `trashing downlaods` will all be ignored or served a standard letter reply. sad the way it is, but it`s the way the world works. till then i`m going to roll over and die abecouse i`m fed up of the big mistakes sony makes in it`s audio dept. the biggest of which was, by the way, setting up it`s own music wing. this has caused all these DRM issues. if sony was jsut a hardware maker then it would not bother with this restrictive DRM and just make attractive ( as sony usually do, look at the hard disk player ), well build players. ah well back to re ripping cds.

that really blows. just when i was getting to like MD too. guess it`s time to rip all the cds again. thanks guys. ps i have a 600 ( ugly ) with the nh1 remote ( import ) and 1 gig blanks ( import ) and i love it. just pity about the software, though marcs program was the final thing that was missing from my near perfect equasion, only thing missing is mp3 support, and heres hopeing