musicmaster

Ok you guys, I think I have it. Sorry that I didnt get it sooner, but I think I have figurd this out. I just had to have the MD player connected, then I just drag whats in the libary to the MD player. I didnt understand that before. Unfortunately I still can only drag one folder at a time, but I suppose that is all that is necessary since the minidiscs only hold about 3 or 4 albums anyway depending on length. I was under the impression since they were 80 mins they would also be about 700mb just like a regular cdr, so I would be able to burn about 8-10 albums on each... but I suppose these only work based on time and not on space. Anyhow, thanks all!!! I appreciate the input

Ok guys... well I tried the drag and drop method into the library and that seems to have added all of my music that I wanted into the library. Now I want to convert it to atrac to then burn on mindisc so I can play it on my MD player. I tried using the file conversion tool... but it says it has to shut down SonicStage to do so... so I clicked ok. Then it says it will convert all of my files that are of the old type, not mp3 or wav. And, it also says to back up my files before proceeding. Well, first of all my files are mp3 and wav... so it apparently will not work, unless I am using the wrong procedure. Additionally, why do I need to back up my files? Is this process going to change the files on my pc that are in my music folder or is it going to change the ones that I added to the library? I am a bit confused.

Hey dex... My last few posts were posed to atrain, although if you can answer the last question I asked, that would be great. It seems you just picked up where you left off. I have already gone beyond that. I am now trying to just figure out how to do what was outlined in my last question. I have no restrictions on space. I am also no longer concerned with the time it takes to convert. I just want to be able to convert all of my music on my hard drive at once, rather than folder by folder... because it is a lot of music. I am also not concerned about it being lossy either... especially since what you said earlier about it being 112kpbs or 66kbps if I am correct. So, in closing I just wanna do the whole sha-bang in one step for addition to library... and one step for whole conversion to atrac. I have yet to find out how to do that. Thanks!!

Well, I have run the mdac tool, and it hasnt done anything for the method I have tried as explained before. Now, what you suggested above, as far as doing an automatic import and leaving the pc run the app. to do it's thing until it's done, would be just sweet. I am away from the pc for long enough periods of time where it can in fact do it's thing. Unfortunately, I am missing a step on exactly where to start the 'automatic import. I have searched left and right in the index and tried to figure out exactly how to do this by what you suggested, but I just can't find it for what I want to do. All I can find is how to transfer media 'from the library' ... 'to a device/media', but not 'from my pc'... 'to the library' , which is my goal. I need to transfer about 100gb of data in one step from my pc to the library. Then convert to ATRAC and then transfer to the minidisc player. If you can tell me exactly where to click step by step that would be greatly appreciated. I just cannot find it on my own. Cheers!!

Actually, I tried that, but I was thinking... why am I going to use a tool to try and repair this problem, yet I dont still get to use the scan function? See, I have a huge amount of music on my hard drive and I want to be able to import it all at once to the Sonic Stage library. From there I wish to be able to have them all converted to atrac to pick and choose as I like what to burn onto minidisc. Is there a way to add my entire database from my pc to the SS Library in one step, and then in one other step do a conversion process from mp3 to Atrac?

That is useful information roamer. Like I suspected, since I do not have HI-MD I do not really have the capability of recording a quality live show with ease. So I am stuck with just playback, which is fine. I would have liked to been able to record shows with this, but I seem to be able to find many of the shows I have attended or many that I haven't... in file sharing communities. One other question I have, which you may have the answer to... I just recently upgraded my software from Open MG Jukebox to the Sonic Stage application via the website download. For some reason however, I cannot get the software to complete a scan of my files, it seems to freeze a minute or so after it gets started scanning my hard drives to add files to the database. I have retried this many times and the same result... just the hourglass, and my hard drive ceases to work with the app. I have to manually shut down the application via Task Manager. Any ideas?

That Bites!! Well I suppose I am very limited with this cheaper quality MD unit. There is an optical in... does that give me the capability to record with a mic if I purchase an adapter of some sort? Or is mic recording possible at all with this unit that you know of?

I thought it was USB 1.0 but you may be right at 1.1 At any rate, it still seems slow, but that could be because of the P3. Well, anyway dex... I really appreciate your timely and informative response. Great information there, although somewhat not what I was wanting to hear, because of the limitations of my MD player. It sucks that it will only encode to the equivalent of 66 and 132 kbps. I did read in the manual it has a 3rd setting. It lists in the manual "Normal, LP2 and LP4 as far as the batter life, but I presume this is merely playback and has nothing to do with the actual encoding process. Is this right and this is only a setting on the player to play back in different quality to reduce draining the battery faster? Now here is another interesting piece of info, which maybe be generic and only applicable to some MD units, but again this is in my Operating Instruction Manual. In the recording section it has a table which lists SP, LP2, LP4 and monaural. SP is 80 mins, LP2 is 160, LP4 is 320 and Monaural is 160. Do you have any information on this table and info? I will also look in the forum for info regarding the codecs and such regarding blank tracks, because it may have been how these were encoded. Hopefully I can find what I am looking for regarding that.. but I will browse around Thanks for your help

Yeah I tried using the software "Open MG Jukebox" to find what was on the disc and erase. It seemed to work ok. Thanks. Now my question would be for putting tracks from my pc on the newly erased disc. It seems like this application is a bit confusing. Is there a "universal" application that will work for any Sony MD recorder to put tracks on the discs? I tried using the one above... but it seems very complicated and some of the tracks didnt go through properly. They show as on the disc, but they dont have any sound... the time just runs. Also, the time it takes to transfer seems very long. I suppose this is a limitation of my pc not of the md recorder, because I am using usb 1.0 and my processor is rather old 733mhz P3 Any info would be helpful though. Thanks.

I have an older model Net MD MZ-S1 and I am trying to erase a few discs... or actually format if necessary or possible to start fresh and get the full amount of space/recording time on the disc. I have tried and retried the steps listed in "erasing a whole disc" description on the operating insructions to no avail. I am getting an error when I follow the instructions as outlined in the operating instructions. The error message reads: TrPROT This is followed by a meaning/remedy: --You tried to record or edit on a track that is protected from erasing. Record or edit on other tracks. --You tried to edit a track that has been checked out from a computer. Check the track back in to the computer and then edit. There are about 70 or so tracks on about 15 discs that I want to completely erase and/or format... whatever the proper teminology is for MD. If anyone has any suggestions on what I can do to accomplish this based on this description, that would be great. I have already slid the little button on the actual disc and that didnt change anything. (By the way, what is that for?) Thanks for the aniticipated help.