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well my a-608 does too never had a problem there

because a real megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes but one megabyte advertised on most products is actually 1,000,000 bytes so 2"GB" = 2,000,000,000 bytes, not ... uh, whatever 2GB is actually supposed to be. most companies do that these days.

oh well the other way is easier, i guess.. considering i don't want to delete the mp3s.. i want to just transfer the atracs and then delete those things.. which i'll never use except for one listen on the player sony

bump. well i did figure out how to convert mp3s to atrac within SS3.4 but anyone know how i get rid of the mp3 from my library without removing the atrac too? i have to remove it all and get the converted file from the optimized files folder and put it in anyways this whole thing is silly. low bitrate mp3s (read: PODCASTS) are very often in 22kHz (it doesn't do much good to have low bitrates in 44kHz).. won't Sony support lower samplerates in a firmware upgrade? by the way, do the harddrive models have the same issue? i'm liking the (A608) player besides the ridiculous software issues. i just can't imagine how Sony expects to market any of this stuff against iPods if it can't even play the majority of podcasts.

thank you wondering how to convert it to something playable (atrac, or 44khz mp3 as quickly as possible).. i'm gonna have to do this probably quite a few times.. if it's too much trouble i'll probably just return the player 3.4 is higher than 2.1, i thought

why aren't they supported? right or wrong, it's pretty common in podcasts and the like anyone think there will be an upgrade with wider mp3 support? so, i should.. convert to ATRAC, right? i'm using SonicStage 3.4.. with the offending 22kHz mp3 in my database (and synched to my NW-A608).. when i go to use the converter, it simply tells me nothing needs converting. i downloaded sony's mp3 to atrac program and it tells me i need to have SonicStage 2.1 or higher. urrr...? seriously thinking of going back to iRiver hope someone can figure this one out. is mp3 sample rate conversion possible without re-encoding out to PCM first? thanks