pethunia Posted October 5, 2004 Report Share Posted October 5, 2004 In the similar threads this discussion has been going on, but very briefly! http://forums.minidisc.org/viewtopic.php?t...ghts+management & http://forums.minidisc.org/viewtopic.php?t...ghts+management But in short, the answers seem to come down to "try again - do another upload". I am experiencing the same problem with my own recorded .omg files. Much to my distress.. On the laptop to which they were downloaded from my NH700, they play well on SonicStage 2.0 (from the CD packaged with the player/recorder). :cool: Of course I made a backup of all the files, especially because apparently SS is known to thrash files on the MD when uploading. On the laptop, .omg files play well from different sources (unpacked zip-file, USB memory-stick and from CD-ROM). But on the second computer on which I installed the same SS2.0, I get this message "There is invalid rights management information in the OpenMG content." Same problem when SS2.1 was installed. Now I am afraid to install a new SS version on my laptop...! I can assure you that I am very unhappy with how things are going. The WAV-converter that Marc from this MD-community developed is not functioning yet on any of both computers - so no general music format (wav) for me yet, to backup my recordings! And as it seems now, even copying the .omg-files to CD does no good, because I cannot play them on another computer.. Can someone please give me some additional suggestions here !? Other than just returning the player to the shop... regards Albin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted October 5, 2004 Report Share Posted October 5, 2004 This is the point of Sony's DRM. You can play it on the original disc it was recorded on [in any player], you can play it on the PC it was uploaded to, but you can't do anything with it anywhere else. Point being that if you're trying to take files from one computer [one install of SS] to another, it shouldn't work regardless of their source. As I said, this is the whole point of their DRM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pethunia Posted October 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 Wow! That point was never made clear to me so eehhh... clearly! I am really shocked about the consequences of this. But thanks for your reply. Albin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xispe Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 i think the best solution for you is to return the player to the shop, really... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcnet Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 ... My program wont work with SonicStage 2.0 ... You need at least SS2.1 in order to convert .oma/.omg files to .wav. Also, if the files do not play in Sonicstage (DRM etc etc) then they cannot be converted using my program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pethunia Posted October 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 xispe: i think the best solution for you is to return the player to the shop, really... I'll give it a few more weeks. But Sony-Netherlands cannot offer me great help. They say official company-policy is: no news on a wav-converter, no SS2.1 or 2.2 updates on the Dutch site yet, no change in the blocking of file-exchange between computers... Marc: OK, I will install 2.1 (I do not have 2.2. yet) on my laptop. But I am anxious to lose the ability of listening my recordings there as wel (the install causing more 'invalid rights'..)! Thanks Albin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 Pethunia, try this: Backup the library on the laptop. copy the backup onto a removable media. Go to your second computer. Restore that backup onto the second computer. That should work. One problem, Tracks already in the library on the second comp are lost. It is not possible to 'merge' libraries. And you cannot do an incremental backup, you have always to transport the whole thing. So make sure, you use only 1 computer for upload and always the same computer. Or - free the music using marcnet's HiMDRenderer and use something different to keep your music together. Speaking about updating SS: Always run Backup before attempting any Software update. Finally about the trashed uploads: Until now, I haven't lost a single track from the library. The trashing of files happens during the upload process itself. That means, if a file has been stored in the library itself, it seems to be safe. Nevertheless, it is good practice to run the Backup-tool regularly after bigger uploads and editing sessions. But backing up our data is something, we should do anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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