ziggy910 Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Hi, I'm fairly new to all this HD stuff and am just getting used to using my new MZNH900. Can anyone pse tell me, as I can't seem to find an explanation in the manual, what is the difference between a group and an album? I have recorded a whole 1Gb disk, using SonicStage, and each seperate album name also has a corresponding Group name (exactly the same as the album name). Is it possible to create a group, say called Bowie, and move all of the albums by Bowie into that group? If not, what is the point in having seperate groups and albums? Another question , is it possible to, for instance, search by artist, then list all of the albums by that artist and not just see a long list of all the tracks by that artist? I am not finding the search/navigation facility very user friendly. I often use the jog wheel to go down the list of albums, see one who I am not sure who the artist is and have to play a sample to find out who it is Why can't the artist's name be displayed next to album names when scrolling? Hope somebody can shed a bit of light on the above for me :smile: Tia, Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 My understanding is that with netMD, they were called groups. With HiMD, they're called albums. They're functionally equivalent is what I get out of it. I can't be absolutely sure though, as I never use netMD mode, and doubtless never will. Why can't the artist's name be displayed? It can - just name the album something like "Joni Mitchell - Blue" rather than "Blue". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Correct. Group == Album. Nesting of Albums/Groups is not possible. The Artist's Name is available in one of the Display options: Menu --> Display --> Title1 or Title2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggy910 Posted October 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Thanks for both of your replies. If Group=Album, why have both on the Hi-md player? What's the point in, on at least one of the display options, of having the group name displayed, followed by the album name if they're both the same? I realise that the artist's name can be displayed when playing, but not when searching thru the album list, or am I wrong? Thanks again, Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 You can search for Artist, Album, Group, Track. The difference between Album and Group is, that a Group can be created ON the recorder while Albums are created by SonicStage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doclloyd Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 I wish nesting were possible, but it isn't unfortunately. I'm not sure that is available on iPod, either. The only thing yo could do on the Hi-MD is use the SubPMode, which lets you filter down by artist, album, etc. It's sort of like having a nested group, if only just for playing the disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuz Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 I'm going to have to respectfully disagree as a group != an album. Both groups and albums are collections of tracks but its possible for an album to cut across multiple groups. in one line : where it says 'Album' on the disc, in sonicstage it says 'Source'. (but really means 'Album') in more than one line : Looking at it another way, a group is a logical collection of tracks on the disc (this group contains tracks x,y,z) while each track has a note saying which album it belongs to (track x is from album q). An exampe is a Little Birdy CD i've just dumped onto my NH900.. its in the group called "Big Big Love" and the source of all the tracks is "Big Big Love". If i head into sonicstage and create four new groups (fish, fowl, cubes, squares) and place random tracks in each i can now use the group seach/navi mode to navigate across each group while if i use the Album mode then theres still only one album - "Big Big Love". If i was to then go and pick the singles off the CD and rewrite the source for these tracks as 'Big Big Love - Singles' but not touch the groups, my album lists now reflect two albums and the four groups. Did that make any sense? Its 1:30 am here, blame lack of sleep on any lack of coherence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embio Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 nesting of MP3's is possible on sony ATRAC CD players btw, does anyone know of a sight similiar to Minidisc.org but for CD players? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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