lkdog Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Just got a new MZ-N510 to replace my old MZ-R500 that died after a few years and several drops on the gym floor:( My question is what software is the best to use for transferring files from a PC to the MD unit in more than real time. My typical routine with the old MD unit was real time recording through optical straight from my home CD player. CAn you transfer straight from the computer CD player to the MZ-N510 without first ripping the CD to WMA or .WAV? WHat software is best-I am confused by Soundstage versus Simple Burner versus OMG??? Sorry if this is basic stuff. Finally, where can I get the most recent least buggy version of the preferred software as opposed to what came in the package with my unit. Thanks for your guidance, or referral to a link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkdog Posted November 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Oops, just saw this sticky: http://forums.minidisc.org/viewtopic.php?t=4171 Will read this and probably be back with more questions. Feel free to jump in if you have an opinion here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkdog Posted November 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 OK, I have done some reading here and went through the stickies. It sounds like the preferred software to use is SonicStage 2.2 and I should have my Windows XP Pro SP2 updates all installed and up to date. Simple Burner is not needed to record at more than real time. If this is wrong route to go-somebody let me know before tonight as I want to try out the NetMD recording process. Any downsides to using SonicStage?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 This is a good route to go with. Sonicstage woes can be found here, but searching would probably do you better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkdog Posted November 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Installed SS 2.2 tonite. Ripped a couple cd's and then transferred them to MD with no problems once it got going. Software is clumsy and not intuitive but works. Certainly faster than the real time recording I used to do. Quick question: Is the sound quality compromised when the CD is ripped to the OMG file and then converted again to the ATRAC 132 kbs file on the MD unit versus being recorded in real time from a home CD deck optical out to the MD unit to the ATRAC 132 kbs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 the omg is the atrac file. omg & oma are the extensions a computer uses for atrac depending on device. note they have digital rights managment data along with the sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkdog Posted November 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Well, I noticed that the song titles were transferred which was cool. What should I be aware or concerned about with DRM info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomHero Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 Well, I noticed that the song titles were transferred which was cool. What should I be aware or concerned about with DRM info?The disadvantage of using SonicStage is that you can't delete tracks withouth connecting the MD back to the computer because of DRM. If you use simple burner, you can delete, add track marks and treat the track like a regular MD track. SimpleBurner also has support for track titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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