tw Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Howdy all. Here's a hopefully not too stupid technical question maybe someone can answer... In my experience the optical block in MDs is pretty fragile and I'm sure that even if it wasn't, the laser has a finite lifespan. My question is, does real time recording wear the laser out sooner than USB transfer? To put it another way: it takes say 20 minutes to transfer 5 hours of HiSP music using SS or SB, writing 800Mb or so of data. If I record 5 hours of HiSP music in real time is the laser firing for the whole 5 hours, or does it just fire for the time taken to write the 800Mb (20 minutes)? If the answer is "real time stresses the laser" I might have to consider getting a windows box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 There shouldn't be a difference, as Hi-MD units write in bursts anyway, as the possible datarate is much higher than what codec and converters deliver. Plus, the data is buffered too... However, real-time recording delivers a better quality, than what SonicStage creates. Especially at low bitrates(Hi-LP/LP2/LP4). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw Posted December 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Thanks jadeclaw, just the news I wanted to hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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