Playlist support

[trevormcc]

Hi,

Trying to decide between an Ipod , Net-MD, and NW-HD. I currently have a MZ-N707 , and really like the unit, but I am having trouble in justifying sticking with a Sony based product in the future

The lack of MP3 support is not a huge deal breaker for the type of use I want , however one the features I really like about the Ipod is the ability to create multiple playlists from the music that resides on the device. I have read that Sony provides very limited support for this functionality through the following features:

- 'grouping' which will move the track out of of its current group

- 'create compliation album' - which will duplicate the track on the disc

- 'bookmarking' - i don't kno a lot about this , but I'm not sure if you can have more than one set

In short does SonicStage provide an equivalent 'playlist' feature whch does not require duplication or movement of the tracks and instead is just a list of references into the stored music

Thanks

Trevor

[Fat Tires]

Your understanding of how it works is correct. Sony doesn't support playlists like most MP3 players do. They only support the grouping of songs on a disc.

[Bananatree]

Sadly Nismo is correct.

However, think of each disc as your own personal playlist in a box

In all seriousness, the iPod's playlisting feature is really the only thing that it has over MD for me. I'd probably say "sucks" to any other Hard-disk walkwan, but the nie playlisting is pretty cool.

If you like playlisting, Atrac and Mp3, you should check out Sony's HD3 if it ever comes state-side. It may have almost everything you are looking for.