cooljoe289 Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 I heard that there might be an alternate way of loading mp3's onto MD other than sonicstage and openMG. Is that true? What software? Dousn't the file still have to be in ATRAC form? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 The rumour is that first-gen HiMDs will be upgradable to play mp3 natively. At least two Sony employees have confirmed this, though it's important to keep in mind that that does not make this true.As for netMD and MD equipment - with MD, there would be no point [can't transfer anything to it digitally other than PCM via optical anyway] and with netMD, it's possible that recent models might also be upgradable, though I sincerely doubt this. MD itself is not based on a DRM'd filesystem as HiMD is. It is a dedicated format for use with ATRAC and ATRAC3 only, and I can only see it staying that way.Realplayer has netMD support [which, to my knowledge, uses the SonicStage/OpenMG modules anyway, so it is really just a different interface - though I might be wrong on that]. The latest I've heard about HiMD support for RP is that they're going to add support when the 2nd-generation appears. Whether this means the new models this year, or the also-rumoured 2GB version of HiMD, I couldn't possibly say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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