Sonic Stage Download Question

[t0fler]

I just have a quick question,

im thinking about buying a hi md unit but i have a mca so ihave been experimenting to see if it will work for me or not.

my sonicstage library in virtual pc on my mac has about 1000 mp3s and i want them as atrac files on my hi md, converting them one buy one takes about 4 minutes each,

if on my hypothetical md unit i want to transfer them as atrac, is it converted on my computer and then sent accross, or sent and then decoded n the md

thanks

stephen

[The Low Volta]

- If you buy any of the 2nd gen Hi-MD's (RH10, RH910, RH710,...) the MP3 can be played as MP3's...no need to convert (but read this thread first, as there are some strange things with MP3 playback, though not really crippling IMHO)

- 1st gen (NH600, NH700, NH800, NH900, NH1) will have to convert them. This happens on your computer (as the Hi-MD just can't understand MP3 at all) as far as I know (it shows 'converting' first and then 'transferring'), so it will take a while on a mac/VPC

I also read this from you in another post:

i'm currently converting a 1000 of my aacs into mp3s so i can import them into sonic stage

remember that every transcoding into a lossy format results in quality loss, so if you would get a 1st gen Hi-MD and you could go aac->wav->atrac, that would be better quality wise

hope this helps,

Volta