Linux + Rh710

[PawelP76]

Hello everyone.

How can one copy mp3s to let's say RH710 so they could be recognized by MD player ?

What I did was simply mount MD on Linux box, copied files but MD says NO TRACKS.

The files are there but the player doesn't see them.

When I switched to windows, used SonicStage and copied mp3s to MD thay are recognized by the player but they are stored as a one big file (in my case over 100 MB).

This doesn't seem to be *.mp3 support I wish it had.

If there is other way to copy mp3s to MD, maybe they have to be stored in a particular folder, please let me know.

Cheers

Pablo

[The Low Volta]

you have already discovered both ways to put MP3's (and atrac files) on the disc I'm afraid...

you can:

- either drag-n-drop 'em on the device as a removable drive... this way you can even copy them to another machine and this will work under Mac and Linux but won't allow you to play them with the HiMD

- or transfer them (and the DRM-copy protection) to disc with SS so you can play them but then you can't use any other software but SS and there is no drag-n-drop option at all (so it won't work under mac or linux) and you can't copy the musicfiles to another computer

as an MP3-player HiMD devices are actually really limited (and just crippled) but their real strenght is high quality recording...if you do not need that last thing (recording) it could be wise to look for another format...

greetings, Volta

[Breepee2]

If you want to listen to your MD, you must always use sonicstage.

And I don't entirely agree with Volta, there's more to MD than recording (which I don't really do, aside from puttings CD's over because I can't bring myself to using sillystage). The thing I like most about the format is the disc itself. Small, cheap, removable, rewritable, heaven. It's the rest that Sony is crippeling.

MP3 support is very nice (as OGG Vorbis and FLAC would be) but the thing with MP3-players is: fixed harddrive! Be it flash or platters, you can't increase the size. Add that even the biggest one isn't big enough to hold all my music (so I'll have to swap anyway), I generally don't like it (though there are some devices that support my beloved format FLAC, and that's a huge advantage over MD I think).

I'm just hoping Sony will support FLAC (or their own proprietary lossless codec if they must) someday, I'd be exhilarated. A way to use the device in Linux would be nice too (another advantage most MP3-players have).