Duckman Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 I've had this Minidisc with 1 Gig of space for many month, Im thinking its nearing a year.....But anyways.I have music on CD's which I have purchased, and I ripped them onto my computer in Mp3. Then I transfer them to my MD using " Sonic Stage 2.0.06.16140 "It worked great. I ripped them so I could listen to them in large playlists. Then transferred to MD from my computer because I wouldn't have to rename every title and artist like with MD Simple Burner.But since then about 2-3 months ago, I got some new CDs. So I wanted to transfer it over. But I deleted everything so it would be in alphabetical order without effort.Then I transferred it. And suddenly, every single one has this bubbly background noise whic obviously ruins the song, so I don't want it.I want to know why this is? Oh, and some others just freeze my computer too. I've tried many things: Transferring as other files(ogg, wma, wav) dont work. Not compressing them makes no difference. I've reinstalled Sonic Stage. Nada!I've heard a few things in other threads on this forum(which I found in a metacrawler search) such as getting rid of divx and everything to do with it. Updating nvidea to 56.72(which im currently using) all to no availPlease help me, I just want to be able to transfer large ammounts of music(in one shot so i can walk away) without renaming every file, and make use of my 3 1 gig discs. (P.S.- I bought 2 new discs, both do the same. And my friend bought a new MD, the same one.... Same problem on my computer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 okay please update to sonicstage 3.2 following these instructions to uninstall 2.0 also add your computer specs to any follow up questionhttp://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=8071 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommypeters Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 If I had only three 1GB disks I would take the time and extra work and go the straight path from CD->MD. Going through one lossy format and an extra encode/decode and end up in another lossy format isn't good for sound quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgi Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 Please help me, I just want to be able to transfer large ammounts of music(in one shot so i can walk away) without renaming every file, and make use of my 3 1 gig discs. (P.S.- I bought 2 new discs, both do the same. And my friend bought a new MD, the same one.... Same problem on my computer)Audio compression works by removing whole chunks of audio from the frequency spectrum (e.g. things *supposedly* you don't notice anyway). Lossy compression will *always* do damage to the original audio. So, naturally, it is a bad idea to recompress already existing material, unless the recompression is not done at a reasonably higher bitrate (i.e. 128kbit recompress to 160, or 192 even).Also I'm experiencing noticeble artifacts with m4a > atrac3. Might be the way math works in the software..In your case some recompression might be taking place, and it would most likely be the source of your bubbling noise. I have noticed that SonicStage would apply recompression at will, unless instructed not to do so.Things that will help: 1. Upgrade to latest version of Sonicstage.2. Fiddle with the options to make sure: - all you transfer is reasonably high bitrate. Be generous with bitrates. - ideally no recompression occurs (i.e. transfer as is when possible)3. Redo your library again.Something I do:Keep my tracks outside Sonicstage, in v.good quality, and manually recompress to a sony bitrate on transfer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted August 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 ok, well it wont let me install any better version of sonicstage, it just terminates without reason. Just says "has been terminated"I tried registering, nothing. I installed SP2, which was a pain in the neck, nothing.now, i uninstalled sonicstage, and reinstalled.... now thats f-ed up, and i had to manually delete everything..... I'm gonna try just installing simple MD... but this is just getting rediculousIm just about ready to lose it.... I really dont wanna have to reformat just for this, but this music is important to me, since i work about 80 hours a week and rely on music to maintain my sanity..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommypeters Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 I also read in the FAQ that SP2 is a must for XP, I wonder why? It's not just a pain in the neck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 Duckman, did you manually uninstall via the directions in the faq?SP2 has many core components that assist in optimal SS operation, search a bit as that's been discussed quite a bit in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted August 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 (edited) followed the faq word for word*sigh* how i hate this! Edited August 7, 2005 by Duckman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 If you can, just format. Your system is getting pretty loopy if it can't run Sonicstage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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