soilpharm Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 I download alot of live shows (ie. archive.org) that are in ogg and shn format. As I want the quality, I like to import them in *.wav format. The main problem with this is when tapers post their shows, they are usually too big to fit on one disk, so multiple disks are usually used. The best way to import these to sonicstage is to make an image or *.iso file out of each disk. This can be time consuming, especially if you are using NERO. Today I figured a way to fit multiple disks into a single *.iso file, then import them into sonicstage. Why not just import them directly into sonicstage? Well then you have to keep a bulky wave file on your harddrive. You need Riverpast audio converter (or something to convert ogg or shn to 16-bit, 44,000mhz audio), UltraISO, and a drive emulation program like Alcohol 120% or the like. You just simply go through the steps of audion conversion, creating an AUDIO image file using ultraISO, and mount your image file using Alcohol 120 or the like. THis works very well, I just imported a two-disk concert = 1200 mb and it worked well.The main advantages of this method are basically that you do not sacrifice quality - you can import using whatever ATRAC bitrate you like, and you don't have to keep a bunch of bulky .wav files on your harddrive. Any further comments or suggestions are welcome, especially open source versions of the software that I mentioned above.Cheers,SP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrius Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 I think that Nero can do the same thing, all by itself. The conversion, preparation, and the image mounting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breepee2 Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 The easiest is still converting to 'WMA Lossless'. That's a lossless format like FLAC/MAC/SHN. SonicStage works perfectly with it.Not OS though, but it gets the job done and is the most space-efficient way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlameGrilled Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Agreed about the use of WMA LSL, given the availability to make WMA LSL's from the source files.It's been a bonus to me, as most of my archives (left over from radio work) were in WMA LSL anyway (DRM locked, but i have the legit and legal unlock solution.. and authorised rights to 'unlock' them) kept remotely on the station's servers (they were the source, the output of the net simulcasts was lossy versions taken from).Was a lovely find for me, to discover that WMA import was all there (unprotected of course), so all i needed to do was gen unlocked local copies from the protected items, then import.. and have the local copies in the process.And since i make multiple rate copies of each import (having a copy to suit any NetMD or ATRAC CD production need), the need for local WMA LSL's is only tempory for production purposes. The unlock process is pretty much an in-line method as they are obtained off the server, so no real time/effort hassles there either.But outside of such arrangements, acknowledging that some people refuse to touch WMA for any number of rational or irrational reasons, then imaging to an Audio CD iso is still good a method - but kinda space-hogging for archival purposes on HDD's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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