ballsandy Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Judt recently i found out that there was an upgrade for sonic stage.I downloaded it and expected a successful installation but that was not the case.Just after it apparently completed the uninstall of the old sonic stage i get a screen that says that the upgrade was terminated. I re downloaded the upgrade with the same result.What possibly is wrong?I reinstalled sonic stage v2.0 form the cd thaty came with my MZ-N20D and the same result.Any help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Please post according to the rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballsandy Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 oh, sorry.The sonic stage download still did not work so here is my sys info:Windows 98 SE with all updtaes and packssonic stage ver 2.0somple burner ver 2.0nimo codec pack and divx codecsony MZ-N420D minidisc player and sony MZ-N505500 mhz cpu (amd)128 mb ram4 mb video cardusb 2.0tape drivedvd drivezip driveditto drivelatest version of directxall but explorer were closed via the control, alt, delete screen.does this help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Try Sonicstage 3.2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 That nimo codec pack and divx (which might also have spyware in it) could be giving you problems too. Try uninstalling them, rebooting, and running a scan from http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ from an Internet Explorer browser window. Fix any problems it finds, and install SonicStage 3.2 afterward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 for codecs intsall divx & an xvid binary like nic's on thier own. codec packs are for suckers. any other audio codecs can be installed individually too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pefat Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 for codecs intsall divx & an xvid binary like nic's on thier own. codec packs are for suckers. any other audio codecs can be installed individually too.Ffdshow is the only one that isn't a bunch of codecs and it is way much better then xvid and divx and ac3 filter.Why should it cause problems to SS 3.2 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballsandy Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 first of all:I tried ss 3.2 but it did not work.second, the links to the download-free full of ss 3.x lead me to the 700 k file.third, i know those codecs are causin no trouble but i will remove them anyways.and fourth, i have completely removed sonic stage and all it's components from my computer and am waiting to find out what to da next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 If you have a broadband connection then go to www.connect.com and install 3.2 from Sony's online installer. Second best is to use the offline installer from the Downloads tab. Even if the codecs are causing no trouble elsewhere SonicStage may not like them. It doesn't play well with the other children.eyal knaany, there is no "why" with sonicstage. It just does what it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballsandy Posted October 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 okay, i removed the codecs and and am now getting ready to install ver 3.2.I will tell you what happens.oh, and i am guessing that i have to reinstall sonic stage first form my supplied cd because i am guessing the download is an upgrade.never mind.connect.com is offline in my area.I gotta wait.Anyways, is the download from connect.com a full version of sonic stage or is it an upgrade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted October 9, 2005 Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 fullversion. just because it says it's not downloadable in your area it really is. what they mean is you can't use the included music storetry this link in IEhttp://www.connect.com/download_cookie.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballsandy Posted October 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 Arrrg, i still didn't work.however i noticed that it takes shorter time to extract the files than when i first ran the installer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 eyal knaany, there is no "why" with sonicstage. It just does what it does.I know I'm clogging up the thread, (sorry ballsandy, and I totally sympathise with things not working). But A440 you've totally made my day with this statement! Classic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballsandy Posted October 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 i tried the install again and still the same result.I also might of found out what is wrong.First, as mentioned, my computer is running at 398 mhz and is operating on windows 98 se.Probably the below-minimum cpu is causing the failure and since i am using windows 98 they might of accidentally said it would work when it does not.I will try once more and then i will just give up and see if you can figure it out along with sony support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballsandy Posted October 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 SUCCESS!!! ...Well, almost. When reinstalling sonicstage from my cd i noticed that a folder was not created in the start menu. This means i can not use norton clean sweep to remove it so i used add/remove programs and after a very fast uninstall i checked sonic stages folder. This is where it gets interesting. Even though i uninstalled sonic stage it was still in it's folder and ran fine. So i am guessing that when the upgrade tried to install ver. 3.2 i finds the older version in it's place so it stops the install.Now i gotta find how to completely remove sonic stage and then i will be able to once again use my minidisc player!Now... how do i remove a program that will not uninstall itself and can not be removed by clean sweep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 The FAQ states how to completely remove Sonicstage from your computer. You really should try the offline installer in the Downloads section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballsandy Posted October 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 I did download the offline setup but i got the 650k online setup.I also completely removed sonicstage from my computer gaurenteed and now i am ready to start.I will try to download the offline setup again and get back to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 The installer in the FAQ is the online installer.The offline installer is here.http://forums.minidisc.org/downloads/details.php?file=21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballsandy Posted October 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Thanks everyone.I just successfully completed the installation of sonic stage 3.2.I had to do some work with the registry.Thanks for all the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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