1kyle Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Since a lot of people use their computers for playing music you CAN store FLAC etc on HI-MD in DATA MODE and then use the computer to play it using a player of your choice.This should also work for MP3 --bypassing the reported problems with some MP3 conversions with later units. (Of course you will if you use this method have to play THROUGH a computer - but a lot of people do this anyway.)OK for portable music you'll still have to convert the stuff to ATRAC+ but in DATA MODE with a computer you can play the Non Atrac stuff on ANY machine (Linux included)Does work BTW on Linux as the MD is recognized as an external Disk unit.While this won't help with Portable music directly --it does mean that you could store your FLAC / OGG etc stuff away from the computer , pop in a minidisc into your player and then play. This might be of use to people who want to play music on different computers without having to bother with exporting / importing / library backups / restores.Note as explained above --to play music from the MD device directly (i.e without using a computer) then of course this method won't work -- but at least it gives you an option of using the MD a bit more flexibly.Cheers-K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veezhun Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 this functionality was always present with Hi md. its a ums compliant device.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 thing is that i would love to not only be able to store files in data format but allso play them back on said player while traveling to a diffrent computer.yes i want my cake and eat it to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartan Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 (edited) thing is that i would love to not only be able to store files in data format but allso play them back on said player while traveling to a diffrent computer.yes i want my cake and eat it to already possible, but needs twice the space, use sonicstage to make a listenable (using the player's buttons and some earphones) copy and drag n drop the original sound onto the same disc so it can be listened through the computer's music player while the disc is in storage mode Edited October 7, 2005 by tartan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veezhun Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 already possible, but needs twice the space, use sonicstage to make a listenable (using the player's buttons and some earphones) copy and drag n drop the original sound onto the same disc so it can be listened through the computer's music player while the disc is in storage modemaybe its me, but i didnt understand this one bit.. could you please elaborate? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 I think he is just stating that you could drag the flac/mp3/whatever files over, but also use sonicstage to put the song on the disc to listen. That way you could listen to it and easily move a copy of the file to any computer.At least I think that's what was being explained. Not sure if I explained it any better though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamgood Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 i think everyone realized this already. unfortunately, due to usb 1.1 and write speeds of minidisc (not sure which one limits the transfer speed more) copying mp3s to hi-md in data mode takes quite a bit of time. using sonic stage is much faster, but like we know, you'd need sonic stage to play it on a computer. too bad you can't load sonic stage onto a hi-md disc as data and run it from the hi-md and still be able to access the recorded music. that'd be pretty cool. did you all also know that with hi-md the music played back through the computer's speakers?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 (edited) What you need is a iRiver or Cowon HD player with firmware to support FLAC/OGG not a MD/HiMD. They are 20GB+ and are fully USB 2.0. Alternatively use a Laptop 2.5 drive in an external USB enclosure. Using HiMD is like trying to cut a steak with a spoon. Edited October 7, 2005 by Sparky191 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 What you need is a iRiver or Cowon HD player with firmware to support FLAC/OGG not a MD/HiMD. They are 20GB+ and are fully USB 2.0. Alternatively use a Laptop 2.5 drive in an external USB enclosure. Using HiMD is like trying to cut a steak with a spoon.Only problem with that... If the HiMD disc goes bad, easy to replace and inexpensive.If the HD goes bad you are SOL. FLAC/OGG support would be a treat though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGB2 Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Transfer speeds? Pah! USB1.1 is quick enough!I was still doing all my recording in real-time until I got my Nh700.Some people want the moon on a stick.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Only problem with that... If the HiMD disc goes bad, easy to replace and inexpensive.If the HD goes bad you are SOL. FLAC/OGG support would be a treat though. Sorry but thats scare mongering. Equally your HiMD or Disc could go bad. No matter what you use, you should have a backup. Thats just good practise. Any important data I have, music or data is backed up. A 20GB external drive to use as backup is peanuts. You can get an iRiver or Cowon repaired. Same as Sony exchanging a broken MD unit. However just because you can use HiMD as a data transport, doesn't mean that its the best use of the devise. Transfer speeds? Pah! USB1.1 is quick enough!I was still doing all my recording in real-time until I got my Nh700.Some people want the moon on a stick.... LOL you have a point. I wish had the time to do everything in real time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 But you still listen to music in realtime, don't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 But you still listen to music in realtime, don't you?not me i pitch mine up by 20% to fit in with my go-go-80's lifestyle, like alvin & the chipmunks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 not me i pitch mine up by 20% to fit in with my go-go-80's lifestyle, like alvin & the chipmunks lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 already possible, but needs twice the space, use sonicstage to make a listenable (using the player's buttons and some earphones) copy and drag n drop the original sound onto the same disc so it can be listened through the computer's music player while the disc is in storage modei file that under sarcasm.i may as well make one disc with the music in play form and one with it in data form then. but i dont want that. i want one disc that can be read both as music and as data with only one set of files on them.sometimes sony realy does stuff the hard way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 But you still listen to music in realtime, don't you?I said everything... its a busy life...i file that under sarcasm.i may as well make one disc with the music in play form and one with it in data form then. but i dont want that. i want one disc that can be read both as music and as data with only one set of files on them.sometimes sony realy does stuff the hard way...In fairness Apple, and Creative do the same thing. Data and Music are kept seperate. The only players that keep data and music in the same logical space on disk are the iRivers and Cowons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 fully aware of that and i belive i had allready pointed out that in diffrent threads.im most likely going to get myself a iriver or iaudio player some time in the future now that himd seems to be going down, fast...to bad realy, it was a nice idea. but sony basicly strangled it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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