majesticsun Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Excuse me for my lack of understanding on the subject- Is there any way to record lossless from one Hi-MD unit to another Hi-MD unit without using a computer? My computer is very slow and prone to failure. Would this require some sort of USB interface? (excuse my lack of technical terminology again please), or is it just not a possibility at all?thank you much, Karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 The simplest answer here is no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 The simplest answer here is no.Theres really nothing else to say.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not worth asking Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Well you can, i believe, you just need a Hi-MD unit with a certain type of digital output and another unit with the same type of digital input. Most common would be optical, and there are a few component decks available in japan with optical out. (search in here for the thread, i think some model numbers were: frn7, frn9, xb8, but not sure....) Depending on the generation of the data on the disc to be copied, you can do a digital copy. You can also get converters, co-ax -> optical and vice versa if you find a unit that has co-ax but not optical, but i don't know of any units like that so far.anyone with experience in what generation + type of recordings can and can't be digitally copied could you please reply? i have some important recordings on both old MD and Hi-MD which i hope to one day rescue digitally with a Hi-MD w/ optical out unit, these were analog recordings using either line in and mic, some have and some haven't been transferred to computer using SS 2.1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 (edited) Actually, there is no HiMD-unit on the market with digital out.The standalone decks have no digital out, the bookshelfs seem to switch off the digital output, when playing from MD. See the report on the FR-N9 in another thread. ( Post #25)So, digital out only via PC-Soundcard. Edited November 17, 2005 by jadeclaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not worth asking Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Wow. That is totally screwed. I can't believe the things sony does and the lengths they will go to to piss off their customers....Who the hell tries to market a digital device without a digital output?!?!?!For f**ks sake sony, get your heads out of your ass and start thinking of the consumers, you know, the people who pay your wages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 How many portable consumer devices can you point to that have SP/DIF, whether coax or optical, outputs on them?Incidentally, the last consumer MD with a digital output on it [other than USB] was the very first MD model released. No portable since then has had an output on it.I would surmise that most companies focusing on consumer devices basically consider SP/DIF to be deprecated, especially since the only form of DRM supported by it [sCMS] is extremely weak, and easily bypassed with inexpensive equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not worth asking Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 How many portable consumer devices can you point to that have SP/DIF, whether coax or optical, outputs on them?Incidentally, the last consumer MD with a digital output on it [other than USB] was the very first MD model released. No portable since then has had an output on it.I would surmise that most companies focusing on consumer devices basically consider SP/DIF to be deprecated, especially since the only form of DRM supported by it [sCMS] is extremely weak, and easily bypassed with inexpensive equipment.We aren't talking about portables, and anyway there are quite a few portable devices with optical out, a few discmans, VCD and DVD portables, lots of pro rec portable gear.Look at any digital format other than Hi-MD (CD, DVD, MP3, DAT etc.) and you'll find a unit available with SPDIF, normally optical out. Most you'll even find a few portables. That is what i'm talking about. There should be Hi-MD gear with optical out, maybe not portable as nice as that would be, but something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 We aren't talking about portables, and anyway there are quite a few portable devices with optical out, a few discmans, VCD and DVD portables, lots of pro rec portable gear.We are talking about portables, because we're talking about HiMD. Sony themselves don't make any non-portable units, and it's already established that the midi systems available don't have either USB [if I remember correctly] or working SP/DIF outputs.Ideally, I feel that Sony should design and release at least one deck, whether rack-mount or consumer-cased. A deck with a faster, more robust interiour mechanism [less compromised for portability], USB support for use with SonicStage exactly as with the portables, and SP/DIF [toslink] in- and outputs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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