organ-morgan Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 I have a MZ-NF810 connected by USB to my PC running Home XP. I can't transfer my LP4 voice recordings files to my PC because I get this error "Unable to transfer the following tracks to My Library because they are recorded by Net MD or another computer." I've just install Sonic 3.3. The trackes (1 minute long) are shown on the right pane but they won't transfer. What am I doing wrong, please help. I feel so dumb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bland10000 Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 netmd tracks will not transfer to computer via usb, only recordings made on hi-md. The info in Sonicstage regarding unlimited uploads to pc only refers to hi-md. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ-morgan Posted November 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Thank you for responding. What is the actual difference between Net-MD and Hi-md? What changes do I need to make to the way I record the voice information to be able to copy it to my computer? Is it something to so with the LP4 setting?Is there software out there to get it off my MiniDisk and into WAV? Using explorer I can't seem to see the MiniDisk as I could with an MP3!I need to get the sessions typed into Word so I'm wanting to convert it to WAV to use some transcribing software/equipment to achieve this.I would really appreciate some help on this, I'm lost in Sony space... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 (edited) You can't do a direct upload to your PC from your NF-810 as it is a NetMD and not Hi-MD unit. Even with Hi-MD, only the newer formats (Hi-LP, Hi-SP and PCM) recorded via mic/line in can be uploaded digitally via USB. If you want to use MD to upload your recordings you'll have to get a Hi-MD recorder.Hi-MD has many extra functions added to standard or Net MD, but can record on and play back any standard MD disks, as well as the newer 1GB disks (which are not compatible with older MD units).To get your LP4 recordings onto your PC, you have to do it in real time. You can use some freeware software such as Audacity and feed your headphone output into your PC's line in, and record to Wav or MP3. You'll need to turn the MD's volume right up, and cancel any sound settings on the MD unit. Edited November 21, 2005 by KJ_Palmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 See here:http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=7070 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcnet Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Just though id mention that HIMDRenderer has a "recording" mode. In this mode the program can play selected tracks from a NetMD disc / device and record them via a selected soundcard input into WAV / MP3 /OGG or FLAC formats. This is assuming the NetMD device is connected via optical or line-out to your PC soundcard.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 This is assuming the NetMD device is connected via optical or line-out to your PC soundcard....NetMD portables don't have optical or line-out, just headphone out. Does that work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 actually a440 some have a 'line out' selectable from the menus out of the same plug as the headphone.marc does this read the track details & write id3 or file names ala winNMD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Right you are, atrain. Anyway, there's no optical out. And my impression was that line-out was just headphone out at max volume without EQ. But the question remains: does headphone out work? That would eliminate WinNMD for folks still using NetMD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Right you are, atrain. Anyway, there's no optical out. And my impression was that line-out was just headphone out at max volume without EQ.yep. hence the inverted commas. i'm intrigued too as i have a busted netmd that still plays back & reads toc data but doesn't transfer yet none of the recordings are worth paying for winnmd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcnet Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 HIMDRenderer does tagging on recorded MP3 / FLAC and OGG files (at least I think it does, i'll have to check). Filenames are generated according to the NetMD track name.Headphone out will also work. As long it produces sound that the Soundcard can capture, then it will work.And my MDS-JE780 is a NetMD deck with optical out . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommypeters Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 I guess my 940 deck also has optical out, not sure though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imak Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Hello,My old MZS-R5ST md have both optical and analog in out sockets.Ioannis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 I said NetMD portables don't have optical out, and all but the ancient ones don't. Decks obviously do. The MZ-1 and that R5ST did have optical out. You call those portable? javascript:emoticon('', 'smid_9')smilieMarcnet, how does HiMDRenderer get the track info? Through SonicStage? Some other way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ-morgan Posted November 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Thanks for all you input. I've taken your advice and purchased a new 1 gig SONY Hi-MD WALKMAN MZ-NH900. I'll give it a go and sell my MZ-NF810. Watch this space, I'm guessing I'll be back... but thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcnet Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 (edited) I said NetMD portables don't have optical out, and all but the ancient ones don't. Decks obviously do.My bad. That'll teach me to half read things half-awake in the morning.Marcnet, how does HiMDRenderer get the track info? Through SonicStage? Some other way?HIMDRenderer can read track info from both NetMD and HIMD disks:HIMD: Decodes and reads the various sony files on the disc to get track infoNetMD: My first posts on the minidisc forum were about reverse engineering the NetMD Dll's ( http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=673 ). I simply resurrected, this project (I never finished this in 2003) and merged the results with HIMDRenderer. Basically, from the log files produced I learnt how to call the functions in the DLLs that SonicStage uses to get NetMD track info. I call these functions myself within HIMDRenderer to then get the number of tracks, the artist, albumn, track name, track length, group info, etc.btw: The Dlls used for HIMD stuff use a completly different system. They use Microsoft COM, which is a LOT harder to decode the API for in the individual Dlls. - so im not going to be using the same technique for HIMD hacking... Edited November 22, 2005 by marcnet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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