andy19363 Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 hi folks...just a quickie (and I think I already know the answer, but just wanted to make sure....)If I have a wav or mp3 file, and i convert it via SS3.3 to enable d/loading to my md player, can I safely delete the wav/mp3 file, but still have the md file somewhere in my pc which I could d/load again should the need arise, (dog eats md...that kind of thing...).These would be files that i would not be particularly interested in archiving as wavs, etc (save space), but don't want to lose them completely.thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 It's better to keep your source files than to keep SonicStage's versions. SonicStage keeps "optimized" files as .omg or .oma. Those are encrypted and tied to the particular installation of SonicStage on your computer. If you have to restore, format, or anything else, and then reinstall SonicStage, you may find that it has decided you no longer have rights to play the tracks. Instead of keeping the SonicStage versions, keep versions that can be played outside SonicStage. With mp3, keep the mp3. They're not much bigger than .omg, if at all, and you haven't lost any quality by converting them to .omg. With .wav, they are big. You could archive them in a lossless format like .flac at about half the size of .wav. Or if you dont care that much about them, convert them to .mp3 . and save them like that. Use dbpoweramp in Downloads, minimum bitrate 192 for sound quality. Then, for space, delete the .omg/.oma files with SonicStage by removing them from My Library. Just make sure that during the delete dialogue you uncheck the box that says "remove these files from my computer," or it will take the source .wav or .mp3 with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy19363 Posted November 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 SonicStage keeps "optimized" files as .omg or .oma. Those are encrypted and tied to the particular installation of SonicStage on your computer. If you have to restore, format, or anything else, and then reinstall SonicStage, you may find that it has decided you no longer have rights to play the tracks. Ahhh....wasn't aware of that...or rather, hadn't quite got it clear in my headwill probably save as mp3s then and stick on a dvd I guessthanks for that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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