I Don't Understand This Hi-MD Stuff

[francesanna]

Hi Everyone

I was wondering if anyone can tell me how you are supposed to get 10 CD's on 1 80 Min Minidisc with the Hi-MD Players. My dad & I have just brought the same player (Sony Hi-MD MZ-NH600) but he has also brought some Hi-MD 1GB Disc's and I haven't. According to the information I have read it is supposed to let you get 10 CD's on 1 of my normal 80 Min discs with this player and I think it is supposed to write faster than a NetMD also.

If I have mis-interpreted the literature then obviously I am not going to get anywhere,but if it is correct can anyone tell me how to do it...(step by step if possible as I am not the brightest star in the sky).

Any help would be great.

Thanks in advance.

Francesanna

[metal]

Check this out

http://www.sony.net/Products/Hi-MD/capacity.html#3

[greenmachine]

You have to use a relatively low bitrate of 64kbps (Hi-LP) to pack 10 hours onto a standard disc. Sound quality might suffer.

You can find a copy of the manual here for more details about the different modes and how to use them:

http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-NH600D.html

[Hungerdunger]

Hi Everyone

I was wondering if anyone can tell me how you are supposed to get 10 CD's on 1 80 Min Minidisc with the Hi-MD Players. My dad & I have just brought the same player (Sony Hi-MD MZ-NH600) but he has also brought some Hi-MD 1GB Disc's and I haven't. According to the information I have read it is supposed to let you get 10 CD's on 1 of my normal 80 Min discs with this player and I think it is supposed to write faster than a NetMD also.

If I have mis-interpreted the literature then obviously I am not going to get anywhere,but if it is correct can anyone tell me how to do it...(step by step if possible as I am not the brightest star in the sky).

Any help would be great.

Thanks in advance.

Francesanna

I always wonder why people make these claims for "xx CDs per disc" when obviously it depnds on the length of all the CDs you are planning to put on the disc and the quality of the recording you want to make. I presume they must have worked out somehow what the average length of a CD is.

Anyhow, to answer your question (and you should be able to find all this in the manual which came with your player)if you record on an 80 minute disc @ 48kbps (the lowest possible setting), you should get a total playing time of 13.5 hours, or 810 minutes. Therefore, as no CD will be longer than 80 minutes, you will indeed be able to the 10 CDs onto your one disc, and more if they are shorter in length than 80 minutes.

Whether you will be happy with such a low bitrate is another matter - it really depends on your ears and your headphones. With the next setting of 64 kbps you will still get over 10 hours of music onto one disc at better quality. If you want to go for excellent quality then you won't get anything like 10 CDs onto one disc. To begin with, why not try making recordings at different settings to see which suits you best.

If you don't have a manual, you can download one for your model here: http://minidisc.amulation.com/part_Manuals.html

And if you haven't already updated your version of SonicStage to 3.4, I would recommend doing this first.