cocomitch Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Hi!I keep all my atrac files on an external 300 gig hard drive. I bought a new computer yesterday and downloaded a fresh copy of Sonic Stage 4.0 and plugged in my hard drive thinking I'd be ready to go. But when i try to play files from my library in Sonic Stage, i get a message saying that I need to connect to the internet to download a license to play the tracks. But when I click on that, all I get is an error message.I was wondering if anyone knew what I need to do to get the files to play on my new PC?Any help would be much appreciated!Thanks in advanceColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roamer Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 The files are by default encrypted and can only be used on one PC (DRM).You should have done a backup of your library from your original PC/SonicStage (It's in the Tools menu) or removed the DRM from the files (assuming you don't have purchased tracks from Connect) :http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=16088 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocomitch Posted June 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Thanks for that RoamerI have all my 6000+ files backed up on 50+ minidiscs so I will just have to transfer them all again.I was just wondering if there was an easier,quicker way because it takes absolutely ages to do! I thought the new computer with USB 2.0 would speed things up a little,but it is still taking about 45 minutes to transfer a 1 GB disc.I am using a NH- 900 - Would a RH-1 be any faster? CheersColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 If you still have the old PC, use it to remove the copy protection using the method in the linked thread. The files can then be used on any computer. Re-uploading would be painfully slow indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roamer Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 RH1 should be a bit quicker, but not a lot. The drive mechanism is the main limitation, not the USB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocomitch Posted June 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Thanks for that info! So how much faster is transfer speeds with a Sony mp3 player or an I-Pod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted June 30, 2006 Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 About a quarter of the time I'd guesstimate based on my experience. One of the reasons I rarely use my HiMD as a player. Transfers are too slow. In fact I'd buy a cheap 2nd HiMD to use for uploading/downloading and the other for using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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