jernikfra Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Well my previous post was about plugging my usb to optical output adapter into the usb jack on my mzrh1, which didn't produce that little red light i was hoping it would.I then decided to hook up the mzrh1 via usb to my pc, open sonicstage, play a track from the mzrh1 using sonicstage control and listen through the usb to optical adapter, plugged into the optical input on my sony cmt-m333nt micro system.Well it works, and best of all i recorded the song without a glitch! so you can make md to md digital recordings this way.i tried copying songs recorded through usb and through optical input form bith pc and sound system.all worked perfectly.I guess my scms stripper and old mdss38 with optical output are now redundant.i'm now planning to do some listening test to determine any differences in sound quality between the 3 different ways you can copy md's: 1.sp md to sp md through optical connection and through scms stripper, ye olde school way. 2.sp md uploaded to sonicstage in pcm, then played on sonicstage, and through usb to optical adapter into optical input.(scms is ignored this way) 3.sp md played in sonicstage through usb out of mzrh1 or other into pc, and through usb to optical adapter into optical input.(scms is ignored this way) the method i described above. everyone should try it, it works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jernikfra Posted February 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Oops, just tried it with an sp disc, and it doesn't work! Forgot to mention in my last post that the disc that it works with is a hi-md disc.I find this pretty strange.Why would a himd md come through, but slience with a sp recorded md? anyone have any thoughts on this? O hwell their are still two other methods... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentek Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Great news for us rh1 users. Where did you find the proper optical cable and how much does it cost?Also, after you finish your testing what's the possibility of you re-organizing your topic and maybe we can get it pinned.It would be helpful if you could describe what all of you hardware parts are, model numbers etc.I'm especially interested in your Optical to USB converter. I looked for such an object some time ago but never found one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jernikfra Posted February 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Great news for us rh1 users. Where did you find the proper optical cable and how much does it cost?Also, after you finish your testing what's the possibility of you re-organizing your topic and maybe we can get it pinned.It would be helpful if you could describe what all of you hardware parts are, model numbers etc.I'm especially interested in your Optical to USB converter. I looked for such an object some time ago but never found one.The converter is an onkyo ud-5, a few years old...you can still find them on ebay.You just use the supplied mzrh1 usb cable and plug it into your pc, you then go out of pc with usb to optical converter.As i mentioned above, the output only works with hi-md discs, something i am confused about.perhaps a veteran can explain it.when you have a himd disc the optical digital signal comes through usb converter, but nothing comes through analog out.when you play a standard sp md nothing comes through usb to optical converter, but it comes through analog out.this is very strange since they are both pcm signals.for any body who has himd discs, you are in luck.someone should invent a fake usb host.that way you could go directly out of your mzrh1 with usb to optical, without needing a pc.it would trick your mzrh1 into thinking it is seeing a pc, but actually isn't.maybe something like this alreayd exists.any more info on the subject would be great.everyone with an mzrh1 and a usb to optical converter should try this out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Oops, just tried it with an sp disc, and it doesn't work! Forgot to mention in my last post that the disc that it works with is a hi-md disc.I find this pretty strange.Why would a himd md come through, but slience with a sp recorded md? anyone have any thoughts on this? O hwell their are still two other methods...SonicStage states that when a disc recorded in NetMD mode is played back, audio is heard from the headphone jack (unlike Hi-MD where the audio is sent via USB and heard through the computers speakers). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Whats the point of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozpeter Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Why not just copy the MD via the PC in faster than real time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Was the idea was to get digital copies of NetMD tracks of something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Since it doesn't work for NetMD recordings then I guess this is pointless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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