jbreeze007 Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 About eight years ago I started recording digitally on to minidiscs. I stopped recording minidiscs about four years ago. Just recently I found my minidisc collection, which is over 500 discs in a storage bin I had in the garage. Don't get me wrong I loved/love minidiscs I just no longer had the time to keep up with my hobby. I had tried so many times to figure out how to transfer them digitally to a PC at high speed. Since I am so out of the loop now I would like to know if there is a player that can do that now, and how fast. Back when I was researching this (four years ago) it was not possible, it had to all be done in real time. I still have my Sony minidisc deck, which is really cool, because it was one of the few with and optical out, I would like to have my music on my computer though. Can anyone point me in the right direction and let me know of a portable player that will allow me to transfer to my PC at high speed via usb. It would be great to get all that content on a hard drive as appose to 500 discs. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strungup Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 About eight years ago I started recording digitally on to minidiscs. I stopped recording minidiscs about four years ago. Just recently I found my minidisc collection, which is over 500 discs in a storage bin I had in the garage. Don't get me wrong I loved/love minidiscs I just no longer had the time to keep up with my hobby. I had tried so many times to figure out how to transfer them digitally to a PC at high speed. Since I am so out of the loop now I would like to know if there is a player that can do that now, and how fast. Back when I was researching this (four years ago) it was not possible, it had to all be done in real time. I still have my Sony minidisc deck, which is really cool, because it was one of the few with and optical out, I would like to have my music on my computer though. Can anyone point me in the right direction and let me know of a portable player that will allow me to transfer to my PC at high speed via usb. It would be great to get all that content on a hard drive as appose to 500 discs. Thanks for the help.If your on Windows the RH1 , MZ100, MZ200 will do the trick , with Sonic Stage software , but you will be DRM'ed big time by doing so . SS will encode it all and lock it , ........... If your on a MAC Legacy has to be done real time , or Recorded onto an RH1 in HiMD format , then uploaded as WAV( which will be DRM free , and opened in ANY PLAYER you want . ......Or editor to fix the boo boo's , or Burned to CD for family and friends , or converted to mp3 and sent by email to torture ex girlfriends , ........... So what model is your Sony , With optical out , it is either the MZ1 , or a standalone deck , not a portable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 (edited) The MZ-M100 is the mac version of the RH10 and won't upload legacy discs,,The RH1/M200 is the only recorder that will upload legacy discs. And only to PC at this time. Any tracks you import in whatever legacy format (SP/MONO/LP2/LP4), as well as Hi-MD formats, can be converted to WAV after uploading thus releasing them from any DRM. You can then archive the recordings on audio CD or convert to a lossless format such as FLAC and archive them. Edited October 9, 2007 by raintheory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbreeze007 Posted October 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 What is drm and what is a legacy file?The MZ-M100 is the mac version of the RH10 and won't upload legacy discs,,The RH1/M200 is the only recorder that will upload legacy discs. And only to PC at this time. Any tracks you import in whatever legacy format (SP/MONO/LP2/LP4), as well as Hi-MD formats, can be converted to WAV after uploading thus releasing them from any DRM. You can then archive the recordings on audio CD or convert to a lossless format such as FLAC and archive them.sony mds-je520 at the time I had it hooked up to a philips cd burner deck, which allowed me to record back to cd optically all in real time. Sometimes the recording would come up copy protected, but if i tried 2 or 3 more times it would finally work. I would record on those cds that you needed to use for a cd burner deck at the time. Funny thing is when I recorded from cd to md back on to cd it sounded better. I still have the phillips burner too. If your on Windows the RH1 , MZ100, MZ200 will do the trick , with Sonic Stage software , but you will be DRM'ed big time by doing so . SS will encode it all and lock it , ........... If your on a MAC Legacy has to be done real time , or Recorded onto an RH1 in HiMD format , then uploaded as WAV( which will be DRM free , and opened in ANY PLAYER you want . ......Or editor to fix the boo boo's , or Burned to CD for family and friends , or converted to mp3 and sent by email to torture ex girlfriends , ........... So what model is your Sony , With optical out , it is either the MZ1 , or a standalone deck , not a portable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strungup Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 Legacy = Pre HiMD and Net MD ( what you have ) DRM = Digital Rights Managements , or Copyright Protection . , which will not let you recopy or make multiple copies from computer to computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 (edited) Sorry for all the confusing terminology...While anything uploaded with SonicStage does by default have DRM, it can be removed without having to convert to WAV or reencode: http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=16088If you follow this method, you will be left with your original uploaded recordings, DRM-free. These Atrac files can then be archived and/or used on multiple computers with no problems. I've done this for 2 years so far and have not had any problems using these files on multiple computers and after multiple reinstalls of Windows. Keep in mind though that the tracks that are uploaded are Atrac, thus they will only be playable if you have SonicStage installed, or using the Winamp Atrac3 plugin. There is a setting in SonicStage to automatically convert your imported files to WAV, which has no DRM at all, but requires more space (hence my FLAC reference). Edited October 9, 2007 by raintheory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbreeze007 Posted October 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 what do you suggest the m100 or the m200 for what I am trying to do (rip my music from minidisc to pc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 As raintheory said, the M200 or RH1 (same thing) is your only choice. The M100 won't do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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