Telegramsam Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 I've tried transfering 350 tracks to a 1GB disc but only 20 transfered which left 3 MB free. Using sonic stage 3.4 I chose Hi-MD for disc and mode. I understand you can get about 45 cd's on a 1GB disc, so what am I doing wrong. I'm using the MZ NH1. Any help appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 You'll need to use the lowest bitrate/quality mode (48kbps) to fit that much on a single disc. Do some listening tests first to determine if the quality will be sufficient for your needs, otherwise use a higher bitrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 Wow, that's big type. The capacity of a disc depends on the running time of the music and the format you are using. You can put three different formats on a Hi-MD disc: PCM (CD quality, only 94 minutes), Hi-SP (very good quality, 7 hours 55 minutes) and Hi-LP (borderline quality, 34 hours). It's all on a chart partway down this page:http://www.minidisc.org/hi-md_faq.htmlTo get the 34 hours, you need to set SonicStage to transfer the music in Hi-LP. Tools/Options/Transfer/Hi-MD/Transfer Settings/Advanced/ATRAC3+ 64kbps. 45 CDs is still a little optimistic for Hi-LP--unless those are short CDs--but getting only 20 tracks means you probably had it in PCM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avrin Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 45 CDs actually means using 48 kbit/s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIS SUCKS Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 WITH SONIC STAGE YOU CAN ALSO TRANSFER ALL THE OLD ATRAC3 RATES AND ATRAC 3 + @192 KBPS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shione Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 I've tried transfering 350 tracks to a 1GB disc but only 20 transfered which left 3 MB free. Using sonic stage 3.4 I chose Hi-MD for disc and mode. I understand you can get about 45 cd's on a 1GB disc, so what am I doing wrong. I'm using the MZ NH1. Any help appreciated. The disc is always 1gb but the number of songs it can take is not always the same. Some songs take up more space depending on how long the song is and at what bitrate you are encoding them at. Drop the bitrate and you can fit more songs on the disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 * Moved to Software Discussion section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telegramsam Posted November 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 (edited) Thank you all for your help. I'll see how I get on.I have found that if you highlight the tracks you want to transfer in My Library, right click, then choose the ATRAC conversion rate you want, tracks will be converted more quickly. Once done, right click again and choose transfer to hi-md. The tracks transfer faster aswell. I transfered 320 tracks at 66kbs in approx. 45 min. Edited November 7, 2007 by slider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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