annalooby Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Hi,First let me apologise - I have no technical knowledge and only found out what an mp3 player was last week. However, I have just been bought a Sony Walkman NWD-B105F - apparently it has drag and drop music transfer technology that should be simple but I just dont understand how I can put downloaded tracks on it. The idea of me having an MP3 player was to put all my music on to it for use in my car and not have to keep buying cd singles but just download the occasional track as i want it and put it on the MP3- I have managed to transfer all the music I have "ripped" (I think thats the right term!) from my existing cd collection and this works fine. Included in the pack with my walkman was a card giving me 10 free downloads from sonic stage. So I found 10 I wanted, downloaded them and can play them just fine in the sonic stage software on my pc but when i transfer them to my mp3 they dont show up or play. On reading the bumf that came with the walkman it seems this walkman doesnt use sonic stage....so why on earth did they send me the sonic stage download card with it???? I had also downloaded some tracks from Napster and these will transfer onto the machine and show up but when i try to play them they say file error. Please can someone tell me where I can legally download tracks that i can actually play on this player - if not I may as well ditch it! Thank you all - sorry if this is in the wrong place - technophobe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 (edited) You might want to try http://www.atraclife.com . That site deals with Sony mp3 players. What you need to figure out from your manual is what kind of files your unit plays, and what kind of files you are trying to play.On your computer, in My Computer, click on Tools/Folder Options/View and un-check "Hide extensions for known file types." Then you can see what your music files are. Files you have ripped from your CDs are probably .mp3 files for your mp3 player. You can get them from Amazon, from emusic, and from various other places--sometimes including freebies from the band's own website or Myspace page. Or Google "mp3 blog" and you'll see lots of places that have individual songs. Just glimpsing what your unit does, it looks like all you have to do is drag and drop the mp3 files into the unit, as if it's one more hard drive on your computer. Napster files are .wma--Windows Media Audio. They are encoded with DRM--digital rights management. If you paid for them, you should call Napster customer service and have them tell you how to unlock them for your player. Point out that you have paid for portable music. You may have to be pushy. In future, if you see anything in the fine print suggesting that files have DRM, stay away from them. It basically means that the company that sold them to you has put limitations on them. They're not "managing" your rights--they are stealing them. Basic .mp3 files have no DRM. Connect files are ATRAC files, or .oma files. I have the feeling that your unit only plays .mp3 files, not .oma files. Sony sleepwalks through a lot of its marketing, which is why you got the Connect freebies. But Sony will be phasing out Connect by next spring anyway. Edited December 3, 2007 by A440 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfu Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Hello,I'm glad someone else has the same problem as me... I bought a Sony NWD-B105F a couple of days ago and have since wasted a lot of time and money downloading tracks that will not play on the thing. They are WMA or MP3 files but presumably they have DRM protection or something which means that aren't compatible - strange, seeing as the same files play fine on my iRiver. So, does anyone have any experience of a download site which is compatible with the NWD-B105F? I have tried Orange Music store, and files bought from Virgin Digital, AllofMP3 and even iTunes just to check. I looked at the Atrac site but it seems the player doesn't accept the Atrac format.I really hope someone can help as I've wasted so much time on this and it's really annoying me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 http://www.Amazon.com and http://www.Emusic.com (for small and independent labels) have plain unencumbered mp3s , at least in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfu Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Thanks very much for the quick response. Unfortunately, Amazon MP3 downloads are only available in the US (I am in England) and eMusic is, as you say, for small labels and I am after some more commercial stuff. So, I am still looking for a download site that I can use! I can't believe that I am the only one with this problem, unless I am missing something obvious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 You're not missing something--the music business is. You can find lots of illegal files free online, but unfortunately I can't tell you how in this public forum. Do some creative Googling. In the meantime, contact the vendors who sold you the DRM files. They must have some kind of contact mechanism. Tell them that since you're playing by the rules, you'd like to be able to use what you paid for, or you expect a full refund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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