Agent GFX Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 (edited) I have the following minidisc players:- Sony Net MD Walkman MZ-N505 Type R- Sony Net MD Walkman MZ-N510 Type-SAbout 3 years ago i stopped using them both and gave them to a friend. The other day i asked for the MZ N510 back to borrow to listen to some music. I plugged it into my PC, and used the sonicstage software that came with it to record an album to a minidisc that had a few songs still on it from years back. The new songs recorded fine, but when i listened to them, they were going double the speed and were very jittery, and strangely, the songs that were already on the disc from years ago played fine. I've since tried the minidisc in my other player (the MZ N505) and it does the same thing, so this must mean it's not the players that is the problem? Also, i have tried several other minidiscs, and have tried the most up-to-date sonicstage software, but i still get double-speed jittery recordings. Nothing has changed since i last used the players, i have the same software, the same minidiscs, and as far as i know the players are not broken, so i don't understand why the recording doesn't work all of a sudden.I'd be grateful for any help or just for someone to point to the problem. Thanks in advance. Edited July 2, 2008 by Agent GFX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I plugged it into my PC, and used the sonicstage software that came with it[snip][endsnip]Also, i have tried several other minidiscs, and have tried the most up-to-date sonicstage software, but i still get double-speed jittery recordings. Nothing has changed since i last used the players, i have the same software, the same minidiscs, and as far as i know the players are not broken, so i don't understand why the recording doesn't work all of a sudden.Are you sure you're not using a new or updated version of Windows? Eg, Vista, XP Service Pack 3? I have my suspicions about the latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent GFX Posted July 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I'm on XP SP2 and have been for quite a long time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Sounds like yr recorder is somehow confused and playing back the disc at the wrong speed (i.e., if you transferred the tracks as LP4, perhaps it is playing back at LP2)... I've had this happen while cloning TOCs, but never seen it otherwise. Sorry I have nothing to offer except perhaps transferring in a different format, even perhaps trying SP compatibility mode to see if it plays that back okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I'm on XP SP2 and have been for quite a long timeOK, so that rules out a whole bunch of stuff then.You might want to follow the thread over in Software Discussion/FAQ's (here) to see if you can track down which drivers are getting installed for the 510. My records show (and you can check in NETMDUSB.INF) that the driver that should be used is NETMDUSB.SYS, for nearly all the legacy (non-HiMD) usb minidisc recorders. Another thing to check is the list of Codecs. I haven't delved into exactly how they are managed, but something might leap out at you. Control Panel->Sounds and Audio Devices->Properties->Hardware->Audio Codecs will cough up a list. Also did you install a DRM update for Windows Media Player recently?However, it seems most likely of all that you need to reinstall Sonic Stage completely. If you have no SS music library, that's not a problem. Good luck, and sooner or later some bright spark here will spot the answer. I've nothing directly to help with on this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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