Tom B Posted September 11, 2010 Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 Several models of MD recorders have a clock with current date and time set up by the user. The original recording date and time is stored with the original file. Is there a version of Sonic Stage that will display this original date and time? So far I have not been able to find this in my Sonic Stage ( ver. 4.3.01.14050 ). While the original file has this information, it does not appear to be transferred to the PC. I use Sonic Stage to download files from a Walkman MZRH1 to my PC (XP Pro). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 I think the #linux-minidisc application QHiMDTransfer does it correctly. However we found there are numerous models where the date returned is garbage. Sony probably decided to ignore it. What you **will** see is that tracks sometimes have a date in them if uploaded without titling, from the units that support date/time. However I don't recall whether it is the time of upload or the time of recording that finds its way into SS, not having done it for a while. (Sorry to be picky, but there exists terminal confusion over what is "up" and generally we refer to "up" being TO the PC). No idea what you want to do, but hope this was helpful. Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom B Posted September 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 I think the #linux-minidisc application QHiMDTransfer does it correctly. However we found there are numerous models where the date returned is garbage. Sony probably decided to ignore it. What you **will** see is that tracks sometimes have a date in them if uploaded without titling, from the units that support date/time. However I don't recall whether it is the time of upload or the time of recording that finds its way into SS, not having done it for a while. (Sorry to be picky, but there exists terminal confusion over what is "up" and generally we refer to "up" being TO the PC). No idea what you want to do, but hope this was helpful. Stephen What I want to do - is avoid manually entering this original date information after I transfer the file to the computer. It does show the date/time of the transfer OK. As things stand now I have to disconnect the MZRH1 from the USB connection to the computer. I power it with the battery and read the date / time of the original recording. I then edit the title (or other info field) with this information, typing it in manually. Yes, I understand 'upload' or 'up' being TO the PC from the MZRH1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 Wait for Linux-Minidisc and all will be well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom B Posted September 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 Wait for Linux-Minidisc and all will be well. I'm encouraged. If you have enough together to do this in Linux, a Windows application can't be too far behind. (Where do you get the specs to do this in Linux? What programming language is used?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 It's cross platform and does on Windows everything it will do on Linux (and more since the Windows version is being enhanced and the improvements have not been tested on Linux). If you are interested in joining the testing or development effort, suggest you check out the project at https://wiki.physik.fu-berlin.de/linux-minidisc/doku.php Something else: it appears really spotty which models have date/time stamp. From what I have here to actually hold in my hand, the only two models which do it are the MZ-N910 (ie non-HiMD) and the MZ-RH1/M200. But I bet there are others. No clue about NetMD style, since the NetMD format is missing a lot of information (there's no artist field in a TOC, for instance). Not even sure where/whether the N910 actually saves times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom B Posted September 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 Something else: it appears really spotty which models have date/time stamp. From what I have here to actually hold in my hand, the only two models which do it are the MZ-N910 (ie non-HiMD) and the MZ-RH1/M200. But I bet there are others. No clue about NetMD style, since the NetMD format is missing a lot of information (there's no artist field in a TOC, for instance). Not even sure where/whether the N910 actually saves times. My MZN10 records with date & time stamp. I can easily access this from the same disk played on my MZRH1 When making a lot of different recordings, date & time information makes it so much easier to handle a number of them later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 Yeah the N910 is basically the same (except for the jog wheel) as the N10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungerdunger Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 Something else: it appears really spotty which models have date/time stamp. From what I have here to actually hold in my hand, the only two models which do it are the MZ-N910 (ie non-HiMD) and the MZ-RH1/M200. But I bet there are others. Yes, you can also include the NH1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom B Posted September 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 FYI - There's another discussion related to this going on here: http://forums.sonyin...m-mz-rh1-to-pc/ "Keeping recording date metadata when transferring from MZ-RH1 to PC Recordings originally made with Aiwa AM-F80 have metadata stripped?" // Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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