fourbanks Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 Hi I wonder if anyone can help in that i have been told by Sony technical that i cant transfer to my computer music that i have on 18 years of recorded mini disc's i guess they will all have to go down the tip at some point ? i have sonic stage installed and the 64 bit driver for windows 7 and all i get is a message that the transferring of the disc's is not possible as they were recorded on another mini disc recorder player ? they were they were recorded on my main Sony mini disc recorder in my hi fi tower Is there any work around at this time ? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 Sorry to say; you and anyone else has NEVER been able to transfer all your songs FROM NetMD (ie downloaded from PC in first place) to a computer, using USB or any other high speed means. If you recorded them with a microphone or through analog or through optical in, then they can be uploaded using the amazing MZ-RH1 (sometimes known as MZ-M200), which you will have to beg borrow steal or (most likely) buy. If you have a deck you can play them back into your computer from the optical out, avoiding the line noise. This means you get to listen to every note at least once - surely this is a Good Thing? If you are seeking to make copies of stuff that was copied TO minidisc, this is simply not possible. Sony made very sure of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourbanks Posted August 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 If you have a deck you can play them back into your computer from the optical out, avoiding the line noise. This means you get to listen to every note at least once - surely this is a Good Thing? i am not sure i get your meaning my computer does not have a optical in and the mini disc is a optical in only ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 That is, if your PC has optical in and if you have an MD deck with optical out you could do this. I believe the key word here is 'if '. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourbanks Posted August 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 That is indeed correct my computer does not have any optical inputs or outputs sony say that i could use alternative software but are not allowed to say ? does anyone here know what other software they were meaning ? or i have to purchase just a md recorder only it was only the net md mini discs players that were affected by not being able to transfer music to a computer with sonic stage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIS SUCKS Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 you can use "hi-md renderer". you can download it here. it does the net-md transfer in analog real time but it also transfers the track titles and add the spaces too. it works really well and its free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourbanks Posted August 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 you can use "hi-md renderer". you can download it here. it does the net-md transfer in analog real time but it also transfers the track titles and add the spaces too. it works really well and its free! many thanks i will give that a try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourbanks Posted August 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 many thanks i will give that a try well i have downloaded this file but it cant find the MD library files for some reason i also installed your sonic stage is there a guide that i could follow ? i have looked for these NetMDAPI.DLL and NetMUSB.DLL but they are not to be found on any of the software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourbanks Posted August 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 well i have downloaded this file but it cant find the MD library files for some reason i also installed your sonic stage is there a guide that i could follow ? i have looked for these NetMDAPI.DLL and NetMUSB.DLL but they are not to be found on any of the software? Having just downloaded the software again i am now just missing NETDAPI.DLL ONLY does anyone know where this file may be found ? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Sorry, that particular file will not be found. If you are going to get this lot right you will have to type in the names correctly, both when posting here, and when searching for the files. They should both be in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\AVLib They are copied from the SonicStage installation file Common\OpenMG\Data1.cab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourbanks Posted August 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Sorry, that particular file will not be found. If you are going to get this lot right you will have to type in the names correctly, both when posting here, and when searching for the files. They should both be in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\AVLib They are copied from the SonicStage installation file Common\OpenMG\Data1.cab many thanks i have found them and have recorded from my mini disc player to the desktop. Now do these files need any further work on them ? as they do not have any sound to them i recorded them as in the default pcm .wav and as i say are now on the desk top ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourbanks Posted August 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 i still have no sound from these converted files. According to the files they are in all of the file formats as described in the himdrenderer052 softwahere pcm/lame/ ogg/oma on my computer and as i say there is no sound coming from any of them on any of my media players players winamp .sonic stage/ windows media/ quick time/i tunes/ vlc running on windows 7 64bit ultimate The sound is working on all of my other music files so I'm guessing that i have not completed the process correctly ? Hopefully someone will be able to help me to get to understand this software better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIS SUCKS Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 i still have no sound from these converted files. According to the files they are in all of the file formats as described in the himdrenderer052 softwahere pcm/lame/ ogg/oma on my computer and as i say there is no sound coming from any of them on any of my media players players winamp .sonic stage/ windows media/ quick time/i tunes/ vlc running on windows 7 64bit ultimate The sound is working on all of my other music files so I'm guessing that i have not completed the process correctly ? Hopefully someone will be able to help me to get to understand this software better you forgot to hook the analog headphone output to the line in on the computer. the transfer is analog. set the eq to off and the volume to 24 on a sony unit. the files will be playable as soon as they are made. the software has a input waveform viewing screen to help set the levels for the computer sound card. while you are transferring the songs you should see the waveform bouncing on the screen if you have is set up right. set the slider level on the program for the biggest waveform that does not clip on the top or bottom or you will get distortion when you play it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourbanks Posted August 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 you forgot to hook the analog headphone output to the line in on the computer. the transfer is analog. set the eq to off and the volume to 24 on a sony unit. the files will be playable as soon as they are made. the software has a input waveform viewing screen to help set the levels for the computer sound card. while you are transferring the songs you should see the waveform bouncing on the screen if you have is set up right. set the slider level on the program for the biggest waveform that does not clip on the top or bottom or you will get distortion when you play it back. Many thanks that is indeed where i went wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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