Problem with Using SonicStage.

[Raydeen]

Short Story:

I cannot import MP3’s from my music collection into the latest versions Sonicstage 4 & Sonicstage 4.2. That I could do with oldest versions of Sonicstage that now I can not install either because I still get the newest versions after uninstalling them. I either need to know:

1. How can I import my old MP3’s folders in the latest versions as I did with older Sonicstage versions? or,

2. How can I finally get rid of the newest versions and install older versions of Sonicstage? that allowed me to import my MP3’s into its library and burn them into an Atracc CD.

3. Any tips or tricks to get around this

Long Story (if anyone interested):

AT the beginning I loved Sonicstage because of the very small and high quality of its Atracc format, but after a few months I started to find frustrating flaws that really make me reconsider continue using it. I have a very large CD and cassette music collection that started to import into Sonicstage:

Experience 1

Summer 2005 – I was so excited that I rushed to import all my music collection In a couple of weeks. After importing over 400 CDs into an external drive I noticed that I could not play them in other computers where they not were imported so I had to re import my whole collection again.

Experience 2:

January to August 2006 – After re-importing my whole CD music collection once again I got a digital music converter and began to do the same with my over 400 old cassette tapes converting them to MP3 and importing them into Sonicstage. After making several Atracc CDs I had a problem with my computer and had to restore the registry and guess what? All the converted collection form CD to Atracc was inactive, but at least I could still import MP3’s converted from cassettes into the old Sonicstage.

Experience 3:

November to December 2006 – After cursing Sonicstage for focing me to re-import my CD collection for a 3rd time, I made the mistake of upgrading to Sonicstage 4.0. It was faster and had rating features etc. Now I made the decision to import from CD into MP3’s instead of the prone to inactivation Atracc format to avoid any re-importing of my collection if anything happened to my computer. But guess what? Now the newest versions of Sonicstage (4 & 4.2) do not allow me to import any of my cassette converted to MP3 folders into the program so I can’t use them to burn Atracc or MP3 CD’s.

Experience 4:

December 2006 – After trying even to uninstall Sonicstage 4 to install an older version of the program, guess what? The same version 4 and now version 4.2 are the ones getting installed so I cannot solve the problem.

PLEASE HELP

[Ishiyoshi]

Welcome to ATRACLife! I will try and answer your query as best as I can.

1. How can I import my old MP3’s folders in the latest versions as I did with older Sonicstage versions? or,

What sort of error messages are you getting when attempting an import of Mp3s? “error Code: 00007180″? Regardless, please refer to our SonicStage Software FAQ for possible solutions.

2. How can I finally get rid of the newest versions and install older versions of Sonicstage? that allowed me to import my MP3’s into its library and burn them into an Atracc CD.

To properly uninstall SonicStage, please refer to the aforementioned FAQ.

Experience 1

Summer 2005 – I was so excited that I rushed to import all my music collection In a couple of weeks. After importing over 400 CDs into an external drive I noticed that I could not play them in other computers where they not were imported so I had to re import my whole collection again.

Which version of SonicStage did you employ during this time? From your description, it appears to be a version before SonicStage 3.2 - SonicStage 3.2 (and beyond) does give you an option to add DRM or not to add DRM when you import songs from CDs.

Experience 2:

January to August 2006 – After re-importing my whole CD music collection once again I got a digital music converter and began to do the same with my over 400 old cassette tapes converting them to MP3 and importing them into Sonicstage. After making several Atracc CDs I had a problem with my computer and had to restore the registry and guess what? All the converted collection form CD to Atracc was inactive, but at least I could still import MP3’s converted from cassettes into the old Sonicstage.

"I had a problem with my computer and had to restore the registry." I will assume a Windows system restore was performed at this stage. If you attempt to use the System restore function provided by Windows XP, the tracks managed by SonicStage may become corrupted and unusable. Before executing a System Restore, it is strongly advised that you backup your tracks with the SonicStage Back up tool.

Experience 3:

November to December 2006 – After cursing Sonicstage for focing me to re-import my CD collection for a 3rd time, I made the mistake of upgrading to Sonicstage 4.0. It was faster and had rating features etc. Now I made the decision to import from CD into MP3’s instead of the prone to inactivation Atracc format to avoid any re-importing of my collection if anything happened to my computer. But guess what? Now the newest versions of Sonicstage (4 & 4.2) do not allow me to import any of my cassette converted to MP3 folders into the program so I can’t use them to burn Atracc or MP3 CD’s.

Refer to the first answer above.

Experience 4:

December 2006 – After trying even to uninstall Sonicstage 4 to install an older version of the program, guess what? The same version 4 and now version 4.2 are the ones getting installed so I cannot solve the problem.

Refer to the second answer above.

[Raydeen]

Thanks for answering.

The error is an error Code: 00007180 type. I folowed the reinstallation stpes and everything was working importing all of my music files. But since I needed to use the computer I stopped it so that I could continue later and guess what? The same error comes up again and seems that I will have to redo the whole process again!. Will I be able to add more MP3 music to Sonicstage after I import the files I have in my PC or is this a futile effort?

However, things suppose to improve for the better, so far this newer versions of Sonicstage are giving me too much trouble for doing the simple things older versions allowed me to do easily. I bought 2 CD players, 1 car stereo and a small radio for playing my atracc CD's and was about to get a couple of more Sony players, I have even talked to friends and relatives about it, but now I am dissapointed and discouraged for continue using atracc technology because of the pain Sonicstage has become. If these flaws are not fixed I will discontinue using atracc and Sonicstage and will not buy anymore Sony music equipment.

[kerfuffle]

The 00007180 error code simply means that you already have the music file in your Library.

[Ishiyoshi]

Thanks for answering.

The error is an error Code: 00007180 type.

“error Code: 00007180" can be resolved by referring to our SonicStage Software FAQ as I have outlined in my response above.

★ “error Code: 00007180″:

Where are those music files located? Is it within the default folder of SonicStage “My Library” or elsewhere? If it’s the former, you may want to consider importing “new” music (e.g. wav or Mp3) into SonicStage from another folder. If you just attempt to drop those new music into the default folder and attempt to import, that error message: “Cannot find files that are not registered to Sonic Stage. Error code 00007180″ will appear.

[CsabSz]

Hi, i got the same error code, i reinstalled the whole program, as the FAQ said, but it doesn't work, and the files are not in the my library, i checked it out, and i found nothing. Pls, help me, i need those files on my MP3 player, and i can do nothing.