How to install JPN SonicStage CP 4.2 on English WinXP

[nasanu]

Hi,

I have tried getting kanji to display be following the guide here and using the reg edit and applocate, but it just seemed to change the font and turned the kanji into different gibberish (also cant locate files of songs with kanji file names or import them).

Anyway I want to install the JPN sonicstage but I get an error saying I cant install it on this language version of windows. Any way around this?

[Ishiyoshi]

Welcome to ATRACLife!

If you follow the "Titling ATRAC Files In Japanese/Chinese/Korean" guide to the letter, you should not encounter any Japanese titling issue.

To install the Japanese version of SonicStage on Windows of English version, you will first need to extract the Japanese installer to a folder of your choice and then edit its SetupSS.ini file accordingly. The edit is essential so that the installer will run on English WinXP environment. If you need an edited version of the installer, please reply within this thread or drop me a pm.

[aznbro85]

Hey nasanu,

Welcome to ATRACLife Colloquium, I hope you enjoy your stay here.

I hope that Ishiyoshi's link was helpful for you. If it wasn't, I wanted to add a little to what they had said.

After you install Applocale and open SonicStage with it, the font does look different. It looks bold and more 'compact"? This is normal.

When you import songs over to sonicstage, their current kanjied ID3 tags might not be compatible with SonicStage's database, and might show up as jibberish. After you manually recopy/paste (or manually enter) the song's title in, it should save it so that the next time you open up SonicStage (with applocale), it will stay like that.

The non-asian versions of SonicStage will not be able to read files that have kanjied names (not ID3 tags, but actual .mp3 file with kanji in it). To get them to get imported into the library, you will need to rename them before they will import.

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I currently use the US release of SonicStage CP v. 4.2

To get my asian songs to have their Kanjied name showing, I first open SS in regular mode, and have it rip the cd. The actual files will look something like this:

[ 05-____ ~Paint It, Black.oma ]

however, it is in the library and SS is able to locate it.

After I am done ripping the CD, I reopen SS using Applocale with the language of the CD, and then go edit the song's title to have the Kanjied name there

So, even though the actual file name shows as [05-____ ~Paint It, Black.oma ] in the Sonicstage library shows it as [甘いワナ -Paint it, Black]

I do realize that that is quite a lot of work, but I'd rather do that than see gibberish on the screen of my walkmans

by the way, when you are trying to transfer songs with titles in their native tongue, you need to transfer with sonicstage with applocale. If you send the track over to the player as-is, it will display as how the stock SS see's it. However, if the title is in japanese and you open SS with japanese applocale settings to transfer, it will display on the player like that too.

Anyway, I realized that I probably rambled on and on, but yeah, i hope you got the jist of it, and I hope one of our replies was able to help you out.

[TObi]

Hi, i would like to know how to install the JP sonic stage. i did try the titling atrac in japanese but it didnt work for some reason every thing just came out in question mark. I even tried the Winamp one too but the japanese wouldn't come out. So i'd liek to know how i can get around the regional limitations.

[Shinji Ikeda]

Hi, i would like to know how to install the JP sonic stage. i did try the titling atrac in japanese but it didnt work for some reason every thing just came out in question mark. I even tried the Winamp one too but the japanese wouldn't come out. So i'd liek to know how i can get around the regional limitations.

If you are proficient in Japanese . I suggest getting a Japanese computer .

Seriously , the Japanese version of SonicStage required that your computer be Japanese. The best method is to use Microsoft AppLocale and to adjust the regional setting on your computer. I do not know of any other work around.

Please refer to the following like to change the regional settings on your computer:

http://www.kurnspatrick.com/Support/keyboardmapping.htm

[TObi]

it didnt work why is my computer being soo difficult. i still cant install the program. and my comp wont even go japanese for some reason. i could before. wut about the editiing the SS.ini file?

[Richard]

First of all you need to make sure you have support for East Asian languages installed via the Regional Settings applet in the Control Panel. You will need to reboot after you do this.

Second apply the registry edit and follow the instructions in Ishiyoshi's thread to run SS through AppLocale to be able to display Kanji.

If you are still adamant you need to install the native Japanese version of SS then as Ishiyoshi also states you will need to copy the contents of the SS Japanese Installer or the CD to your Hard Drive. having done so, you will need to edit the SetupSS.ini file and comment out the line that says SupportedOS by putting in a semi-colon. Then you will need to run the entire setup program through AppLocale.

[contamination]

I was able to successfully install the J-version of Sonic Stage 4.2 for my SO903i

And I can use it to transfer music to my phone (while the E-version can't)

But half of the characters come up as ?????? ????

Could someone please advise me?

[Zizone_]

If you are proficient in Japanese . I suggest getting a Japanese computer .

Seriously , the Japanese version of SonicStage required that your computer be Japanese. The best method is to use Microsoft AppLocale and to adjust the regional setting on your computer. I do not know of any other work around.

Please refer to the following like to change the regional settings on your computer:

http://www.kurnspatrick.com/Support/keyboardmapping.htm

I also agree; getting Japanese Windows will fix all the problems. But I must mention that the Mora (Japanese online music download service for SonicStage) will not allow people to download songs outside of Japan.

I still don't understand what is so hard to support other languages... Connect Player did fine job in this matter... PLAYSTATION3 supports most languages without any problems.

Edited July 25, 2007 by Zizone