k30248 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 (edited) My MP3 players: NW-A608, NW-S718FAfter using Sonic Stage for a 5 years I should know this stuff, but I dont...Can I transfer tracks from my mp3 player to my computer? Can I use more than 1 computer to add music to it? I've always assumed not, so I've never really tried.I bought an external harddrive I was planning on moving all my music onto. Am I able to install Sonic Stage onto the external harddrive so if I switch from my desktop (home) to my laptop (travel), I still have my entire library with me and I can edit my MP3 players when I choose? Edited January 11, 2008 by k30248 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dura_ Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 I don't see why not; I used to have two sony Daps and two PC's. As long as your tracks are DRM-free you can import them into sonic stage from the DAP, multiple PCs were no prblem at all, so multiple HDs should work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k30248 Posted January 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Thanks. One issue I was worried about was if Sonicstage wrote stuff into the registry, etc. thereby limiting the use of the program to the computer it was installed on. If this wasn't a problem, I should be able to, maybe, install Sonicstage onto the MP3 player itself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iroczvinnie Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 One thing I learnt from trial and error is that, rather than backup and deleting your music collection to then restore onto you new hdd, you can change location and SS will ask if you want your music transferred to the new hdd (directory)I would have done it this way, rather than backup, delete entire music collection, then restoring to new HDD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avrin Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 SonicStage actually writes lots of stuff into the registry, installs device drivers, and creates a key, which is unique for each computer (even if you don't have DRM'ed files). That's why it is not possible to create a Portable version of it. For the same reason you can't run it from anything if it is not installed properly on a particular computer. And remember that the database for the library always resides on your system (C:) drive, no matter where you install SonicStage. Also, all common files for OpenMG support (which is required even in case of MP3s) are on the system drive.The only thing you can possibly do is have a full distribution package on your player, and install it to every computer you'll be using. Or get a NWZ-A818 and forget about all these problems forever. Together with gapless playback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boodangle Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 From what i've read here, if i were to purchase an external drive i could not put SonicStage and my existing library on it? For fcuk's sake!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iroczvinnie Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Further to my previous post, I purchased an external HDD last week as my c: drive had very little space on it.I backed up my music to my new external HDD I then deleted all the music via sonic stage (remove from library AND computer)I then restored my music onto my new external HDD from the backup. It all worked fine. I then set SS music directory for future imports etc to my new HDD. As mentioned in my previous post, when setting the SS music directory, it asks if you want to move all your music to this directory. Had I known this in the first place, I probably wouldn't have backed up, then restored and used this option instead. I guess going the backup route is more time consuming but the safe option.So, I now have all my music on an external HDD. In short, yes, you can move your music library to an external HDD.Hope this helps you.I don't know the answers to your other questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuLu Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 From what i've read here, if i were to purchase an external drive i could not put SonicStage and my existing library on it? For fcuk's sake!!!What other applications can you install on an external hard drive that would function without the OS (somehow) also being installed?LuLu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k30248 Posted January 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 What other applications can you install on an external hard drive that would function without the OS (somehow) also being installed?LuLuI know most games can. Also probably most programs, as long as they don't need the registry/system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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