Is NetMD just a difference in transfer to the Player?

[Guest Anonymous]

I've been looking around a lot today, and I'm still a bit confused as to the difference between NetMD and the MD LP system.

All I can gather is that the NetMD players still play the same ol' files (LP2/4 ATRAC encripted files - whatever they're called) from the minidisk, it's just that you can Move MP3/CDA/ect.. tracks to them faster.

Is this the case?

[mAjEsTiC]

yep more or less...

[Bazirker]

The old way to make minidisc recordings is to play music and have the minidisc unit record as the source plays. NetMD works by having your computer either rip a CD or convert an audio file to ATRAC3 on the PC and then send it to the minidisc unit. Because your computer is encoding the tracks, the MD unit doesn't have to do it, meaning the whole process can be speeded up.So, with normal recording, the minidisc unit records a source in 1x and does the encoding itself while with NetMD the computer does the encoding and the MD unit just has to write the disc. Either way, you are correct in saying the files that end up on the minidisc are the same; minidiscs created via NetMD can be played in any minidisc that is MDLP compatible.