miniBlue Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 I was trying to do some research on the new SonicStage, but I was unable to find anything except for this link http://www.connect.com (might not be working) which just tells you that Sony is including a new music download service similar to iTunes, with SS 2.0. I was hoping to find out whether or not it will be as error proned and/or clunky as it's predecessor. I hope they took the time to improve the layout and design. I've googled the crap out of this topic and have not been able to find good info, so if some one else can help me out....that would be kewl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniBlue Posted February 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Oh yeah and I was wondering if Sony was planning on including the ability to burn CD's on non-Vaio machines. This would be a great feature because it was the one thing that prevented me from converting my music files over to atrac3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlykaria Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 sony does not like supporting non sony products. so i would not count on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 I have a vaio, but as it did not come with SS 2.0, if I install 2.0 on it, I might lose the CD copy capability... I too hope it generalizes that benefit to all. It might, for competitive reasons. Also, with the unlimited checkout capability of SS 2.0 (they now call it "take out" rather than "check out") the software might be much more reliable as it no longer needs to keep track of the count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Here are a couple of screen shots of what SS2.0 looks like: http://www.minidisct.com/productpic/sonicstage_2.jpg http://www.minidisct.com/productpic/sonicstage_2_2.jpg And here is a pic of someone storing stuff on there portable HiMD Drive: http://www.minidisct.com/productpic/hi-md_...ass_storage.jpg And Sony now has a page all about SS2.0: http://www.sony.net/Products/Hi-MD/sonic.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Hmm, to me that GUI looks quite convoluted and overloaded. I hope, they add a way to switch it to something more useable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumz Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 The copy of SS 2.0 I'm using now does NOT have unlimited checkouts-- it still tracks how many times it's been played, checked out, etc. It also tells me I have 3 checkouts (not sure if checkout is the exact wording but same thing) remaining on an OMG track. The help file indicates there'll be cd burning for VIAO computers so I would think you'd still be able to if you were before, unless you need a special copy that comes bundled with your VAIO. Otherwise CD burning does not seem to be included with SS 2.0 for non-VAIO computers. Granted, this *might* change with the introduction of Connect. Maybe not, though... Sony will want us to buy their network walkman, Hi-MD, or Atrac3+ cd player in order to take our Connect purchases on the go... lame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 The copy of SS 2.0 I'm using now does NOT have unlimited checkouts-- it still tracks how many times it's been played' date=' checked out, etc. quote'] Yeah, I just downloaded it today. I think the reason behind this is that the version I (and presumably you) am (are) using is for the ATRAC3 CD player. It doesn't install a newer OMG security module or net-md driver. It just uses the one that's already installed by a previous version of SonicStage. I'm sure the new functionality will be available when sony releases the Hi-MD version of Sonic Stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Olmos Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 There is a thread about it in News 2/2004, here: http://forums.minidisc.org/viewtopic.php?t=3921 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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