marqui77 Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 I can not convert all my mp3's to atrac3plus, most of them have converted, but I can not figure out why they wont all convert to atrac3plus when they have the same birate and file extenstion. I keep getting"Cannot convert the specified track.....". So, I got some info from the "search" saying that you need to change the format from mp3>wave>atrac3plus. The problem is that it takes too long, its bad enough transfering from mp3>atrac. I need to have my whole file library by tuesday transfered. Is there another way to do it, or am I am doing something wrong? I would appreciate any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeriyn Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 Hi there. Welcome to the MDCF. Next time don't double post, kthnx. :whatever: Anyhow. What you probably have is MP3s that have variable bit rates (VBR) or were encoded by an MP3 encoder that writes the RIFF header first (SS's MP3 decoder, for some unholy reason, requires that the MPEG header be located at 0 bytes...). SonicStage's MP3 decoder is horrible. Unfortunately, you will not be pleased. The only solution to this is as your searches dictated; to take your no-worky MP3s and pull them into a sound editing program to decode them back into linear PCM (.wav format). Then import the .wav tracks into SonicStage and encode them in ATRAC3+. It might take a while, but it should work perfectly. :happy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marqui77 Posted September 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 Thanks, for the info...sorry about the double post, I wasnt sure were would be best to put it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marqui77 Posted September 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 If you download music from...say winmx, how do you tell which files will not have to be converted to wav? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeriyn Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 If you download music from...say winmx, how do you tell which files will not have to be converted to wav?Well, with VBR files, it's easy. If the MP3 states that it has a variable bit rate, it will likely not work with SonicStage and will have to be decoded to PCM before encoding in ATRAC is possible. With others, you'll just have to try it first and see. Sucks, but since when has Sony actually made a decent music management software suite? :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 What version of SS are you using? I've said already, and I'll assert this since -every- mp3 in my personal collection is VBR: SS 2.1 decodes them just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marqui77 Posted September 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 thanks again............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeriyn Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 What version of SS are you using? I've said already, and I'll assert this since -every- mp3 in my personal collection is VBR: SS 2.1 decodes them just fine.Doh. I still have SonicStage 2.0. :sleep: Don't use it for MD recording in any case. Can't make true SP MDs with SS, unfortunately. I knew though that SS2.0 and earlier had problems with decoding VBRs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 funny that ss cant do that trick when it run into problem in memory behind the scene. just a small message that this may take a while and then go to town. lately i wonder what sony is thinking, they have a perfect product with the same marketability as the old tape cassette and they are killing it with drm and bad software support, all just to push atrac most likley im going to get the cheapest hi-md i can find and use it as a diskett replacement. the size vs a hd unit and the fact that it have theoreticaly infinite storage is perfect for that task. and its fully RW and external. realy a handy piece of kit i must say. but as a music player its failing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeriyn Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 most likley im going to get the cheapest hi-md i can find and use it as a diskett replacement. the size vs a hd unit and the fact that it have theoreticaly infinite storage is perfect for that task. and its fully RW and external. realy a handy piece of kit i must say. but as a music player its failing :laugh: Try using one of those flash memory USB thumbdrives. Cheaper, much faster (writing MO discs is slow) and a whole lot smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 And when it is full, well it is full... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 thats the main thing. both the hd storage devices and the memsticks have a upper limit. on a minidisc one just swaps disc and keeps on writeing sure the player costs a bit but the media is relative cheap. and as long as long as its reliable i dont realy care that its slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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