Songs transferred are only 0 or 1 second in length....HELP!!

[willystyle]

Ok, I'm at my wit's end with this problem.

I've spent over 5 hours trying everthing to fix it and have gone to different forums and (god forbid) even tried to get help from Sony's website.

I never had this problem with Windows 2000 but since upgrading to XP Pro I can't transfer any songs to my Net MD MZ-S1. Yes, I have downloaded SP 1 and 2 and any other updates.

Here's what I've tried:

-I installed Open MG 2.2

-Installed and used SonicStage 1.5, 2.0, and 2.1.....when I did a new install I made sure to uninstall and even went in and removed any registry files and folders

-Updated drivers for my Net MD

-Tried using Real Player Pro

-Borrowed another USB cable

-Used an AC adapter and fresh new batteries

As you can see I've tried everything but chuck it into the ocean!

This forum is my last hope unless Sony gets back with a solution (not holding my breath).

Thanks

PS. I just tried following the instructions on a clean install from this forum and still doesn't work

[aeriyn]

Have you tried converting .wavs to ATRAC rather than MP3 to ATRAC?

See if you have the same problem when you do this. It could be MP3s that SonicStage does not like.

[Bananatree]

Try clean installing everything if it is an option.

I.e Win XP, and Sonicstage

I'm not sure if that will work for you, or even if it will yield any results at all, but whenever my PC gets in a jam, I just format and re-install.

[willystyle]

No I don't think it's because it's MP3s. I say this because I've tried using Open MG which worked prior to XP and I even tried Real Player....all with the same results.

Re-installing my OS is my last resort, really don't want to only because it took me quite some time to re-load all the software and set everything up on here. I did do a clean install of XP prior though, meaning I re-formatted my hard drive etc..

I don't know.....this is just weird. I asked my sister to bring her Net MD player over and try to see if the same thing happens to her's.

[willystyle]

Zombie,

I have to give you credit.......that worked!

If I convert the songs to wav it transfers ok.

But this is going to be a pain in the butt......so that means I'll have to convert all my mp3s to wav before transferring them?!?!

I don't understand why all of a sudden it would be doing this.

[aeriyn]

Hey! I was the one who mentioned decoding the MP3s to .wav!

:laugh:

[willystyle]

Whooops sorry Aeryin.

So why is this doing this?

When I was on 2000 I could copy my mp3s fine!