poorlyconditioned Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 I'm wondering, is there a way to *safely* copy a HiMD. I have an original mic-in recording that I don't want to risk losing it to SonicStage. Is there any way to make a copy of this disc? I tried Windows Explorer, just making a copy of the files (HMDHIFI directory, and HI-MD.IND file) and moving them to a new (blank) drive. But this did not work. The unit beeps and gives the error: "CANNOT PLAY OR RECORD DISC". Next I tried a raw read. I mounted the HiMD as a MSDOS/VFAT16 filesystem under Linux. Then I did a "raw read" of the whole media (300MB for a standard 80min disc). I used the following "dd" command under Linux: # dd if=/dev/sda of=himdcopy Then I tried to write a new disc, # dd if=himdcopy of=/dev/sda Well, I couldn't wait for it to finish. It took more than 15mins of grinding. It takes about 5 minutes to read (transfer rate approx 5Mbps), but write time is much much slower (approx 1Mbps)! Anyway, if anyone has successfuly copied a disc this way, please let me know. I'm not sure I want to toture my unit this much... Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretwork Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 first, take a breath I was in the same place you are a little while ago. did you download the ss2.1 from this site? You will need the himd renderer program as well. From your post, I think you want to record from a hi-md either to another hi-md or a cd. (I would have to go back and read it again), both are easy to do, and the himd renderer has actually put my mind at ease. If you're worried, make a copy of your file (s) from within sonic stage, before you put the file through the renderer. once it has been converted to a .wav file, you can import it back into sonic stage and select where you wish to burn this file back to. IT is a lot of shuffling, but definately worth it in the end, when you hear how good it sounds. I haven't tried this in linux yet, so I can't help you there... hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 fretwork, if you're -only- using HiMDRender then you're still risking trashed tracks. Tracks get trashed during the upload process, and to use HiMDRender you have to upload first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretwork Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 so what do you suggest then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 This method: http://forums.minidisc.org/viewtopic.php?t=5858 Playing back through SonicStage instead of uploading and recording it off the wave channel realtime with a Wave-Editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fray Adjacent Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Turn on the write protect on the disc. Then play with it. No possibility of damaging the original on the MD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.