Minidisc Player

[amphoteric88]

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no minidisc player has come out with a mp3 codec bulit in.

and your average minidisc hold just over 200~280 mb so i am told.

edit: he put data on a minidisc in the matrix didn't he. B)

[amphoteric88]

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mine does not play mp3's :(

im sure some smart ass has rigged up a way.

http://www.minidisc.org/

there would be a good start.

[freak]

i pretty sure u can't store other stuff on a minidisc...u could try to change an .mpeg and just put .mp3 since u said it reads mp3?!?!?but i thought the only format they supported was .wav which is then converted to atrac. which is what the player reconizes....But im probably wrong im just going by the old one i had that caugt on fire :lol: The new ones probably support a little more~

[amphoteric88]

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how long :o

im getting one. i have stopped making compilation on minidisc because i had to sit there and listen to them to make it.

Im gonna buy your one as soon as i get paid.

[amphoteric88]

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[thisiswhoweare]

max size i think for a MD disc is 160MB, and they can only play atrac files. Even though some people think that through NETMD, they can transfer mp3s they need to consider that these files get converted to atrac before being transferred.

I love my MD B) can't wait till weirder gadgets come out for it.

[thisiswhoweare]

2 amphoteric88

if you go to minidisct.com then check out the forums, you'll see there is a method on the forum using nero and image drive so you can forget about using OpenMG which leaves files on your computer.

[amphoteric88]

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[thisiswhoweare]

sorry bout that :D http://www.minidisct.com/forum/index.php here you go, there should be a sticky thread by Dino, and has a lot of hits.

Heres the link to the alternative method:
http://www.minidisct.com/forum/showthread....=&threadid=4825 (http://www.minidisct.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4825)

[amphoteric88]

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[thisiswhoweare]

:blink: patience lol??? where does that come in?

This method is much better than OpenMG, but it does require you to get Simple Burner if you don't have it already (it didnt come with the UK MD releases, but i think it did with the US ones).

[Xanex]

I have a sony minidisc 505 thingy, USB port the works just like ur 707 but mines the 505

Minidiscs cannot play mp3/wma/wav or any other medium. They have ATRAC and ATRAC3 these are the formats the minidisc uses.

When it says it can play these other file types what it actually does, the openMG thingy converts them into other files with another extension, it asks u if u wish to convert ur media library into this format, other wise it has to convert them on the fly and u end up gettin 2 copys of the file one origenal and the other wierd format with lower quality. Now u cant go deleting this new file because of the Gate technology that sony employs, which they have allowed u to have 4 copys of any one song or track, 3 u can take off the hdd and the other 1 is left on ur hdd, u cant take out any more, its a check in check out system.

you eventually end up with dbl copys of all ur music, and if u do decide to convert them , yes it means speeding up the transfer of the files to minidisc but then you lose the compatability since mp3 and wavs are universal then wma.

correct me if ur 707 differs to my 505

[thisiswhoweare]

all NetMD minidisc players works by converting to atrac format before transferring. You can only check out the same song 3 times using OpenMG, but using the alternative method u can skip this. Also it doesnt leave the converted copies on your computer, so its neater.

2 Xanex : arent you part of that site i mentioned? your name sounds familiar.

PS: I have a MZ-N1 :D tough nut it is.

[Xanex]

nope first time ive ever been to that site. must be a coeinkydink

[thisiswhoweare]

:D my bad