Converting Audio to Sony's ATRAC Format? 42
wmspringer asks: "Having recently gotten a Sony CD player, I've become increasingly frustrated with the provided SonicStage Simple Burner software. I like being able to record over 24 hours of music on one CD and the extra options atrac3plus offers, but I can't stand using the software anymore. Do slashdot readers have any suggestions as to the best software to use for burning atrac3plus format? On a related note, what is the highest data rate worth using?"
ATRAC3plus (Score:5, Informative)
Re:ATRAC3plus (Score:1)
Re:ATRAC3plus (Score:2, Insightful)
I really really wish people would stop saying this.
Re:ATRAC3plus (Score:2)
Proprietary
What model do you have? (Score:5, Informative)
As a side note, I bought a MiniDisc player/recorder a few years back. Now, when I use it to record from computer, the last few tracks on any disc don't work properly -- so I don't know that I'll be buying a new md player anytime soon.....
But I have looked into CDR/mp3/etc players at the stores. Some of them look pretty cheap (and rather bulky -- as in thick...) I thought about buying a Sony mp3 cd player, but was uncertain as to whether it would play mp3's.... or if you had to convert it to ATRAC (obviously using their software to do so...)
I know that Sony has extensive patents on ATRAC, and any of their products that allow you to record to an mp3-like format probably use this format. To this day, I am unaware of any other software to actually create ATRAC files, but I think that the popularity of mp3 files has overshadowed the attempts to reverse engineer it... That being said, does your model do MP3's as well?
Re:What model do you have? (Score:1)
Re:What model do you have? (Score:1)
It's also easily as thin as any regular cd player. The best feature is the battery -> great lifetime + rechargeable. The player only spins the disk for about 30seconds as it reads the song data. Then it stops and waits for the next song.
Re:What model do you have? (Score:2)
Thats because you got a Sony MP3 player, and were not misled by the salesman to buy a Sony Digital Music Player instead. My one upside is that I paid a third of the selling price because it was open box; I might not have realized it wasn't an MP3 player until it was too late to return it because the lame software was Win95 only and couldn't access my MP3 collection stored in Win2k NTFS. Of course, I'm now stuck
Re:What model do you have? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:What model do you have? (Score:2)
It plays CDs, CDR/CDRW (with mp3s or ATRAC files)
The antiskip works pretty well. Since I listen while I jog, that was a must have. It also has a "hold" slide switch that allows you to lock all the controls so you don't accidentally bump and change something. Also has a feature that limits the maximum audio output to protect your hearing from tracks that aren't normalized.
I loved the warning in the manual about copy protected cds not being supported.
I concur with
I use SonicStage Jukebox (Score:3, Interesting)
nems
SonicStudio (Score:2, Informative)
Use Nero's ImageDrive (Score:5, Informative)
Do a Google search on "nero minidisc" and you will get more details.
Obligatory Gilda Radner reference (Score:2, Funny)
What's all this I hear about 8-track - didn't that format die in the 70's?...
Oh...ATRAK??...
Never mind.
</Emily Latella>
Re:why is it neccesary? (Score:1)
Re:why is it neccesary? (Score:2)
Well I'm a' feedin': Because DiscMan-sized players only hold one disc at a time? I tend to be out of the house for longer than that. Plus, I don't like to be limited to one artist's stuff. With MP3/ATRAC,etc, I may only listen for two or three hours, but I can choose from a buffet of music, shows, etc.
GTRacer
- What portables play VBRs?
Re:why is it neccesary? (Score:2)
Re:why is it neccesary? (Score:2)
If you have one that works with VBRs, please share your model number or location I can get one.
GTRacer
- THXkBYE
Re:why is it neccesary? (Score:2)
Re:why is it neccesary? (Score:1)
Re:why is it neccesary? (Score:2)
I bought an in dash MP3 cd player. I probably get anywhere from 8-12 albums on each CD, I can use CD-RW's if I want to change it up a little (for instance, if I get a new album of a certain band, I can add it to that RW).
It is awesome to have only 7 discs in the car, instead of close to 50.... I encode th
Try RealOne (Score:2)
Now we were using MP3s, it may or may not work with ATRAC. Why do you care about ATRAC anyway? Doesn't it play MP3?
Re:Try RealOne (Score:1)
Re:Try RealOne (Score:2)
Anyway you should check out RealOne to see if it does what you want. Personally I wouldn't mess with ATRAC format since it typically involves DRM. Rip once, rip right
irksome... (Score:1)
I like my device, and while I would love to be able to find a *nix version of software for it, I am not complaining or stating that *nix is awful because it doesn't support it.
The poster was looking for information you essentially called him a moron for buying a piece of hardware that wasn't fully open.
Re:irksome... (Score:2, Interesting)
Yes, I did. And by buying devices using proprietary formats, he not only hurt himself, he also hurt everybody else, by keeping companies using proprietary formats in business.
I like my device, and while I would love to be able to find a *nix version of software for it, I am not complaining or stating that *nix is awful because it doesn't support it.
The fault is not with UNIX
Re:irksome... (Score:1)
Re:solution? easy (Score:1)
And yes, it has a proprietary encoding format, but it doesn't require you to use it, so why not? There's no reason not to have an extra option on top of the standard, especially when the extra option (except for the crappy included software) works better.
Re:solution? easy (Score:1)
even using MP3s it still gets 45 hours out of the 1950mAh recharables I use.
Here's an ACM codec (Score:2, Informative)
You can use it in an application like CoolEdit or VirtualDub. RealProducer has an encoder as well. I recommend posting in the forums at http://www.hydrogenaudio.org [hydrogenaudio.org] if you have any further questions.
Sony network walkman (Score:1)
Make sure you have the latest software version (Score:1)
To all the people saying 'use MP3' (Score:1)
I'm reasonably fussy, and I can just about 'get by' with 48kbps atrac3plus files. They don't sound great, but as good as well encoded 96kbps MP3s! That's more than enough for these devices since they have very poor output volume, and when you're walking around an airport, who needs high definition sound?