Now another point that springs to mind. I have a Sony Minidisc machine here which came with the Sonic Stich software. I found this to be rather inaccessible as it used BMP graphic images to display menus etc so I'm wondering just how bad the Sonic Stich software supplied with the player under discussion is. I'm lucky! I use LINUX to do all the tasks I want from my Minidisc player and (I suspect) that much the same sort of LINUX software is available for this player too! but if you're using Windows XP etc then I suggest you don't have much hope in doing the MP3/ATRAC conversion the player requires anyhow, anyone else got thoughts on this?
At 08:25 PM 1/20/2005, kevin and emma wrote:
maybe i'm wrong here, but wasn't, or rather, isn't atrac the format used for minidiscs? kevin - co-owner/moderator of the blind gamers discussion list. email/msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 6:27 AM Subject: FROM HAVING "THE SMALLEST" IN THE MARKET TO HAVING THE SMALLEST OF THE "SMALLEST" IN THE MARKET
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