SonicStage

Sw3RvY · Post by **Sw3RvY** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:46 am

i got sonic stage with my HiMD player. and i found that it works great for the 32 mb memory stick that comes with the psp. yet it doesnt work for a duo pro memory stick :( whyyyyy sonicstage lets you put music into 48, 64, 66 (ATRAC3), 105 (ATRAC3), 132 (ATRAC3), and 256 kbps. why wont it work for the duo pro?

Phour20 · Post by **Phour20** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:48 pm

Yeah i found this out when i got my 256 card.. quite disappointed that I have to use MP3 format on that card or is there a dif way??

wulf · Post by **wulf** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:50 pm

I understand that it's the pro duos themselves that have a problem with atrac, not just from soundstage.. but I don't know why.. I'd just make mp3's from the atracs if i were you.

Lain_OTN · Post by **Lain_OTN** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:26 pm

You can only use ATRAC3 in MagicGate Compatible cards.
Some MS compatible with MagicGate are:
- SONY
- SanDisk
- Lexar

Danj · Post by **Danj** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:54 pm

Lain_OTN wrote:You can only use ATRAC3 in MagicGate Compatible cards.
Some MS compatible with MagicGate are:
- SONY
- SanDisk
- Lexar

But the Pro Duos are MagicGate compatible too - my 1Gb stick has the MagicGate logo on it - so that's not it.

Vampire · Post by **Vampire** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:52 pm

Currently Memory Stick PRO Duo media cannot be used to record ATRAC3/ATRAC3plus music files. Music management software is being developed. However, Memory Stick PRO Duo media can be used to record and playback MP3 music files.

www.memorystick.com

Danj · Post by **Danj** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:51 pm

Vampire wrote:Currently Memory Stick PRO Duo media cannot be used to record ATRAC3/ATRAC3plus music files.

Well, yes, but does anyone know WHY that's the case?

Phour20 · Post by **Phour20** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:16 am

mine is a SanDisk 256Mb.. The orange card..

but sonic says NO..

and even if you transfer the files to say your 32Mb card that came w/ it
then copy the folders to the 256(or whichever SonicStage dont like)

it still doesnt work..

From what I gather from sonic stage is that it says something about secure media and that the 256 card isnt.. (really this whole ATRAC thing pisses me off)

I bought a 256 card for music, so i wouldnt have to swap cards.. And the ATRAC format works great as far as space goes.. Oh well I guess..

EdZ · Post by **EdZ** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 7:21 am

Danj wrote:
Vampire wrote:Currently Memory Stick PRO Duo media cannot be used to record ATRAC3/ATRAC3plus music files.
Well, yes, but does anyone know WHY that's the case?

There are two variants of magicgate: The one which works with atrac3 files and sonicstage, and the one implemented on the PRO duo cards.

Sw3RvY · Post by **Sw3RvY** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 1:29 am

yea thats why i use ATRAC music files, to save space...

CrewXp · Post by **CrewXp** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:55 pm

I just bought the Sandisk 1gb memory stick pro duo. So there's NO POSSIBLE WAY I can put atrac on my disk? Omg, my mp3's are frickin 6 megs! Thx

Latexxx · Post by **Latexxx** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:36 pm

The problem lies within SS. You could try the newest version (3.1). And if it doesn't work, send some feedback from the help menu.

th0mas · Post by **th0mas** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:29 am

My girlfriend has a Net minidisk player. It only reads encoded atrac-3 files.

we get around a number of stupid DRM issues by:

- installing sonicstage
- install realplayer
- realplayer will use sonicstage codecs for the atrac files and supports writing to the net md without the DRM.

I don't know
- if you can export atrac3 files directly from realplayer (we only use it to export directly to the MD player).
- if the outputted AT3 files would play on a pro duo card.

edit: rather humourous s/as/has in the first sentence :)

CrewXp · Post by **CrewXp** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:42 am

so... there's no way...?

Latexxx · Post by **Latexxx** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:53 pm

CrewXp wrote:so... there's no way...?

you need to wait for sony to update ss

CrewXp · Post by **CrewXp** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:52 am

I just read that one person got his to work. I didn't get what he did. How was this possible? Thanks