"Otto Wen Hae Chao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Researching the MD Mailing List Archives from 1995 to 1997, I saw > comments about: > > COMMENT A: > > MD Audio as MD Data using MDH-10 Sony Data Drive from EDL's Director > Tim Craig, about MD Audio as MD Data using MDH-10. Please, I wish to > know: If somebody on this List is the owner of this singular > SOFTWARE (that makes possible this mentioned convertion MD Audio as > MD Data. I have seen this software in action and it's real. It's also expensive. It's intended for commercial applications (radio stations and the like). > COMMENT B: > Recording up over 300 to 3000 minutes on a 74 min MD Audio Disc > using FTS (Favorite Track Selection) from J. Wolfgang Buresch > Homepage intitled "MD Secrets". > > Once again, Please.. I wish to know: > > If somebody on this List is the owner of this singular SOFTWARE > (that makes possible record up over 300/3000 minutes FTS on a 74 min > MD Audio Disc). I have not seen this software, but I know it's real. The idea is this: 1) Record tracks onto an MD, sequentially. DO NOT EDIT THEM! 2) Run special "FTS" software on PC with MDH-10 connected which allows you to combine any favorite set of original tracks into a single "Favorite Track". 3) You can make several (many!) "Favorite" tracks on the disc, but they all reference the same underlying audio data. 4) By repeatedly using the same underlying tracks, you can end up with a set of "Favorite" tracks that give a total play time far exceeding the disc's capacity. 5) With several of these "Favorite" tracks on the disc the total playing time can be huge (max of 80 minutes * 255 == 20,400 minutes, stereo!). 6) Note that the actual capacity of the disc is not increased, only the total play time. 7) In reality it's a hack for having several different program plays for the same underlying audio, all stored on the same disc. 8) This would be useful if discs had 4x (or more) their current capacity, but isn't very useful when all you have is 80 minutes to play with. Rick ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
