> I've been getting a lot of e-mails from people who don't understand why
they
> can't simply copy the MP3s to MD faster than real time, so I've put
together
> a rather lengthy explanation.
>
> http://home.sprintmail.com/~dalegreer/Mac-MD/lawyers.html
An interesting account of the history of SCMS, etc. I disagree, however,
that SCMS limits one to 1X recording. For example, Sony has a combo CD/MD
that *is* SCMS compliant and transfers to MD at 4X speed. Current S/PDIF
computer hardware can produce a 96 KHz S/PDIF, so it would theoretically be
possible to construct a SMCS compliant MD machine that would accept this
high speed S/PDIF to record at a little more than 2X. (Since MD transports
already record in burst mode at 5X speed, it would require redesign of the
chip with the S/PDIF interface, but no other major redesign.)
Right now, we're seeing a wave of USB to S/PDIF hardware. It ultimately be
a more cost effective and easier-to-use solution to *emulate* this hardware
in the MD recorder itself. One could also emulate the a USB to serial to
Slink (over the same physical USB cable). Doing it this way would retain
maximum compatibility with existing hardware and software, but still offer
almost all of the computer transfer advantages of MP3 players, and it would
still be SCMS compliant!
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