Yes, subject says most. I am most interested in this one topic. >From what I have read in various discussions (over the web and through the computer...) on many websites, people have fought over the posibility of recording data on a MD portable. While nearly impossible, if one was to bypass the ATRAC CODEC, it could be done*! But that is not what I am focusing on. I have a Sony MDH-10 drive(MD Data, MD audio play only). I would like to drag and drop MD tracks to it, but, several things limit that ability. One, the nature of the structure of the disc, the TOC. Every time the audio data is changed (lenghtened, split, title, track number, etc...), the TOC must be updated to accomidate this change. Therefore, software would need to be made which updates the TOC when a change was made on the audio portion of a MD. In accordance, any transfer of tracks would have to be orchestrated by a program. Two, something inhibits the drive from recognizing the audio disc as readable (directly from the drive icon). It is known that this lies in the firmware of the drive. This needs to be hacked. Three, ignoring MDLP(ATRAC3), an ATRAC1 coder would have to be written to convert .wav, mp3 files, etc... to ATRAC1 format. Since ATRAC3 is already part of some encoding software (and is available for download), it would be the first target(being the easiest to implement). Lastly, some type of distribution service could be devised, at a later date, if this indeed comes to fruition. If anyone is interested, please contact me, as I need all the help I can get! Thanks, John Pariseau *But not as easy as I state it. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
