Re: MD: cheaper optical cables
I couldn't find them in Serramonte Target either. I will check the Saratoga Target this weekend. Chris - Original Message - From: "Dan Frakes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "MDList" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 9:09 PM Subject: Re: MD: cheaper optical cables A few weeks ago someone mentioned that they saw convertible TosLink/Miniplug digital cables at Target. I offered to pick a few up the next time I went to Target and a couple people responded that they would like one. The bad news is that I went to the "super" Target in San Francisco today and the cables were nowhere to be seen. Sorry to disappoint. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: SCMS
OK. So, SCMS strippers don't remove SCMS. They change the SCMS status to pass-by
the interdiction.
If I play a digitally recorded MD on a deck and I use a SCMS stripper between
the optical out of the deck
and the optical in of a recorder, I'll pass-by the SCMS interdiction. But what
will be the SCMS status of this new digital copy (unlimited copy or one
generation allowed?)?
David W. Tamkin a écrit:
Jeanmougin wrote,
| When you make a copy of a CD with optical cable, SCMS is implemented on
| the MD.
SCMS was implemented on the CD to start, but it was set to allow one gene-
ration of digital copying. Permission to copy does not mean absence of SCMS:
SCMS is the *system* (that's what the second S stands for) and it is imple-
mented on all consumer digital audio media.
[The problem with saying "this doesn't have SCMS" or "there's no SCMS here"
to describe an SCMS-compliant recording that allows copying is that saying
it that way destroys the distinctions among (1) a recording or signal whose
SCMS bits allow one generation of copying, (2) a recording or signal whose
SCMS bits allow unlimited generations of recopying, and (3) a storage format
{such as a .wav or .mp3 file on a hard disk} or a transmission protocol
{such as AES/EBU or an analog signal} that truly does not carry SCMS infor-
mation. Only type #3 can properly be described as "not having SCMS."]
| The copy bit 10 is written and prevents a second generation digital copy.
"10" is the designation for "no further digital copying" on DATs; on MDs it's
actually "01" (in bits 6 and 5 of the segment's status word).
| But is it the MD recorder that puts SCMS protection on the disc or does the
| MD recorder only write the copy bit of the source? In other words, is it
| the digital out of a deck (CD, MD) that sends the SCMS status or is it the
| MD recorder that writes the SCMS status during recording?
Both. (Pardon the anthropomorphisms here, but they do facilitate the expla-
nation.) The source machine reports the SCMS status of whatever it is play-
ing and the destination machine decides how to respond. If the source sends
out "I am playing an SCMS-penultimate recording" in its S/PDIF output, then
the destination machine decides "This signal is SCMS-penultimate, and I obey
SCMS, so I must mark the copy I'm writing as SCMS-final." When you try to
copy an SCMS-final source digitally, it is the destination machine that de-
cides, "This signal is SCMS-final, and I obey SCMS, so I won't record it."
A professional-grade recorder might have logic instead of say, "I'm receiving
an SCMS-final signal, but my switches are set to disobey SCMS and to write
SCMS bits that allow unlimited recopying (or to write SCMS bits that allow
one more generation, or however the switches are set), so that's what I'll
do."
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Re: MD: Digital recordings and track marks...
Timothy Stockman has since posted that the beast does exist and resides in P-channel on CDs. The creature has never, it appears, found a home in S/PDIF, though. But there is no code or signal in S/PDIF that means "new track starts now." | Not meaning to question you, uneccessarily - but is this definitely true? I | was sort of under the impression (hazy memory) that there was an instruction | that essentially meant "new track"? People see track marks reproduced in direct digital transfers, assume that they are copied by some such signal, and proceed to speak in such terms. But for disproof try this: connect a digital (optical or coax) cable from one MD unit to another and set the source machine to play the entire source disc; notice the the nice track marks on the copy. Then set the source machine to keep repeating a single track, and see how the repetitions of the track's contents accumulate in an ever-growing single track on the copy. I would argue that it's the receiving device that doesn't accept "new track starts now" data. All the information needed is present in the S/Pdif signal "validity Bit / CD-Subcode" data area. My CD player outputs track number, track time index numbers within the S/Pdif signal. The Signal coming out of my JE-520 contain track number information, though no track time (Interestingly, track numbers only go to 9, then it marks them with letters...) And my DTC-ZE700 DAT sends start ID's when the occur, (these are DEFINATLY used to mark tracks via S/Pdif AES/EBU digital connections!) This "Creature's home" has always been in the SPdif spec. wether ther reciving devices actually use the data to mark tracks is another matter. --matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: cheaper optical cables
"Chris Eddington" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I couldn't find them in Serramonte Target either. I will check the Saratoga Target this weekend. Chris: That's actually the one I was at -- but I figured since this is an international list no one would know what I was talking about if I said "Serramonte" ;-) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: LP: in track titles
Pages 16 and 17 of the MDS-JB940 manual (now up on the MDCP courtesy of Nicolas Rose-Hirchenhan) describe a firmware-implemented naming convention for LP2 and LP4 tracks. The 940 has a setting (on by default) to put "LP:" (the manual shows no space after the colon, but in practice there might be one) at the start of the title of any LP2 or LP4 track; a player or recorder that groks LP will automatically suppress it and show only the rest of the title. (The characters still take up titling space, though.) But a machine that doesn't do LP will show the prefix, explaining why the track is playing silently. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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MD: MiniDisc Weekly News for 3 September 2000
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 28 August 2000 o Paul Harris finds a clear shot of [1]Denon's DMD-M10 mini-component deck, intended to couple with their [2]D-M3 and [3]D-M5 personal stereo systems. [1] http://www.del.denon.com/catalog/photo.asp?s=specp=DMD%2DM10f=dmdm10%2Ejpgc=15 [2] http://www.del.denon.com/catalog/photo.asp?s=specp=D%2DM3f=dm3%5Fmission%2Ejpgc=15 [3] http://www.del.denon.com/catalog/photo.asp?s=specp=D%2DM5f=dm5%5Fmission%2Ejpgc=15 o Froderick finds [4]MiniDisc handy in the drama theater. [4] http://www.minidisc.org/trick_tips.html#theater o Calum Tsang spots a [5]Busker using Minidisc. [5] http://www.minidisc.org/trick_tips.html#busking o Allon Bar points out [6]Dutch coverage of recent Sony decks at [7]MiniDiscWorld.nl. [6] http://www.minidiscworld.nl/beursnieuws.htm [7] http://www.minidiscworld.nl o Jeremy recommends using the freeware [8]MPLAY Multimedia Player for recording MP3 (and most other audio formats) to MD on a Macintosh. It offers user settable inter-track delay and cross-fade times. [8] http://hem.passagen.se/deep9/mplay.htm MiniDisc Community Pages News for 29 August 2000 o Back to the roots: The 1993 [1]Sony MZ-1 User Manual arrives. [1] http://www.minidisc.org/mz1_manual/index.html o Dan Bruner creates a [2]MiniDisc Graphics page of MD graphics and logos (Caution: slippery legal ice -- you'll notice our "Community" version of the MD logo has been dropped). [2] http://www.geocities.com/minidiscgraphics o Starmount (UK) offers [3]Samsung, HiSpace and Sony blanks. [3] http://www.tote.demon.co.uk/products.htm#audiomd MiniDisc Community Pages News for 30 August 2000 o Care to try your hand at graphic designs for blanks? T-station points out TDK Europe's [1]MD package design contest, and Beyond HiFi has good photos of TDK's latest [2]Ministry [3]Girotondo and [4]Bow wow designer blanks. [1] http://www.tdk-europe.com/# [2] http://www.beyondhifi.com/images/Products/L413.jpg [3] http://www.beyondhifi.com/images/Products/L414.jpg [4] http://www.beyondhifi.com/images/Products/L415.jpg o Cassette House pens a [5]beginners guide to MiniDisc that even covers the multi-track recording gear. [5] http://www.tape.com/techinfo/minidisc.html o We forget to pay our Domain Name fees (doh!), though we can still be reached at [6]http://206.34.200.170 until the DNS reinstatement propagates the web (24-48 hours). [6] http://206.34.200.170 MiniDisc Community Pages News for 31 August 2000 o Trevor Bommersbach finds PC Watch photos and Japanese info for the [1]Sony MDS-PC3 (machine [2]translation ). The MDLP capable unit uses the USB based PCLK-MN10 connection kit for PC to MD digital audio transfer and control. [1] http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/article/2831/sony.htm [2] http://www.minidisc.org/MDS-PC3.htm o The $1 blank: a [3]$15 off coupon for orders of $25 at [4]BuyitOnline/Kheops Minidisc fetches [5]15 red + 1 bonus HiSpace blank for $1.03 each (incl. shipping). An older [6]$10 off coupon can still be used, but not in combination. Only one coupon per order. [3] http://www.buyitonline.com/coupons/coupons.asp?couponid=4210QQO [4] http://www.buyitonline.com/kheopsminidisc [5] http://www.buyitonline.com/kheopsminidisc/c716.html [6] http://www.buyitonline.com/coupons/coupons.asp?couponid=4792JCK MiniDisc Community Pages News for 1 September 2000 o Nicolas Rose-Hirchenhan kindly scans the entire [1]Sony MDS-JB940 user manual. The [2]SF Edit and [3]Keyboard Control sections make interesting reading. [1] http://www.minidisc.org/jb940_manual [2] http://www.minidisc.org/jb940_manual/page37.html [3] http://www.minidisc.org/jb940_manual/page48.html o Lai Lai notes Sony's [4]modern MD Walkman page (Linux users' [5]entry point ). The site's [6]animated front page is also worth a visit. [4] http://64.14.40.118/products/prodlist.jsp [5] http://64.14.40.118:80/indexa.jsp [6] http://64.14.40.118/ MiniDisc Community Pages News for 2 September 2000 o Robert spots Aiwa's Japanese page and photos for the [1]AM-HX70 (the MD player recently [2]reviewed by Josh Pelland ), it's specs are also now in [3]T's tables. [1] http://www.aiwa.co.jp/exhibi/new_prod/2000/am-hx70.htm [2] http://www.pelland.com/bike/HX70.html [3] http://members.xoom.com/md_data/Player_table1.htm Home of The Robot With No Name. He lives to serve YOU!! http://www.minidisco.com/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Sony MDR-NC10
Hi, I just joined the list and was wondering if anyone owned a pair of these noice cancelling earbuds. The rubber earpiece tore on my pair and I can no longer get a good seal. It seems that Sony no longer manufacturs the earpiece seperatly and I cannot seem to get a hold of them anywhere. Does anyone have an extra pair or a left side piece? I'm willing to pay full price for the piece. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Buying on line...
Has anybody brought products from http://www.av-store.co.uk/ any comments welcome Thanks keith Keith, I ordered a pair of speakers to use with my MD Walkman on 6th June this year, and I'm still waiting for them. They've not charged me yet, but they keep e-mailing me with promises which they break. I don't know if it's their fault, or their supplier's. I would sugest that you telephone them, and check that what you want is available from stock. Regards, Greg. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
