Re: MD: MP3/minidisc recording
Jon Martin wrote, | I download LOTS of OTR (Old Time Radio) shows from usenet. | I just picked up a MP3 CD player at Target for $60 From Koss. | That is used as the input to a MDLP unit - Works decent so far. | One of my computers is not tied up, solution is all AC based, (no batteries) | small desk space, just all analog. I don't know how many computers you have, Jon, and maybe one of them isn't tied up -- in fact, all but one of them wouldn't be tied up -- but another one has to be in order to write the MP3 file onto a CDR before you can move the CDR to the Koss player to dub to MD. Does the player read CDRWs, by the way? That would be even better because then you could reuse the CDRWs instead of going through CDRs. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MP3/minidisc recording
Hi All; I download LOTS of OTR (Old Time Radio) shows from usenet. I just picked up a MP3 CD player at Target for $60 From Koss. That is used as the input to a MDLP unit - Works decent so far. One of my computers is not tied up, solution is all AC based, (no batteries) small desk space, just all analog. Since I got into minidisc for the portability (I do not consider CDs to be portable), this is a decent solution until I can download MP3s to minidisc directly. Jon M. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MP3/Minidisc...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >BTW - Memory prices are about to rise again apparently so your best off > leaving >memory > >upgrades etc. until after XMas. > > They already have. 128mb of PC100 is over 200 quid now - doesn't seem to > have hit compactflash/smartmedia etc very hard at all though. 128mb PC100 == (s)dram == FABs in Azia (mainly Taiwan, you know the country hit by an earthquick) compactflash/smartmedia == flashram/eeprom == Intel/AMD/STMicroelectronics == Fabs in America/Europe and Azia. Impact of the Taiwan earthquick is small.) MD == TDK, SONY, Maxell, HiSpace.. etc.. Fabs all over the world ;-) Unless all MD manufacturing countries are hit by an earthquick, prices won't rise! Cheers, Ralph -> writing his second off-topic mail today to md-l. -- === Ralph SmeetsFunctional Verification Centre Of Competence - CMG Voice: (+33) (0)4 76 58 44 46 STMicroelectronics Fax:(+33) (0)4 76 58 40 11 5, chem de la Dhuy Mobile: (+33) (0)6 82 66 62 70 38240 MEYLAN E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FRANCE === "For many years, mankind lived just like the animals. And then something happened that unleashed the powers of our imagination: We learned to talk." -- Stephen Hawking, later used by Pink Floyd -- === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MP3/Minidisc...
Stainless Steel Rat wrote: > Umm... after rebate the baseline Rio is $50... > > ... plus $1500 for the PC to feed into it :). Don't ya just love those hidden extras! ;o) -- Magic Location : Portsmouth, England, UK Homepage : http://www.mattnet.freeserve.co.uk EMail : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "A book judged by it's cover makes for a very shallow read." - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MP3/Minidisc...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Magic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 08 Oct 1999 | Seriously, I have never managed to see the point in the Rio. It's basically | an MD with no moving parts and no functionality, yet still manages to retain | the high price point. Umm... after rebate the baseline Rio is $50... ... plus $1500 for the PC to feed into it :). -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE3/n/Bgl+vIlSVSNkRAoApAJ46mhia9EVowN9k2oQ5GvMqQxaWYgCg2RLQ +dO0GPE+2QhpR1U/Atjyl3U= =MOaj -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Rat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>\ When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ returned to its special container and PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ kept under refrigeration. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MP3/Minidisc...
>BTW - Memory prices are about to rise again apparently so your best off leaving >memory >upgrades etc. until after XMas. They already have. 128mb of PC100 is over 200 quid now - doesn't seem to have hit compactflash/smartmedia etc very hard at all though. Simon - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MP3/Minidisc...
PrinceGaz wrote: > > why not just have memory cards that are like MDs or CDs... i.e they hold 74 > > or 80 minutes, you could then buy blank ones and encode your own CDs, or > > buy pre-recorded ones. > > It'd be the solid-state equivalent of a MD machine. > > Is this a joke? Where can you get a 64MB memory-card for about 2US$? > I can get a minidisc which stores 150MB of audio for less than that! > Pls don't say you use the Rio as I will really consider you a sad sad guy. I use a Rio.. it's great for demonstrating how much better MD is. :o) Seriously, I have never managed to see the point in the Rio. It's basically an MD with no moving parts and no functionality, yet still manages to retain the high price point. If I want to record something, I want a small device I can flick a switch on and start recording, not find I have to take a few thousand ££'s worth of laptop computer and software with me to do so. I spend about 2 to 3 hours each day using my MD to listen to music, so I carry 3 discs with me - 1 in the recorder and 2 in the pocket on the carry pouch. To do this with the Rio I would need. 3 Rio's! Well lets face it, at the price a memory stick is you might just as well buy another Rio, at least you get more for your money. When they start making Rio's or similar devices with the ability to record at near CD quality and memory becomes cheap enough for me to get 80 minutes worth for about £2. I still wont be interested because by then MD will probably have moved on and we'll be using those 650Mb discs and buying 80 minutes for something silly like 50p each, with the new 650Mb discs costing maybe £5. BTW - Memory prices are about to rise again apparently so your best off leaving memory upgrades etc. until after XMas. That's today's ranting over with! :o) -- Magic Location : Portsmouth, England, UK Homepage : http://www.mattnet.freeserve.co.uk EMail : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "A book judged by it's cover makes for a very shallow read." - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MP3/Minidisc...
From: James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Colin Blackburn wrote# > # The reasons I have yet to get interested in MP3 players is that the link > # with the computer is a pain and the storage is limited. Two things would > # have to happen; the MP3 units would need to encode on the fly (as in ATRAC) > # and the memory cards would have to be either huge and/or cheap. Maybe > why not just have memory cards that are like MDs or CDs... i.e they hold 74 > or 80 minutes, you could then buy blank ones and encode your own CDs, or > buy pre-recorded ones. > It'd be the solid-state equivalent of a MD machine. Is this a joke? Where can you get a 64MB memory-card for about 2US$? I can get a minidisc which stores 150MB of audio for less than that! Pls don't say you use the Rio as I will really consider you a sad sad guy. Cheers, PrinceGaz -> solid with MDiscs, until chips are cheaper. Funny how chips will always "replace discs" but never do. In twenty plus years. I've lost count of how many chip technologies would make spinning drives obsolete :-P - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
