Is the music put on the hd of the computer compressed? Thanks, Len
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Yes there is a software that is supplied that allows u to save the music as mp3 files
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It was compressed with the software in the box but that software had other problems. Downloading a newer version that worked stores music in WAV format. That's not compressed.
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On Windows computers, the file type is WAV (uncompressed audio). On Mac computers, the file type can be selected to any type supported by iTunes (compressed or uncompressed.. mp3, AAC, WAV, AIF).
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If you use FLAC files, gapless play is possible. There is definitely a gap when playing back MP3s and other compressed formats.
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I also have a large music collection. I replaced my hard drive with an solid state drive and re-installed windows. I then replaced my cd drive with a 7200rpm hard drive on to which i placed my music and photos. Laptop now goes really fast.
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Sorry...wish I could help...I just put all my music on SD cards...works really well...If this is a new machine return it...If it's an older machine might just need a lens cleaning.
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Lawrence/Melton, thanks for the info! I am thinking about .atrac for nostalgic reasons. Some years down the road, when Sony folds and ATRAC becomes public domain, perhaps ATRAC files will be more playable.. ;) But looks like PCM/WAV is the way to go, as someone else mentioned that I will be transcoding the audio if I save it as ATRAC3+. So I will probably just do PCM and convert it to FLAC for archival and playback. The CDs will be for giving to my relatives so they can play it on any CD player. Not as a storage/archival medium. That'll be on my RAID harddrive. I am picturing another scenario. After all these work (and $$$ to buy the MZ-M200) to upload a pristine copy of the recording to my computer, and put the MD away for storage in my attic/craw space, something happens and I lose the copy on my raided HD, the copy on my RAID NAS, the copy on my offline HD, and the copy on my offsite storage, and I am back to square one, bidding on an MZ-R200 from ebay (as I've probably sold mine), paying dearly, to do this all over again. ;) Well, of course this won't happen, as I can probably still hunt down the copy I gave to my relative, but the thoughts have occurred to me. ;) In the end, I think the MD would've cost me more than if I had purchased a professional DAT player in the first place. There are so much that can be said about why MD failed and how utterly stupid Sony is, I am not going to say anything other than Steve Jobs is the best answer to Sony's paranoia about copy protection. Protected a few pennies, but missed out on billions.
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It used to be advertised as 8gb. It's actually a little less (7.6 I think). But it holds plenty of music
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No , will play any music ,even from a drag and drop . Don't know the max , but I 've found the larger the drive , the more time it takes to go thru the files
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Yes, I recently moved all my music off my HD to this Pny device and had no problems during the transfer.
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It rips to the hard drive fine but I am having problems making an Audio CD with it. Could just be the formatting. =] Good luck!
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I store all my music on an external hard drive.....so when my computer went up.....I still had all the music there....reloaded iTunes on the new computer (although I did lose playlists, etc....but not any of the actual songs, videos or photos) and I was back up and running with not too much time spent......
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I had all the songs pre-loaded on my computer. my computer reconized the glasses as another drive. I just dragged thesongs to that drive.
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The computer reads the music from pendrive not download directly to your computer
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If its the audio file itself no. If its because of a bad sound card, probably
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Mark thanks for saying that you hadn't tried it, cause I was feeling really stupid that I had not put an audio in mine either. The kids' music is all on iPod and hard drive (streamed, when it works...). I hardly get to play all my CDs any more and after all this $$ just spent, I think I deserve it. Maybe I will just burn a bunch of Blu-rays of the CDs now that they came out with a burner/sw to do so on the Mac. Spending $ as fast as I earn it, but what is money for? Oh yeah, college...
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Hi! I've brought songs that had been recorded by my Sony recorder to computer...onto a CD with no problem.Hope this helps! I love its quality!
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yes it is just like what is on your computer just external...if music is not protected it will burn it
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I never have, but I heard that you can put music on it or data too,but these are not rewritable disc.