>With the help of Babelfish translation, I looked at Sony's Japanese
>web pages about the new Hi-MD machines. It appears that they support
>three modes of recording:
>
>Linear PCM at 44.1/16 ("CD quality" with no data compression)
>Hi-SP at 256Kbps (5 to 1 compression)
>Hi-LP at 64Kbps (22 to 1 compression)
>
>Using these 3 recording methods, the capacity of the new 1GB Hi-MD
>disc is:
>Linear PCM...1 hour, 34 minutes
>Hi-SP...7 hours, 55 minutes
>Hi-LP...34 hours
>
>MSRP for the 1GB Hi-MD disc is $7 USD.
>
>It looks to me that the Hi-MD machines cannot themselves record any
>of the other ATRAC formats (SP, MDLP, ATRAC3 and so on). But they
>can recognise and play other ATRAC formats in the event they are
>transferred to the minidisc from a PC. Such is the price of
>progress, I suppose.
>
>--oryoki
>
Thanks! Sorry if I missed out on this issue, but do we know whether
Hi-MD recorders will mount via usb on a pc to the extent that one can
drag a recording to the pc? Or maybe the copyright issues prevent
this feature? Rob D (uses mac but is still curious).
e.g from the tech notes:
3) High Compatibility with PC
"Hi-MD" uses the FAT file system, making it possible to use "Hi-MD"
formatted MDs and 1GB "Hi-MD" discs as versatile media for recording
PC data files, such as images and text. Furthermore, as portable,
rewritable PC media, "Hi-MD" complies with USB format's Mass Storage
Class, ensuring that simply by connecting a "Hi-MD" product to a PC
it is immediately recognized as an external storage device.
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