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Converting an MP3 to Atrac... need help!
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IF you search the forums at www.minidisct.com, you might find a link to an older version. i've got 2.x somewhere, but it's the Japanese version.
What do you need to convert your files for anyways?
What do you need to convert your files for anyways?
KarishBHR said:
Atrac is a Sony proprietary format. The only place you'll be able to get anything that'll convert to it is from Sony themselves, and if Sony's own SonicStage product doesn't work you're basically screwed. If you want your mp3s to take up less space you could try re-encoding them at a lower bitrate or using VBR instead of CBR.
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From my minidisc days, I can tell you that cross-encoding an mp3 to atrac brings out the worst in both formats. They tend to sound terrible. Atrac itself sounds darned good (especially at low bit rates, it's excellent)-- but putting music through mp3 first and then atrac often results is terrible hiss and fuzziness. If you can, re-rip from the source. (I mean, you didn'tr pirate that music, did you? 
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)Defensor said:
Interesting. Does that work with the PSP? If so, does it support features like being able to add album art and create playlists/arrange music into folders? Does it require you to have a pre-existing copy of the old version on your computer to install it? Does it require your computer to be a Sony Vaio?
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