How to upload from minidisc to the computer? Can you recommend a minidisc player?
Tarun Banerjee asked:
Hello,
I’d like to upload some music on minidiscs to a computer but my player does not have the usb connection. I’ve looked around but I’m completely clueless tech-wise and don’t know what to look for. I’m looking for a minidisc player that either comes with software if needed or doesn’t need any.
Hello,
I’d like to upload some music on minidiscs to a computer but my player does not have the usb connection. I’ve looked around but I’m completely clueless tech-wise and don’t know what to look for. I’m looking for a minidisc player that either comes with software if needed or doesn’t need any.
I’d really appreciate your help if you could recommend something within $50-100.
Thanks a lot all.
I seem to remember Sony did make a PC-compatible, full-size home MD machine, but it was very rare because hardly anyone bought it as mp3s had already established themselves. I think some of the Sony Net MD walkmans could be plugged into PCs, though whether it was to transfer from PC to MD, rather than from MD to PC, I can’t remember. Have a look here for more info:
You can still take the analogue output from your existing MD player into the line input on your sound card. To do this, you’ll need a cable with the normal hi-fi connectors at one end, and the small, walkman-style headphone connector at the other (this end goes into the line input on your PC’s sound card).
I think I’m right in saying MD decks don’t have digital outputs, or there’s some sort of copyright management system that prevents digital-to-digital copying. This was done in order to prevent digital piracy (could be wrong about this, though). Otherwise, if you had a sound card with a digital input (usually only to be found on pricier PC sound cards), you could hook up the digital output from an MD deck to the digital input on your sound card.