Re: [LUG] Migrating to Linux

[Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil Williams wrote:

> DVD players can be very personal choices. You should explain what it is about 
> DVD Shrink that makes it your choice, then someone can offer an alternative 
> from the 8 or so available for GNU/Linux.
>
> I've no idea on the minidisk thing - is it USB? Probably be seen as simple USB 
> storage device and mounted as if it was a USB stick. It becomes part of the 
> filesystem whilst it's mounted and any application can read/write to it.
>
>  
The Minidisc recorder I have doesn't act as a mass storage device 
unfortanately.  They are strange beasts.  As far as I know, the Sony 
software converts MP3's etc into a special OMG (OpenMG) format file 
which is encoded in ATRAC3 which the Minidisc understands.  I think the 
only data that goes down the USB cable to the Minidisc is the music 
files and commands to control the unit.

I think maybe I might have to keep Windows a bit longer or invest in a 
stand alone Minidisc recorder after christmas, but thats no big deal, I 
dont like the software anyway the Minidisc recording wastes the 
batteries on the thing.

Rob



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