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Converting Audio to Sony's ATRAC Format?

Posted by Cliff on from the playing-your-music-like-you-want-to dept.

wmspringer asks: "Having recently gotten a Sony CD player, I've become increasingly frustrated with the provided SonicStage Simple Burner software. I like being able to record over 24 hours of music on one CD and the extra options atrac3plus offers, but I can't stand using the software anymore. Do slashdot readers have any suggestions as to the best software to use for burning atrac3plus format? On a related note, what is the highest data rate worth using?"

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  1. ATRAC3plus by thesp · · Score: 5, Informative

    ATRAC3plus is a Sony proprietary standard, with all this complex licensing issues this entails, hence it's unlikely anyone else will be using this technology, particularly in the free/open source software community. Sony are somewhat canny about releasing details of the licensing, so I haven't found anything more detailed about their licensing strategy than this. This paper also gives some peripheral insight.

  2. Use Nero's ImageDrive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have a NetMD MiniDisc player, and have always hated using the Sony software that came with the player. The best way that I have found, and this may halp you out as well, is to use Nero's ImageDrive feature. Basically, you compile your playlist in Nero with CD tracks, MP3s, etc. and burn it as an image file. Next, load the image file into ImageDrive. Finally, use the Sony software to "copy a CD" (the CD you will copy as a source will be the ImageDrive). The ATRAC conversion will take place automatically, and your "enlarged" CD that is spoofed by ImageDrive will be compressed.

    Do a Google search on "nero minidisc" and you will get more details.