Dumping MiniDisc Media

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Post by ingve » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 7:51 AM UTC

Re: Dumping MiniDisc Media

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Post by tudorw » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 8:21 AM UTC

The original Sony minidisc separate had unprotected spdif out which might be an alternative for some, I also looked at getting a minidisc data drive but they are hard to find.

Re: Dumping MiniDisc Media

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Post by 0x0 » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 8:27 AM UTC

It feels like the project uses "download" and "upload" the wrong way.

Surely transferring files from the disc drive to the pc using a piece of software on the pc should be considered "downloading"?

Re: Dumping MiniDisc Media

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Post by dasKrokodil » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 8:32 AM UTC

Nice tutorial. I loved MiniDiscs back in the day, they were so futuristic. I had a portable Aiwa MiniDisc recorder long before I could burn CDs. I used it for everything - copying CDs, recording live music, field recordings. Some day, I'll have to rescue all that old stuff, so this tutorial is greatly appreciated.

Re: Dumping MiniDisc Media

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Post by krsdcbl » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 8:35 AM UTC

Oh wow, i am suddenly struck by horrible flashbacks of the hours spent transfering files with Sonic Stage in my teens, and how it would bring my old pc to it's knees purely by running idle :D

Thanks for that little nostalgia trip, i think i need to go dig out my md player now.

Re: Dumping MiniDisc Media

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Post by fest » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 8:37 AM UTC

0x0 wrote: post #3

It feels like the project uses "download" and "upload" the wrong way. Surely transferring files from the disc drive to the pc using a piece of software on the pc should be considered "downloading"?

Depends on your frame of reference. Industrial programmable logic controller (PLC) programming environments I've worked with also use "upload" for uploading program from PLC to PC and "download" from PC to PLC.

Might be related to the fact that PC is usually placed on top of wiring cabinet, so PC is located upwards from PLC :)

Re: Dumping MiniDisc Media

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Post by krsdcbl » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 8:38 AM UTC

dasKrokodil wrote: post #4

Nice tutorial. I loved MiniDiscs back in the day, they were so futuristic. I had a portable Aiwa MiniDisc recorder long before I could burn CDs. I used it for everything - copying CDs, recording live music, field recordings. Some day, I'll have to rescue all that old stuff, so this tutorial is greatly appreciated.

I remember using them over CDs purely because they had that ghost-in-the-shell anime-scifi feel, although burning a CD was much less pain than converting & writing to my Sony MD player

Re: Dumping MiniDisc Media

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Post by unixhero » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 8:49 AM UTC

0x0 wrote: post #3

It feels like the project uses "download" and "upload" the wrong way. Surely transferring files from the disc drive to the pc using a piece of software on the pc should be considered "downloading"?

So.. in this way:

The Minidisc Player is the world. As such you download content or data from the real world down to it, and you upload data up to the real world from it.

Re: Dumping MiniDisc Media

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Post by brnt » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 8:55 AM UTC

I myself used this [1] project with a NetMD recorder to move music on or off a disc.

[1] https://github.com/brenthuisman/linux-minidisc

Re: Dumping MiniDisc Media

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Post by sitzkrieg » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 9:26 AM UTC

krsdcbl wrote: post #5

Oh wow, i am suddenly struck by horrible flashbacks of the hours spent transfering files with Sonic Stage in my teens, and how it would bring my old pc to it's knees purely by running idle :D Thanks for that little nostalgia trip, i think i need to go dig out my md player now.

simply seeing the program icon gave me that same flashback. i remember saving up for a minidisc player too at my first job making minimum wage and finally getting it, my first big purchase as a teen