Mini Disc > PC

Jaz

Ex-Mod

• Nov 15, 2003

• #1

Howdy gents.

Anyone know how to transfer music files stored on a Mini Disc, over to a PC, without the use of a USB cable? Using, obviously, a portable Mini Disc player/recorder.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanky. :satisfied

 

Remote

Active member

Moderator

• Nov 16, 2003

• #2

Optical cable from MD to correct port on soundcard, not sure which port that is though.. Toslink is the correct name of the cable...

 

Martin

Active member

Administrator

• Nov 16, 2003

• #3

Remote said:

Optical cable from MD to correct port on soundcard, not sure which port that is though.. Toslink is the correct name of the cable...

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This method requires he has an optic port on his MD, but most do I guess. The problem is that the transfer rate is very slow - a song that's 3 minutes long takes 3 minutes to transfer.

I rarely use my MD anymore because of this.

 

OP

Jaz

Ex-Mod

• Nov 18, 2003

• Thread Starter
• #4

Cool. It's the only option I have, unfortunatly. And the track I need is 70 mins.

 

AlphaWolf

I prey, not pray.

• Nov 19, 2003

• #5

Make sure you are aware though, that neither Toslink nor S/PDIF (one converts to optical and back, S/PDIF is only slightly better, both use the same digital audio protocol) are exactly a 1:1 transmission. It's pretty close to 1:1, but there is a bit of jitter.