sony atrac3 cds

[fif4evr]

i bought a sony atrac3 mp3 cd player and with their wonderful atrac3 format burned my entire cd library onto cds, glad for the space saving format. now when i try to play the .atp files on my computer it won't work, and the only way i can listen to my cds is on my cd player. does anyone know of a converter to gain playability on my comp?

[Fox Mulder]

The only thing that can play ATRAC3 CD's is your CD player, because the ATRAC3 format is propietary to Sony.

Just use the L.A.M.E. MP3 encoder.

Edited October 23, 2005 by Fox Mulder

[fif4evr]

what will lame mp3 do, can it retrieve my lost filesf?

[Fox Mulder]

You're out of luck, unfortunately. What I meant is that your best bet is to encode in a universally playable format(MP3) with LAME encoder, the best there is.

Guides and info, here:

http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=LAME

[FaceMouth]

From what I just found this program should work. HIMrenderer

This program is supposed to convert .oma to other formats.

It would be a good idea to post the file extension of your music. People can help you out easier: .mp3 .oma .wav etc... or whatever they may be.

[Crash&Burn]

The files have the .mp3 extension, its just a proprietary encoding format, like MP3 Pro. And really Atrac3 is only of any use if you normally encode @ ~128kbps, it can rip at 64kbps and give similiar "sound" results. And if you're going to bother ripping music you might as well do so at a decent bitrate 192kbps+ or use Lame's variable bitrate.

At least "AAC" uses the .mp4 extension.

Basically to listen to that CD on a PC, the PC or the PC-CDplayer would need a "mod chip"

As on the Sony CDmp3 Walkman the decoding is done in hardware.

Bite the bullet, and re-rip your collection. And next time RTFM...it clearly states it will not play on any other non-Sony player.

Edited October 25, 2005 by Crash&Burn

[FaceMouth]

I don't know anything about this player but I think it's worth a shot to try and save the tracks. If it doesn't work, oh well, all that is lost is time.

The info. I posted I just found and glanced through but a couple sites said the extension was .oma. I did have a mini disk player someone gave me. I gave up on it in 5 minutes when I realized the decoding was in the hardware. Luckily I save a bunch of tracks and waste a lot of time and money.

As far as the hardware decoding, it may be possible someone cracked it and that is how the software I linked earlier decodes it. Sony does provide software to decode "SOME" of the players formats, although I'm not sure which ones they are.

Never hurts to try in a situation like this