On Thu, 2 Dec 1999 victor@gear.torque.net wrote:
> > Not sure this would work. They both use a compression algorithm:
> > MP3 (MPEG layer 3?)
> > MiniDisc (ATRAC?)
> > Could you 'double compress'? I don't think so, but I could be wrong.
>
> I think he meant putting MP3 files on MD-Data discs. MD-Data was a
> short-lived (read: now discontinued and unsupported) format that allowed
> you to use MD media as data devices. Each disk stored about 100MB of data
> (same as a ZIP disk). But, there was never a portable MD-data drive. It
> would probably be technically feasible to ripa MD transport out of a MD
> player and hack it up to read data, but this would be *very* involved.
MD-Data has a raw size of 140MB. There most definitely _was_ a portable
MD-data drive; in fact, the portable drive was the most common and widely
used drive. The drive that I have (bought used) is about the same size
as, say, an MZ-R3 - an older minidisc unit. It has a built-in lithium ion
rechargeable battery, and a SCSI interface. It would be potentially
useful for storing MP3s for portable use, perhaps. But, really, high
density minidisc with 600MB of storage would be _perfect_ for that IMHO.
They do have video MD recorders now; 20 minutes on a high density disk.
You can edit it in a fully non-linear way, rearranging clips at will.
Looks interesting, but it's rather expensive...
And now back to the topic...
Streaming mp3s from my Newotn would be great in classes with ethernet.
gopi.
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