Re: Transfer MiniDisc audio to GNU/Linux PC

On Wed, 31 May 2006 10:39:04 +0100, Chris <ithinkiam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Also, do these devices give you the original ATRAC data or a raw audio
file? If the former, how do I convert ATRAC to raw audio (PCM or
such) so
that I can re-encode it with something more standard? SoX doesn't
seem to support it.

No ATRAC is most definitely a Sony-only audio compression codec. I guess
the only way to translate the raw data would be to get the software
sony supplies with it's latest digital walkmans. That would probably be
a good excuse to get one them ;-)


Or the old ones that had SPIDIF / TOS pcm outs.

.