you forgot to mention that it adds clicks to the audio stream if the mp3
you convert to aac is 160kbps or higher. at least that happens with my
stupid panasonic software. i have to convert 160mbps+ mp3s to wma using
windows xp plus' audio converter THEN import it into the panasonic world
of horror.
basically the process is so slow and such a nightmare that i very selvdom
replace the songs i originally copied onto my panasonic sv-sd80.
sharp should come up with some better software :/
.tmk
On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Paul Hardy wrote:
>
> "all you need", hypothetically, is an application that will write
> SMDI-compliant files to the SD card. The reality is that the only
> available option is the SMDI-compliant software written by Panasonic,
> which is based on RealPlayer. You then follow the obscure upgrade steps
> to make it RealOne-compliant, which of course fail totally. So,
> conceptually, the task is to place an MP3 file on an SD card that will
> only play from that SD card. The reality is, you end up with software
> written by Panasonic, who choose not to follow Windows usability
> standards (for example, there's no icon on the task bar), and who also
> decide which SD writer you can use. Of course, you're limited to a
> couple of USB 1.1 products, so transfers are very slow. To compound
> this, the actual encryption process is ludicrously slow, so importing
> CDs and other MP3 files will come as quite a shock to those of us who
> are used to working with real MP3 players.
>
> Note, the Real application core spends its life attempting to "phone
> home" and demonstrate its importance to your daily life. It's a bugger
> to block.
>
> Oh, the Panasonic solution (the only one which exists if you live in
> Japan and the US) is incompatible with Intel 810 and 815-series
> chipsets. This means most notebook computers. This is why you seem to be
> able to import music files, but they're not displayed on the PC to SD
> screen. Actually, they're there, so if you click randomly in the file
> name window you can select them, they're just invisible because the
> foreground text color is the same as the background color. A non-3.x
> version of the software is necessary to get around this.
>
> The solution I've succeeded with is the IO-Data rebundling of the
> Panasonic software with IO-Data's own SD reader. It's stuck at version
> 2.4 of RealJukebox, which places it back in the dark ages pf audio
> capture and management. The UI is pathetic, but don't attempt to
> upgrade.
>
> If one looks at what SMDI was supposed to achieve, then Panasonic have
> managed, in that peculiarly Japanese way, to over-engineer the product
> in a manner that guarantees that no-one other than anal
> do-it-at-all-costs morons such as myself, would ever be persuaded to buy
> and use the software. The idea is that music copied to a card should be
> playable from that card only. Panasonic have managed to apply the
> concept such that the serial number ot the authoring software plus that
> of the card reader/writer has to be known, too.
>
> Oh, let's have a last look at usability while we're here. One can enter
> a Kanji playlist name, but offers furigana as well. Simple person that I
> am, only having had a fleeting contact with software systems that need
> to be transparently usable, I would imagine that typing anything in the
> kanji text field would clear out the furigana field, but no, it APPENDS
> the text in that field. So you end up having to clear two text boxes to
> enter on box of text.
>
> This wouldn't be so bad if Panasonic actually had a clue how to write
> socially-usable software, and did some kind of beta-testing that
> included users of the product. I guess I just think this Panasonic
> software is a pile of crap, and Vodaphone/J-Phone need to tell Sharp
> that such SMDI bollocks is untenable unless Sharp can find someone
> better to work with. The Sharp and Panasonic approach is that we are all
> thieving bastards, and they will stop us in our tracks. Poor ol' Sharp,
> for following its traditionally clueless approach to consumer
> electronics, where they release elegant hardware with the software side
> managed by Captain Cretin, and all I can say to Panasonic is that this
> is why everyone giggles at you, guys.
>
> Golly, what a rant. If there are any more J-SH52/3 users out there, they
> could tell me and I'll mention it next week having polaxed my J-Phone
> opponent with a couple of unnaturally strong beers.
>
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