Music must be ATRAC3 in order to be compatible with MD portables, so this makes sense. Firstly, the program steers you toward using the ATRAC3 compression format.
And a lot of you with huge MP3 arsenals will be disappointed with the hoops through which you must jump in order to get your files onto your NetMD portable.Ĭlick image to enlarge. However, the stress on security is obvious to the point of annoyance. You can use it to rip files, transfer files, listen to music, and generally manage your library. The OpenMG is a full-function digital audio manager. I look forward to future iterations of the program, as none of the issues are irreparable, but for now it is far too flawed. However, OpenMG 2.2 has far too many limitations and problems, enough that you can plainly see it hindering the potential of NetMD. I understand that, as far as MD users are concerned, this is first-gen software, and therefore bound to be buggy and imperfect. Unfortunately, OpenMG is in desperate need of improvement. I had high hopes for the NetMD system, and I assumed that Sony would give it the old college try. With hope this will change before long you'd think Sony would want as many people as possible to use NetMD, right? And by that I really mean PC, as Sony has not released a Mac version of OpenMG. The hardware for NetMD is one thing, but in order to take advantage of the technology, you need to use your portable with a PC.
