[linux-minidisc] Questions about converting MD library to Mac Audio

[William Boorstein <sn1@mindspring.com>]

Title: Questions about converting MD library to Mac Audio

I have some questions regarding how to convert MD audio to a Mac.

Problem:  I have about 60 minidisks of important recorded talks that I would like to convert to files on my mac for 1) archival purposes and 2) easy access via portable digital player.  Some of the MDs have labeled tracks names and I want to preserve this information.

What I have done:  I have imported the audio from a Sony MZ-M200 to sonic stage (running under Parallels on my mac) ... This created a series of wav files, plus imported all the MDs/tracks into SonicStage (OpenMG Audio). The WAV files for the tracks are all mixed together (not grouped by MD/album).  

Questions:

1. What it the best way to get these files into a format that I can use on my mac while preserving maximum audio info, preserving track name information, and keeping the tracks together as ‘albums’  (Going into iTunes would be fine – or???)
2. Is it best to use the WAV files (rather than the smaller OpenMG Audio files that are in the sonic stage library)?
3. I can tediously pull together the WAV files that comprise tracks of each MD, but then how do I get these into iTunes as ‘albums’ w/ title and track names? (All the files are very nicely arranged by “artist” and “album” within SonicStage – I wish I could export all that information!
4. Unfortunately, I annotated each MD after I imported it — writing in the “liner notes” section in SonicStage for each MD — Is there anyway to preserve this info when I convert to mac readable files?
   

Thank you for help and any suggestions links, etc. !!!

 -- Will