[linux-minidisc] MP3 files to HiMD

[Will Breaden-Madden <William.Dmitri.Breaden.Madden@cern.ch>]

Hi *

I have an MZ-RH1 and I'm having difficulty transferring MP3 files to its 
HiMD disc using himdcli. I'm e-mailing this mailing list to see if 
anyone has any thoughts on what might be going wrong and what I could 
try in order to be able to transfer MP3 files to disc successfully.

The command I'm running with the MZ-RH1 mounted is of the following form:

    himdcli /media/wbm/disk writemp3 file.mp3

I have attempted to transfer MP3 files of various sizes and sample rates 
to the device. Below is a record of a few different file transfers. 
After each file transfer, I show the file listing on the HiMD disc in 
order to illustrate that data is being transferred. After each transfer 
attempt, I attempt to play the track, but the device cannot detect any 
tracks.

If any of you have any thoughts on how I could get this working, I'd 
appreciate it!

Many thanks

Will Breaden Madden
w.bm@cern.ch

The records of transfer attempts are as follows:

# transfer of file of size 1359935 bytes at 32 kbps sample rate

After format, the disc file listing was as follows:

    total 864
    drwx------ 2 wbm wbm  32768 Jan  1  2006 .
    drwx------ 3 wbm wbm  16384 Jan  1  1970 ..
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm    172 Jan  1  2006 00010012.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm    172 Jan  1  2006 _0010012.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm      0 Jan  1  2006 ATDATA02.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  32768 Jan  1  2006 MCLIST01.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  32768 Jan  1  2006 MCLIST02.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  32768 Jan  1  2006 _MDHIFI.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm 327680 Jan  1  2006 TRKIDX01.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm 327680 Jan  1  2006 TRKIDX02.HMA

The file transfer command was as follows:

    himdcli /media/wbm/disk writemp3 
file_size_1359935_bytes_sample_rate_32_kbps.mp3

After file transfer, the disc file listing was as follows:

    total 2528
    drwx------ 2 wbm wbm   32768 Nov 13 11:22 .
    drwx------ 3 wbm wbm   16384 Jan  1  1970 ..
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm     172 Jan  1  2006 00010012.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm     172 Jan  1  2006 _0010012.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm 1359872 Nov 13 11:22 ATDATA02.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm   32768 Jan  1  2006 MCLIST01.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm   32768 Jan  1  2006 MCLIST02.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm   32768 Jan  1  2006 _MDHIFI.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  327680 Jan  1  2006 _RKIDX00.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  327680 Nov 13 11:22 TRKIDX01.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  327680 Jan  1  2006 TRKIDX02.HMA

# transfer of file of size 340128 bytes at 8 kbps sample rate

After format, the disc file listing was as follows:

    total 864
    drwx------ 2 wbm wbm  32768 Jan  1  2006 .
    drwx------ 3 wbm wbm  16384 Jan  1  1970 ..
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm    172 Jan  1  2006 00010012.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm    172 Jan  1  2006 _0010012.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm      0 Jan  1  2006 ATDATA02.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  32768 Jan  1  2006 MCLIST01.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  32768 Jan  1  2006 MCLIST02.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  32768 Jan  1  2006 _MDHIFI.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm 327680 Jan  1  2006 TRKIDX01.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm 327680 Jan  1  2006 TRKIDX02.HMA

The file transfer command was as follows:

    himdcli /media/wbm/disk writemp3 
file_size_340128_bytes_sample_rate_8_kbps.mp3

After file transfer, the disc file listing was as follows:

    total 1504
    drwx------ 2 wbm wbm  32768 Nov 13 11:24 .
    drwx------ 3 wbm wbm  16384 Jan  1  1970 ..
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm    172 Jan  1  2006 00010012.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm    172 Jan  1  2006 _0010012.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm 327680 Nov 13 11:24 ATDATA02.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  32768 Jan  1  2006 MCLIST01.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  32768 Jan  1  2006 MCLIST02.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  32768 Jan  1  2006 _MDHIFI.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm 327680 Jan  1  2006 _RKIDX00.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm 327680 Nov 13 11:24 TRKIDX01.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm 327680 Jan  1  2006 TRKIDX02.HMA

# transfer of file of size 5439737 bytes at 44.1 kbps sample rate

After format, the disc file listing was as follows:

    total 864
    drwx------ 2 wbm wbm  32768 Jan  1  2006 .
    drwx------ 3 wbm wbm  16384 Jan  1  1970 ..
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm    172 Jan  1  2006 00010012.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm    172 Jan  1  2006 _0010012.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm      0 Jan  1  2006 ATDATA02.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  32768 Jan  1  2006 MCLIST01.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  32768 Jan  1  2006 MCLIST02.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  32768 Jan  1  2006 _MDHIFI.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm 327680 Jan  1  2006 TRKIDX01.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm 327680 Jan  1  2006 TRKIDX02.HMA

The file transfer command was as follows:

    himdcli /media/wbm/disk writemp3 
file_size_5439737_bytes_sample_rate_44.1_kbps.mp3

After file transfer, the disc file listing was as follows:

    total 6528
    drwx------ 2 wbm wbm   32768 Nov 13 11:27 .
    drwx------ 3 wbm wbm   16384 Jan  1  1970 ..
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm     172 Jan  1  2006 00010012.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm     172 Jan  1  2006 _0010012.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm 5455872 Nov 13 11:27 ATDATA02.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm   32768 Jan  1  2006 MCLIST01.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm   32768 Jan  1  2006 MCLIST02.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm   32768 Jan  1  2006 _MDHIFI.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  327680 Jan  1  2006 _RKIDX00.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  327680 Nov 13 11:27 TRKIDX01.HMA
    -rw-r--r-- 1 wbm wbm  327680 Jan  1  2006 TRKIDX02.HMA