[linux-minidisc] How to transfer ATRAC files without converting to WAV

[Klavier Wong <klavier.wong5@gmail.com>]

Hi all,

I am an audiovisual archivist working with MD collections. I successfully use NetMDPython and QHiMDTransfer GUI to transfer audio files from MD to PC (I am using a MAC). But after file transfer, the original audio files (no matter in LP2, LP4, Hi-SP, Hi-LP or PCM) will be automatically converted to .WAV format. As an archivist, I DON'T WANT the conversion. I hope to keep the files in their original codec and wrapper, such as the ATRACplus, ATRAC3 codecs. 

Could anyone give me some hints how I can achieve this? 

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Klavier J. Wang (Wong)

Graduate candidate, Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP), New York University

Ph.D. & M.Phil. (communication studies, HKBU, CUHK)  /  https://hk.linkedin.com/in/klavierwang8573

(2020) Hong Kong Popular Culture - Worlding Film, Television, and Pop Music https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811388163