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Re: ATRAC3 & ATRAC3Plus Support
To everyone suggesting the Winamp LiquidAudio plugin as an alternative, it does NOT work. I wish Nullsoft would change that summary. OMG, OMA, and ATP files are wrapped in completely different headers, than any player can playback/decode. Only SonicStage knows how to decode these headers. SonicStage is the only program that know's where and how to find the audio stream in OMG/OMA files. Plus, the headers of the files then tell SonicStage to go look for my license the I came with, if it is found the file is played, if it doesn't find the license it is not played. LiquidAudio, licensed some of the principals found in the ATRAC3 format from Sony and Dolby, and embedded them into their own proprietary *.LQT (AAC with DRM header) DRM format that they used to sale music in, 1 1/2 years ago (which I severely miss). The reports of SonicStage crashing when burning ATRAC3 CD's are most likely because the headers/data stream are being converted from OMG/OMA into ATP in an all inclusive burn image, then transferred to CD. (It's not burning on the fly, file-by-file directly to CD. It's creating a CD image to burn, after converting the headers). ATP files cannot be transferred back to anyones' computer and be decoded, because nobody knows the headers for this format, only Sony, thus only Sony (and AIWA, a subsidary of Sony) know how to decode and they embed this decoding only into the CD players.
To ANYONE NOT understanding what HEADERS are, here's an general everyday example. You pick up a book that starts out as English, then while you begin turning the pages the language immediatly turns into Chinese. You don't know how to read Chinese, thus you go find someone that does, but you may only know 1 person that can read Chinese text. Well that 1 person is SonicStage, and that 1 book is an OMG, OMA, or OMG ATRAC3 music file. This same rule applies for DRM'ed WMA files, *.RAX RealMusic Store files, and *.M4P iTunes files. WMA DRM'ed files can be played back on just about every single software jukebox, because Microsoft allows usage of their "langauge" to all who pay, but these jukebox's must follow the usage rules of this format. All jukebox's could playback OMG, OMA files if they paid Sony royalties for the decoding (reading) of them.
To everyone suggesting the Winamp LiquidAudio plugin as an alternative, it does NOT work. I wish Nullsoft would change that summary. OMG, OMA, and ATP files are wrapped in completely different headers, than any player can playback/decode. Only SonicStage knows how to decode these headers. SonicStage is the only program that know's where and how to find the audio stream in OMG/OMA files. Plus, the headers of the files then tell SonicStage to go look for my license the I came with, if it is found the file is played, if it doesn't find the license it is not played. LiquidAudio, licensed some of the principals found in the ATRAC3 format from Sony and Dolby, and embedded them into their own proprietary *.LQT (AAC with DRM header) DRM format that they used to sale music in, 1 1/2 years ago (which I severely miss). The reports of SonicStage crashing when burning ATRAC3 CD's are most likely because the headers/data stream are being converted from OMG/OMA into ATP in an all inclusive burn image, then transferred to CD. (It's not burning on the fly, file-by-file directly to CD. It's creating a CD image to burn, after converting the headers). ATP files cannot be transferred back to anyones' computer and be decoded, because nobody knows the headers for this format, only Sony, thus only Sony (and AIWA, a subsidary of Sony) know how to decode and they embed this decoding only into the CD players.
To ANYONE NOT understanding what HEADERS are, here's an general everyday example. You pick up a book that starts out as English, then while you begin turning the pages the language immediatly turns into Chinese. You don't know how to read Chinese, thus you go find someone that does, but you may only know 1 person that can read Chinese text. Well that 1 person is SonicStage, and that 1 book is an OMG, OMA, or OMG ATRAC3 music file. This same rule applies for DRM'ed WMA files, *.RAX RealMusic Store files, and *.M4P iTunes files. WMA DRM'ed files can be played back on just about every single software jukebox, because Microsoft allows usage of their "langauge" to all who pay, but these jukebox's must follow the usage rules of this format. All jukebox's could playback OMG, OMA files if they paid Sony royalties for the decoding (reading) of them.
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