topic Re: Is there an Andriod App for Atrac Files in Portable Audio

Is there an Andriod App for Atrac Files

jomcgin59 — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:08:31 GMT

My NW-A808 is on its last legs, dont know how long its going to last, have had this model for atleast 7 years, so in time going to replace it, but what with

I like the look of the new Android mp3 players, especialy NWZ-Z1060, I like the design, but one thing stopping me buying this model is the lack of atrac support

So is there any apps that will allow you to play atrac files

If any one from sony is reading this, why cant we have atrac include in new models, is it that hard, you could even release limited models.....I want a new atrac mp3,

I probably going to have to search second hand shops, to see if I can get a model that works

Re: Is there an Andriod App for Atrac Files

Convergence — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:37:15 GMT

Hi Sony in Europe dropped Atrac a long time ago, given the demand for MP3 support, can only advise you convert all your Atrac files to anther format, Flac, MP3

Re: Is there an Andriod App for Atrac Files

jomcgin59 — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:34:37 GMT

Hi Convergence

Thanks for your reply, Iv known for a long time atrac is a defunk codec, and only works on atrac mp3 players

Now have ordered the nwz z1060, as I like the look of it, but guessing I will muck about witht the device, and see of winamp plays my oma/omg files, if it does I be happy, if not, time to get all my cd out, and start importing them, to what ever the best file format is for the z1060

Now I see no reason why sony should keep atrac codec closed, what harm does it do to allow third parties to use atrac, I actually prefer my music to be in atrac format and at 48 kbps, due the number of tracks I have which is around 15,000 track, with them totaling 20 gb file size