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Thanks, Lou and John! I thought that migration had taken place, but this came out of the blue. When I hear from your friend, Lou, I will pass it on to the original inquirer. On 8/9/2016 5:22 PM, John Haley wrote: > Minidiscs are by now an odd format, and players that can deal with both its > technical playback and its proprietary, "computer driven" data-reduction > system are going to be very hard to find before long. They were never a > great means for archiving anything, as they are inherently lossy. That was > an intentional part of the design. All data stored on minidiscs that has > any value should be migrated to regular CD format. > > Best, > John Haley > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Lou Judson wrote: > >> I have a friend who has a trusted method of doing this. It involves >> swapping out the transport while a good TOC is in memory. I’m Bcc ing him >> and if he can do it, will let you know! >> >> <L> >> Lou Judson >> Intuitive Audio >> 415-883-2689 >> >> On Aug 9, 2016, at 2:00 PM, Richard L. Hess wrote: >> >>> Hi, all, >>> >>> As you know, I attempt to have an index to cover as many formats as >> possible on my website and for the minidisk, I have the material below, >> which prompted a potential client to ask: >>> >>> I wondered if you had any updated contacts for people that might be able >> to recover music from a MiniDisc with an unwritten TOC file. >>> >>> It appears that the people offering this as a service in Bristol England >> have closed down. >>> >>> I think this needs an update. Badly. >>> -- Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask] Aurora, Ontario, Canada 647 479 2800 http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.