fdigeron/cd2netmd_gui

A GUI with cd2netmd feature set

cd2netmd_gui

A tool like Sonys NetMD Simple Burner to transfer audio from CD to NetMD. It is written in C++ using the Qt framework. It supports Windows 7 64bit and newer, MacOS 10.13 and newer, and Ubuntu (and derivates) 18.04 and newer.

Features

• reads CD using libcdio
• supports CDDA paranoia
• reads Cue Sheets
• reads CD-TEXT (not on Mac, sorry)
• requests track title from CDDB (gnudb.org)
• supports on-the-fly MDLP encoding on SHARP IM-DR4x0, Sony MDS-JB980, and Sony MDS-JE780
• support external MDLP encoding for other NetMD devices
• supports track-, group-, and disc rename / erase on NetMD (context menu)
• supports simple group management on NetMD (context menu)
• supports gapless audio in LP2 mode using external encoder and disc-at-once transfer.

Usage

• For Windows only make sure you have installed WebUSB driver through Zadig tool.
• Start the program.
• Place a CD-Audio in your CD-Drive, place a NetMD in your NetMD drive and press button (Re-)load CD and (Re-)load NetMD.
• Instead loading a CD you can also browse for a Cue Sheet file.
• When both discs are displayed, chose tracks from CD, set the transfer settings to your needs and press the Transfer button.
• In case you want gapless audio (e.g. for live CD or project records), press button DAO Transfer.
• DAO Transfer will rip the CD into one track, encode the audio through external encoder and transfer the split encode to NetMD.
• DAO also works for Cue Sheets.
• Track management on NetMD is done through context menu.

Projects used / Thanks to

• atracdenc - the external ATRAC encoder
• JSON for Modern C++
• Qt - One framework to rule them all.
• webminidisc for inspiration
• PLATINUM-MD for a good start with linux-minidisc
• MSYS2 for the Windows build environment of choice
• libcue for making Cue Sheet parsing a bit easier.
• libcdio for reading CDs on multi platform.
• taglib for make reading tags much easier.
• ffmpeg to encode xxx to compatible wav files.

Support me

In case you find this tool useful, you may consider to buy me a beer.