Yes, this is an upgrade to version 2.3 and also 3.0. Unfortunately, at the moment, only the Japanese version is available for download. The english version should follow suit in a couple of weeks.
[quote author=“Ishii”]Yes, this is an upgrade to version 2.3 and also 3.0. Unfortunately, at the moment, only the Japanese version is available for download. The english version should follow suit in a couple of weeks.
Then I should hold then.. Ishii, btw, I have problems on making Sonicstage remember my MP3 lists, the moment I shut down and run the program my MP3s are gone on the list! so I reverted back to WMP.. but I do like the Sonicstage just that it won’t keep my list.. And I have several from my CDs that I ripped.. any suggestions for me to do to keep it still when I run Sonicstage?
What version of SonicStage do you currently use? In version 3.0, all music files regardless format are organized by artist name. In addition, with version 3.0, you can create a playlist that will not just disappear unless you choose to delete it. If you are using older version of SonicStage, try using the new version; but do backup your music library before the update as a precaution.
[quote author=“Ishii”]What version of SonicStage do you currently use? In version 3.0, all music files regardless format are organized by artist name. In addition, with version 3.0, you can create a playlist that will not just disappear unless you choose to delete it. If you are using older version of SonicStage, try using the new version; but do backup your music library before the update as a precaution.
One sweet thing about Japanese versions of SonicStage is that you can go from system to system and simply dump music on your VAIO Pocket. The English versions are crippled (although I think it can be fixed with a registry hack) and will complain that the device needs to be initialized for that machine which effectively reformats your device forcing you to lose all your music.
I’ll see if I can find the registry hack to English language peeps can do this too.
All right. If you are still interested, log onto Sony Connect and download version 3.0. SonicStage 3.0 is much improved; relatively faster and have option to create playlist as I mentioned earlier.
[quote author=“gr00vy0ne”]One sweet thing about Japanese versions of SonicStage is that you can go from system to system and simply dump music on your VAIO Pocket. The English versions are crippled (although I think it can be fixed with a registry hack) and will complain that the device needs to be initialized for that machine which effectively reformats your device forcing you to lose all your music.
I’ll see if I can find the registry hack to English language peeps can do this too.
I didn’t know that as I’ve been using JE version thus far. Thanks for the tip gr00vy0ne.
Re-initializing of the VAIO Pocket after having substantial amount of music on board would be a nightmare.
[quote author=“Ishii”]All right. If you are still interested, log onto Sony Connect and download version 3.0. SonicStage 3.0 is much improved; relatively faster and have option to create playlist as I mentioned earlier.
cool! arigato Ishii, :wink:
I’m upgrading it later..
I just installed sonicstage 3.1 JE, funnily, my previous version of SonicStage 2.3 JE is able to display the japanese characters but this new one does not seem to show any of them. (Most of the characters appear as “?”)
I am using an English version of Windows XP, do I need to change any settings in the language?
Before you update SonicStage to version 3.1, change your regional and language settings to Japanese.
Since you’ve already applied the update to version 3.1… change your regional and language settings to Japanese anyways and utilize the SonicStage 3.1 JE installer once more. That should rectify your problem.
I changed the regional options to Japanese and it works… partially; but enough to view the song names in Japanese / Katakana. Thanks a lot for your help!
(Some of the options are still ????, but most of the important ones can be seen.)
FYI, if you don’t want to fool around with constantly changing your regional code/language, you can use Microsoft’s AppLocale Utility . Basically, you point it the program you want to run and tell it what language it’s expecting and it tricks the program into running correctly. I use it with SonicStage 3.1 and all the menus and songs show up perfectly.
There is one catch. It can create a shortcut for you so it runs automatically when you launch the program; however, it will pop-up one reminder dialogue box telling you this is only a temporary solution and that you should install the “real OS” for best support. You just hit enter and it loads your program fine. You must have East Asian Language support loaded for this to work (it’s included on your Windows XP CD or installation but not installed by default).
