I went from MP3 to ATRAC3 (Sony propietary) because I had a Sony MP3 player and the files were about half the size of a same-sounding MP3 to my ears at least. That meant I could get almost twice as much music to fit on my player, which was good for all-day work listening. When I first bought my PS3, I was excited to learn that I could plug my Sony MP3 player into the USB ports and it would automatically recognize it and let me play all my music off it. However, my initial joy turned to annoyance when I realized that you can use your PC to stream music/video/pictures from your PC, but that since the default Windows Media Player version (and any others I've found) of the media server software don't recognize ATRAC3 files, virtually all of the music on my PC is inaccessible to my PS3. I don't relish the idea of converting all those ATRAC3 files to MP3, but I would like to be able to stream my music off the PC in the back of my apartment through the home theater in the front.
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It is the frank & cynical recognition of the inevitable limitations of people in general which makes me absolutely indifferent instead of actively hostile toward mankind.
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