NAME

       qhimdtransfer - Transfer software for MiniDisc devices

SYNOPSIS

       qhimdtransfer

DESCRIPTION

       qhimdtransfer  is  a graphical user interface application for accessing HiMD Walkman. It uses the libhimd
       library to read and write audio tracks from a HiMD filesystem  which  can  be  mounted  directly  from  a
       physical  HiMD  Walkman  or a previously created image file of a HiMD.  By choosing "Connect" in the file
       menu, the mount point of the HiMD filesystem is located and the track listing is consequently loaded into
       the application into the track list viewer on the left-hand side.

       To upload a track (transfer it to the PC), select the tracks to be transferred in the track list  window.
       Then  choose  the destination directory in the file browser on the right-hand side and click the onto the
       upload button (white arrow on red background). To download tracks to the device, select the tracks to  be
       downloaded in the file browser and click onto the download button (white arrow on green background).

       Currently  libhimd  and  therefore  qhimdtransfer  implements  full read access for PCM, ATRAC-3+ and MP3
       tracks as well as experimental write support for MP3 tracks (MP3 playback  is  supported  by  second  and
       third generation of HiMD Walkman only). Non-MP3 tracks are protected by Sony's DRM software stack OpenMG,
       which  require a sophisticated calculation of keys and access control lists. Writing of non-MP3 tracks is
       therefore currently not yet supported.

       Please note that some of the functions in the graphical user interface like deleting or  renaming  tracks
       or formatting the medium are not yet implemented, but work is currently in progress to achieve that.

SEE ALSO

       netmdcli(1), himdcli(1)

AUTHOR

       The linux-minidisc project - <https://wiki.physik.fu-berlin.de/linux-minidisc>.

       This manual page was written by John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>.

                                                November 23, 2012                               QHIMDTRANSFER(1)