Editing MiniDisc (section)

=== NetMD ===
[[File:Sony-MZ-N707-MD-Walkman.jpg|thumb|A NetMD Sony MiniDisc Recorder]]
Debuting in late 2001, '''NetMD''' recorders allow music files to be transferred from a computer to a recorder (but not in the other direction) over a USB connection. In LP4 mode, speeds of up to 32× real-time are possible and three Sony NetMD recorders (MZ-N10, MZ-N910, and MZ-N920) are capable of speeds up to 64× real-time. NetMD recorders all support MDLP.

When transferring music in SP mode using NetMD with SonicStage, what is transferred is actually padded LP2. That is to say that the quality of the music is that of LP2 but recorded as SP.

NetMD is a proprietary protocol that initially required proprietary software such as [[SonicStage]].  A free [[*nix]] based implementation, libnetmd, has been developed. The library allows the user to upload SP files in full quality. In 2019, a programmer named Stefano Brilli compiled the linux-minidisc CLI into a web browser-based application,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stefano.brilli.me/blog/web-minidisc/|title=The Web MiniDisc App|date=March 26, 2020|first=Stefano|last=Brilli |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230625050453/https://stefano.brilli.me/blog/web-minidisc/ |archive-date= Jun 25, 2023 }}</ref> allowing users to transfer music via USB on modern devices.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.techtelegraph.co.uk/remember-minidisc-heres-how-you-can-still-use-it-in-2020/|title=Remember MiniDisc? Here's How You Can Still Use It in 2020|date=July 25, 2020|work=TechTelegraph |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219023141/https://www.techtelegraph.co.uk/remember-minidisc-heres-how-you-can-still-use-it-in-2020/ |archive-date= Dec 19, 2020 }}</ref>