Editing MiniDisc (section)

== Recording and transfer modes ==
Modes marked in green are available for recordings made on the player, while those marked in red are available for music transferred from a PC. Capacities are official Sony figures; real world figures are usually slightly higher. Native MP3 support was added in second-generation Hi-MD players in the spring of 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/minisites/himd/index.shtml|title=Sony Business Solutions & Systems - Featured|date=15 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415133121/http://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/minisites/himd/index.shtml |archive-date=15 April 2008 }}</ref> [[SonicStage]] version 3.4, released in Feb 2006,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sony.jp/products/overseas/contents/support/download/index.html|title=Overseas Model Customer Support|date=7 April 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060407092514/http://www.sony.jp/products/overseas/contents/support/download/index.html |archive-date=7 April 2006 }}</ref> introduced ripping CDs in bitrates 320 and 352<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sony.jp/products/overseas/contents/support/download/e_jeb_SS34ug.html|title=Overseas Model Customer Support|date=5 February 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060205040106/https://www.sony.jp/products/overseas/contents/support/download/e_jeb_SS34ug.html |archive-date=5 February 2006 }}</ref> and added track transfer in ATRAC 192&nbsp;kbit/s to Hi-MD devices.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
!rowspan=3|Name
!rowspan=3|Bitrate<br />(kbit/s)
!rowspan=3|Codec
!colspan=5|Availability and capacity (min)
|-
!Standard player
!MDLP player
!colspan=3|Hi-MD player
|-
!colspan=3|80-minute disc
!80-minute disc<br /> (HiMD formatted)
!1 GB Hi-MD disc
|-
!Stereo SP
|292
|ATRAC
| style="background:#bfb;"|80
| style="background:#bfb;"|80
| style="background:#bfb;"|80
|n/a
|n/a
|-
!Mono SP
|146
|ATRAC
| style="background:#bfb;"|160
| style="background:#bfb;"|160
| style="background:#bfb;"|160
|n/a
|n/a
|-
!LP2
|132
|ATRAC3
|n/a
| style="background:#bfb;"|160
| style="background:#bfb;"|160
| style="background:#fbb;"|290
| style="background:#fbb;"|990
|-
! –
|105
|ATRAC3
|n/a
| style="background:#fbb;"|127
| style="background:#fbb;"|127
| style="background:#fbb;"|370
| style="background:#fbb;"|1250
|-
!LP4
|66
|ATRAC3
|n/a
| style="background:#bfb;"|320
| style="background:#bfb;"|320
| style="background:#fbb;"|590
| style="background:#fbb;"|1970
|-
! –
|48
|ATRAC3plus
|n/a
|n/a
|n/a
| style="background:#fbb;"|810
| style="background:#fbb;"|2700
|-
!Hi-LP
|64
|ATRAC3plus
|n/a
|n/a
|n/a
| style="background:#bfb;"|610
| style="background:#bfb;"|2040
|-
!Hi-SP
|256
|ATRAC3plus
|n/a
|n/a
|n/a
| style="background:#bfb;"|140
| style="background:#bfb;"|475
|-
!PCM
|1411.2
|Linear PCM
|n/a
|n/a
|n/a
| style="background:#bfb;"|28
| style="background:#bfb;"|94
|}