Date   : Wed, 11 Apr 2001 22:53:32 +0100
From   : "Alex White" <awx@...>
Subject: Re: storing BBC tape programs on minidisc?

No, this should not work, because although .mp3s and MDs /sound/ the same,
the data is not stored in exactly the same way it was recorded. The
compression algorithms just re-produce a sound analogous to what it recieved
when encoding, in such a way that it sounds basically correct. I would be
/very/ surprised if you managed to store actual *data* as a compressed audio
file, either .mp3 or ATRAC.

The only solutions I can see are: Click! or Zip discs, storing raw data.
Cheap and portable (espec Click! discs...). OR find a data-MD. This only
existed as a proof-of-concept engineering sample at Sony, and was dropped
because the capacity was ~80MB, whereas the SuperDisk(another idea, not as
cheap media though) was just about to be launched.

Disclaimer: IAASE (I Am A Sound Engineer)