5. Primavera 3.1 64 Bit. 2 / 2009 (Japan only) Development status Discontinued Website None (Product unavailable) SonicStage is the name for software that is used for managing portable devices when they are plugged into a computer running. It comprises a music player and library manager, similar to, and. It is used to manage the library of OMG/OMA and recordings on a PC.

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It was first used in PCs put on the Japanese market in October 2001, and superseded OpenMG Jukebox. Version 2 was found on 2004 model products, and Version 3 on 2005 model products (Sony introduced native MP3 support on its music players in 2005). The service was formerly used to purchase recordings online, and could be accessed from within the SonicStage program. However, Sony announced that on the 31 March 2008, its CONNECT download site would be going offline, therefore affecting SonicStage users. However, in late 2008, Sony launched a new called ' on a trial basis in and.

Mtw2 Europa Barbarorum 2. Has been considerably more successful and although unconfirmed, it was widely expected that Sony would launch globally in the medium-term future, pending the results of the / trial, however, Sony never did this. Japan exclusively uses the service. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Features [ ] Copying and usage restriction [ ] SonicStage is closely tied to a requirement that the program guard against copyright infractions. Sony music players have a write-only design. Somewhat similar to an, it is not generally possible to move tracks from the music player to the PC hard drive, and thereby from one music player to another.

Some earlier models (such as some of the Net-MD line) could not even transfer voice recordings made by the user (with the player's microphone input) to their PC. Copy restriction is provided not by any one feature, but by a group of design features and software limitations. The main features being: • The software strictly enforces through its use of.

SonicStage ties the DRM license of each track to the hardware of the computer from which it has been transferred. SonicStage will not allow transfer of tracks from the player to another computer. It is possible, however, to backup 'My Library' and import it into another installation of SonicStage on a different computer. • Music files have to be 'wrapped' by Sony software in order to be played on a Sony music player. Sony has not introduced drag and drop support for music files. Although it is possible to load files directly onto a Sony player without using SonicStage, it is not possible to play music files loaded this way.

Neither is it possible in most cases to transfer music files back to a PC. (all versions prior to 3.4) • The program does not generally convert OMG/OMA files to.