These can be pulled to the desktop for transcription (haven't tried this, but the Mac version of Scribe say it handles mp3's).
Open iTunes with refs set to not save an aif copy to music folder (but will save the mp3 version).Create new folder select and move all aif files into it.Sort by type to group the dss and aif files.Go to DSS player folder in your computer downloads folder sequentially open the DM-20's folders containing files, and.Set DSS Player prefs to auto download and create both dss and aif files when the recorder is placed in its USB cradle.Be advised that I am a novice at this stuff so there may be a much better way, in which case, I'm all ears:) It's a bit convoluted but it might work for you (and faster than having to capture an audio stream as in Hijack or Audacity). Now start DSS Player and it does open.for me at least -)įor those who must transcribe dss file content to a Mac using Express Scribe, you might try to convert your dss files to aif's and then to mp3's. This apparently allocates memory that DSS Player can access. Re error message "Can't load DSS Player" the bug is that the program can't allocate memory to load! The work around suggested by escalated Olympus tech staff (who blamed the problem on Apple) was to first open GarageBand and then quit the program. 6.0.4, here are some tips that may be of assistance:
#Dss player lite for mac software upgrade#
So much for Olympus touting the "Mac Compatibility" of their software-very unprofessional!Īssuming you have been able to follow the vendor's tortuous DSS software upgrade path to v. Mac users: Be advised that the current version of the Olympus DSS Player software is extremely buggy, unreliable and poorly documented.