All depends on what you want to do... (Score 1)

The audio on the disc is in Sony's propratory ATRAC format and they usually like people to buy a piece of hardware with the ATRAC chips in it. While there's software from Sony to rename and reorder tracks on the disc, software methods of getting at the audio have always had to reverse engineer Sony's encoding method. That's not to say it can't be done, just it costs a bit. Take a look at the Electronic Design Lab home page. For a little more info on the Sony MDH-10 drive mentioned, look here....