quick iTunes help...
Discussion
I think that if you go into the prefernces section under the Edit Tab, click on Advanced and then Importing, the top menu has a drop down box that allows you to choose MP3 Encoder.
May not be the correct thingy though as only a newbie to all things iPod and tend to get iConfused myself...
May not be the correct thingy though as only a newbie to all things iPod and tend to get iConfused myself...
mxdi said:
I didnt know that, I dont know much about file formats and stuff, but I need mp3 to play on my mp3 player in the car, does aac play on mp3 players?
Depends on the player, lots of them (including ipods) do.
AAC is more heavily compressed than MP3 typicaly for the same sound quality(or similar).
robdickinson said:
I didnt know that, I dont know much about file formats and stuff, but I need mp3 to play on my mp3 player in the car, does aac play on mp3 players?
Depends on the player, lots of them (including ipods) do.
AAC is more heavily compressed than MP3 typicaly for the same sound quality(or similar).
Meaning that an AAC file of the same size as it's mp3 counterpart sounds much better, especcially on jazz and orchestral music where there arent so much drums...
mxdi said:
I didnt know that, I dont know much about file formats and stuff, but I need mp3 to play on my mp3 player in the car, does aac play on mp3 players?
AKAIK, only an iPod will play songs bought from iTunes Music Store. They're not simply AAC files (if they were, plenty of other player can play them) but are also encoded with FairPlay Digital Rights Management (DRM) which prevents them being played on other players. You can burn them to disc, play them on iTunes or play them on an iPod and I believe that is it.
thebluemonkey said:
Only the ipod will play those files as they are copy protected at the bequest of the music industry. There is a program that removes the copy protection though. I'm sure someone will be along with a link to the program soon enough.
There's an ongoing project call the Hymn Project (http://hymn-project.org/jhymndoc/) which does just that. However, since the release of iTunes 6.0 and onwards, it no longer works.
I used it on previous versions and it works great but for each subsequent release of iTunes, they are playing catch-up to get the convert working.
There's also another called Bad Apple for Windows (www.badfruit.com/) which i tried a while back an it works really well, though the interface is very sparse. Its also not been updated for a while so I dont know the current status.
I am sure that this is what most are implying ...
But you need to copy the file to a CD as a Music CD format (i.e. it will play on your compact disk in your Hi Fi) then you use your preferred software to rip it to MP3 or your desired format.
Part of the copy protection laws states that any ITunes or other supplier has to have a path that can restore it to a traditional CD media ... Once you have this, you can rip as if its a CD from HMV.
Its hassle, but there is always a way ...
But you need to copy the file to a CD as a Music CD format (i.e. it will play on your compact disk in your Hi Fi) then you use your preferred software to rip it to MP3 or your desired format.
Part of the copy protection laws states that any ITunes or other supplier has to have a path that can restore it to a traditional CD media ... Once you have this, you can rip as if its a CD from HMV.
Its hassle, but there is always a way ...
xjsjohn said:
I am sure that this is what most are implying ...
But you need to copy the file to a CD as a Music CD format (i.e. it will play on your compact disk in your Hi Fi) then you use your preferred software to rip it to MP3 or your desired format.
Part of the copy protection laws states that any ITunes or other supplier has to have a path that can restore it to a traditional CD media ... Once you have this, you can rip as if its a CD from HMV.
Its hassle, but there is always a way ...
To be honest, that's what I do too, on the very few times I've had to do it. I count 3 times that I've bought albums from iTunes Store because the DRM bugs the shit out of me as my Squeezebox can't play them. This is infuriating because the developers have been pleading with Apple to give them the CODEC or whatever to enable the hardware to play back their AAC files. Apple's respons? Fingers in their ears.
Better still, buy all your songs off allofmp3.com for a couple of pence each and you don't get the crappy protection on your music files then. All you can choose bitrate, format type etc etc.
I've used it for over a year now, downloaded hundreds of songs and probably spent $40 (£25!) if that.
I've used it for over a year now, downloaded hundreds of songs and probably spent $40 (£25!) if that.
thebluemonkey said:
[quote=xjsjohn]Apple's respons? Fingers in their ears.
Or they don't want the competition after the 28th ,maybe ? please ? well we can hope . . .
I know what you're hinting at and its definitely on the cards I think. For me, they're going to have to come up with a pretty spectacular player though. Squeezebox is still the daddy and it keeps getting better and better. Plus Squeezebox is not and never will be at the mercy of DRM which, one must suspect, anything Apple bring out will be.
A few more days and we'll find out
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