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Cooley Hurd

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Fri Oct-31-03 08:19 PM
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ITunes for Windows...

Trying to do the right thing and pay for my music, however itunes are saved in .m4u format. Guess how I learned how ro get them converted to .mp3 format?

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hlthe2b

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Fri Oct-31-03 08:30 PM
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1. I've not subscribed, but I thought you could save to MP3

Is Apple's iTunes service nirvana for music fans -- or just the start of a file-format nightmare that will drive us all nuts?

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By Andrew Leonard

'Now I have all this music that iTunes won't play, and a bunch of songs purchased from iTunes that the Media Player won't play. So, at the moment, I am prevented from burning a CD that has songs from both libraries. There are converters available that will transform WMA files into AACs and eventually there will no doubt be converters that perform the reverse service, but the process is a hassle that may end up downgrading the overall sound quality. I would have been far better off if I had ripped all my CDs to MP3s to begin with, because iTunes and the iPod will play MP3s. (And even, better, the iTunes software will allow me to rip my CDs into MP3s.) '
--more--

http://archive.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2003/10/28/itunes/index1.html

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Cooley Hurd

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Fri Oct-31-03 08:32 PM
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2. You can't, but I've cracked the case...

Burn to CD, then use a .cda to .mp3 ripping software. (PM me if you want links to download the software and a SN for it - FUCK DA MAN!!!)

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blessedleader

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Fri Oct-31-03 08:49 PM
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3. heh

hope it didn't take you too long to figure that one out!!

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Cooley Hurd

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Fri Oct-31-03 08:51 PM
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6. ...about 20 minutes.

Fuck-da-man! I gots me tunes that I can download to my winCE!

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Salviati

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Fri Oct-31-03 08:49 PM
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4. There's a great freeware cd ripping program I've found

FreeRip- you can rip to lots of different formats, including mp3 at bitrates up to 320 kbps...

http://www.freerip.com/

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blessedleader

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Fri Oct-31-03 08:50 PM
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5. I don't have Windows ITunes,

But in ITunes on the mac you can go in and choose which format the CDs that you rip saves to.

The songs in the iTunes Music Store are only AAC/M4U, whatever the hell they are. Those you have to burn to a CD and then convert to MP3 if you want them in MP3 format.

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Cooley Hurd

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Fri Oct-31-03 08:52 PM
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7. You can't w/ (Win)I-tunes...

It'll only save as .cda files. That's where you need ripping software...

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Atlant

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Fri Oct-31-03 08:56 PM
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8. AAC = Advanced Audio Coding

AKA MP4.

You get equal sound quality for about 2/3 to 3/4 as many bits (so the
AAC files are smaller).

Atlant

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