[kj] OT: now iPods

[PRAEst76]

B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:


>> Agreed, iTunes is by far the best jukebox/ripper/encoder I’ve ever used.

>> Only downside is music bought from iTunes can only be played on Apple 

>> products.



> Anyone can buy music from iTunes, Windows or Mac users, and the music 

> purchased can play on any mp3 player product. The mp3 player doesn't 

> have to be made by Apple.


It has to support their DRM. I've never heard of anyone having a player
that did this that wasn't an iPod. Also, there is no iTunes for linux,
so I don't use it.

Yes, you can burn a disc and rip to mp3 from that but that's a kludge
and doesn't really count for arguments sake.


> My uncle buys music from iTunes and burns it all to CD. Once it's on CD 

> you could also re-rip the CD onto your PC as individual mp3 files (as 

> fatpotanga mentions below), and then put that on your mp3 player. But 

> music bought through the iTunes store should play on any mp3 player.


It's not mp3. It's aac and even though I don't use iTunes or buy music
there I'm fairly sure you are wrong.


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