iTunes for Windows...NOW AVAILABLE!!

[Tsyr]

Update:

Version 4.1.1.54 got me up and running, for both burner and reader.

Previous version was 4.1.0.52.

Loving the itunes now.

 

[Dimwhit]

So you cannot burn a purchased iTunes song to an audio CD?

Joy. In otherwords, it's essentialy useless to me as a portable format.

Yes you can. As often as you'd like. (Though once you burn a set of songs 10 times, you have to change the playlist, like switch the song order or something, before you can do it again.)

 

[Lalato]

You CAN burn music CDs with iTunes (I have a CD player in my shower with my current picks on CD).

and I'll add to that with... if you really wanted to, you could burn songs onto CD, then rip them again as mp3s. You would definitely lose some quality, but you could then play the songs on any mp3 player. Sure, it's a bit of legwork, but keep in mind that you're essentially getting around the DRM.

Personally, I only play mp3s on my computer so this method wouldn't work for me anyway.

 

[RC Hagy]

So you cannot burn a purchased iTunes song to an audio CD?

Joy. In otherwords, it's essentialy useless to me as a portable format.

As Aeolius said, you can (i did also just not in so many words - any playlist up to ten times on a cd).

My comments were directed at audio players, like the iPod.
Straight AAC, any player company can use.
AAC w/Fairplay would require haggling with the player companies, since Fairplay is propietary. (hells, any audio format could have Fairplay probably)

H
Vermont

 

[Dimwhit]

and I'll add to that with... if you really wanted to, you could burn songs onto CD, then rip them again as mp3s. You would definitely lose some quality, but you could then play the songs on any mp3 player. Sure, it's a bit of legwork, but keep in mind that you're essentially getting around the DRM.

I did this very thing. Downloaded an album, burned it to Audio CD, then ripped it to MP3 (so I could make an MP3 disk). Personally, I didn't notice any quality difference. Granted, I'm not a true "audiophyle" (sp?), but I do know what quality music sounds like. I didn't notice any degradation in quality.

 

[Heretic Apostate]

I'm importing some CDs, using the default setting, and I'm experiencing "Rice Krispies" ("snap, crackle, and pop").

Is that common? Is it a consequence of going from audio files to the AAR setting?

When you convert from AAR to CD Audio (to burn a CD to play in a regular CD player), do you lose quality or any other problems?

 

[Dimwhit]

I'm importing some CDs, using the default setting, and I'm experiencing "Rice Krispies" ("snap, crackle, and pop").

Is that common? Is it a consequence of going from audio files to the AAR setting?

When you convert from AAR to CD Audio (to burn a CD to play in a regular CD player), do you lose quality or any other problems?

I've never had that problem, so I don't think it's common, though I have heard of peopel having that problem. I've also purchased an album from the music store, burned it to Audio CD, then ripped it back to mp3, and I didn't hear any quality difference.

I'm not sure what conditions can cause the 'Rice Krispies.' I suggest trying the Apple forums. There is usually some good info there.

 

[Heretic Apostate]

I've never had that problem, so I don't think it's common, though I have heard of peopel having that problem. I've also purchased an album from the music store, burned it to Audio CD, then ripped it back to mp3, and I didn't hear any quality difference.

I'm not sure what conditions can cause the 'Rice Krispies.' I suggest trying the Apple forums. There is usually some good info there.

Actually, I meant "import a CD" to mean, "I stuck a CD into my CD-ROM, and ripped the CD Audio files to the AAR (or whatever is the default) format."

I'm guessing I shouldn't be surprised at having Rice Krispies, considering the files take up only about 10% of the space. Something has to be lost to get that kind of compression!

I haven't had any trouble with files downloaded, though I've only bought 15 so far... (Now, if only they had the Judds. That's some good music they don't have there...)

 

[Dimwhit]

Actually, I meant "import a CD" to mean, "I stuck a CD into my CD-ROM, and ripped the CD Audio files to the AAR (or whatever is the default) format."

I'm guessing I shouldn't be surprised at having Rice Krispies, considering the files take up only about 10% of the space. Something has to be lost to get that kind of compression!

I haven't had any trouble with files downloaded, though I've only bought 15 so far... (Now, if only they had the Judds. That's some good music they don't have there...)

Honestly, you shouldn't notice a quality different. I suggest doing a few test. You already ripped to AAC using the default. Try going to preferences and changing the settings a couple times. You might try ripping a song to a higher quality AAC, and try again ripping to mp3 at, say, 160 or 192. See if you still get the crackling.

I don't know what would cause it, though. You should hear a very noticable difference in quality when you rip an audio cd.

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

I spent last weekend at working ripping my entire CD collection into AAC format and did not notice any of this 'rice krispies' event. I ripped about 50 CD's over a three day period and everyone has sounded just as good as the original. This is music styles ranging from Weird Al to Ministry to Concrete Blonde to Nine inch Nails to U2.