w1n78

I want to start buying songs from iTunes but have a couple of questions:

1) It says it's in AAC format. What kind of quality is it?
2) How hard is it to convert it to MP3? I heard you have to burn it onto a CD then you can convert from there.
3) Once downloaded, does it store it in a "Purchased Music" folder or will it create a folder like Drive:\Artist Name\Album Name ? and can it be moved?
4) If say I buy 10 different songs, is that 10 separate transactions on my card or will it take a total of how much I bought in a day/week/or month and total it all up?

And before any suggest to just use P2P, I prefer not to. I've done my fair share and would like to do it legally now .

Thanks in advance

JJ4Short

I've heard its not that hard

that hump back girl in your avatar is scaring me.

Sarlacc

AAC is apple audio compression - its simple to convert. you make a new playlist of the songs you want to make a cd of, then burn it (all done in itunes.) the files will convert to aiff so you can listen to them on a cd player. you want mp3s then rip the cd again and make sure you pick mp3....or there is a convert in the program i believe.., i dont know i use quicktime for that shit.

a playlist is a list in itunes, it will not create a new folder. the songs should automatically be added to your library also.

if you buy 10 different songs, but all at once, then its once charge on your card.


Itunes stores, and itunes itself are easy as pie, you'll figure it out.

is300eater

I think songs purchased from iTunes can only be burned 7 times... or something like that... but I don't see that being a big deal... cause how often are you really gonna want to burn a song more than 7 times.

The way I buy music from iTunes is... well, someone for Christmas gave me a gift card for the apple store (on line), and it just deducts from there... there's a little window at the top left showing how much credit I still have.

Sarlacc

You can only register the song on up to 3 computers. I dont believe there is a limit on burning. and if there is, then keep a master copy. Or if you burn it and rerip it, then you dont have to worry about it at all. there is away around everything.

kensteele

This is the cleanest way to purchase music on iTunes. You can buy a $15/$25 card for yourself and deduct from there. On Amazon, I believe you can get a discount for purchasing multiple cards.

Acuraluvr

iTrader: (2)

isnt it 99cent per song??? dont lik the price.... id just download from limewire

phile

how do you get licensed songs onto iPod? Like I've bought music from Walmart, but it's in wma format. So iPod doesn't recognize them.

w1n78

according to apple you can use iTunes to do it. http://www.apple.com/itunes/import.html on the key features section it says

Acuraluvr

iTrader: (2)

limewire.... almost everything is mp3 format........

JJ4Short

fuck converting get a rio carbon

phile

But that's the catch...it can convert unprotected .WMA files. The songs I bought from Walmart are protected, ie licensed.

w1n78

try this http://www.e-soft.co.uk/

phile

Thanks! I'll look into it...

w1n78

well i bought music from itunes and answered my questions
1) good quality. it seems like it's equivalent to mp3 192kbps
2) burn it into a cd then rip it back to itunes
3) creates folders based on ID3
4) shopping cart

feels good buying music. i'm finally giving back to the industry. i just wished itunes had more hip hop (not hip pop) and some 80s stuff. i bought about 37 songs and it took me 12 min. to download. not too bad, better than the old way where you hope the song is good quality, the right song, or a song that no one editted so that it loops the chorus over and over

Sarlacc

Liscenes dont matter on ipods.

only if you try and play a liscened song on itunes through an ipod. other then that its kinda of a weird loophole.

phile

None of the licensed music I had transferred to my iPod while all the other mp3s did...

Sarlacc

I have tons of liscenced itunes store bought music thats plays fine on my ipod. but will not play on itunes unless i put in the authorization codes. which i dont have cause i got them from friends.

So perhaps youre doing wrong? I dont know why, but it works for me just fine.

w1n78

i don't think .wma files are playable in ipod or itunes

Sarlacc

oh and i just put those same liscened songs on my new shuffle too...they work just fine

Sarlacc

no...convert them to MP3

im talking about liscened music downloaded from itunes....authorized music is a better term for the itunes bought music.

phile

No, my dilemma isn't with licensed music bought from itunes...it's licensed music in .wma bought from Walmart.com

Sarlacc

well yeah, ipods dont recognize wma files.

phile

I know, but I can't find a way to convert the .wma files because they're licensed.

Sarlacc

another reason why walmart licks the balls.

Can you burn it to cd and rip it? like with itunes authorized music?

phile

I thought about it...but way too much work. I was just hoping someone would know an easier method. I'm not even sure it would work, to be honest. When you buy the music from walmart, you have to sign some agreement pack about licenses and stuff for each song. I, of course, never bothered reading those things before clicking yes.

theroadrunner

I don't know what you can't find on Itunes I got stuff from "common" to junkie XL to just about what ever. You should look into searching more. I have had troule finding some stuff though so it could be very possible, but for the most part i can find what ever I need including "this DJ" by warren g. old school baby