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Question about itunes

Big Dick McGee

Big Dick McGee

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So my wife bought me an iPod for my birthday, and I'm finally getting around to using the damned thing. Does anyone know if Apple iTunes offers a monthly subscription, or is it strictly pay-per-song? I know there are "Free" services out there, but I will be doing the bulk of downloading at work, so I need to use something legal.

If there is another service compatible with the iPod shuffle, that's cool as well.

Thanks!
 
I'm wondering about that too. I've been a Napster2Go subscriber for like a year now, and I realised today that if I quit paying them the $15 a month, like half my library would be worthless. Is there anything better out there, maybe ITunes?
 
I really never could get into one of those things.

They charge you something obscene and then you don't even own the fucking songs.
 
No, iTunes is pay-per-song, or video file. Usually 0.99 per song, 1.99 per TV episode, audio books are usually retail price.
 
I love my iTunes. There isn't a flat fee, and it is .99 per song, or usually $9.99 per album.

9 out of 10 times, I use it to purchase a song someone has recommended or mentioned. It's a helluva lot better than purchasing an entire album for one song. And you're not obligated. If you join iTunes, and only buy one song, that 's it. You don't have to buy anymore, unless you want to.

Apple rulz! :bigass:
 
Friday said:
I love my iTunes. There isn't a flat fee, and it is .99 per song, or usually $9.99 per album.

9 out of 10 times, I use it to purchase a song someone has recommended or mentioned. It's a helluva lot better than purchasing an entire album for one song. And you're not obligated. If you join iTunes, and only buy one song, that 's it. You don't have to buy anymore, unless you want to.

Apple rulz! :bigass:
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Good luck with the DRM on that. :D
 
Digital Rights Managment. Basically its a liscence you are given to play downloaded music oor videos with on your computer. At some point it expires, unless you keep paying for it.
 
Special encoding that makes it difficult to imposible to convert, copy, edit, or even play the song anywhere but a few Apple-sanctioned places. Namely, your iPods, and up to 5 computers loaded with iTunes and logged in with your account.

The other downside: They only offer songs at 128 rate. It's not always a glorious audio experience depending on the source...
 
It's probably why the labels didn't raise more hell about the service.

"128??? BWAHAHAHAHA! Sure, why not? Will it even be in stereo?"
 
Don't forget iTunes downloaded music is burnable... they allow up to 10 burns to CD then the file turns that function off...

...but once it's on CD you can just rip it to a straight up MP3 and do what you will.

Also, the 128Kbps is AAC, not MP3. Apple Audio Codec, personally I think it sounds good for compressed media, and I'm a fuckin' audio snob. Pretty good, that is.
 
I'm also an audio snob, and I find the compression hit or miss. On music without a lot of extreme hi/lo peaks, it's OK. For older music with lower volume levels, it's icky. For new stuff that's really loud or has pronounced bass, it muffles and distorts the bass as if it's blowing a speaker.

As for the burning/reripping trick, is that still possible? I've tried it after the last couple of upgrades and it failed...
 
Sure, it's totally plausible. I find it's best to use an MP3 ripper other than iTunes to get Mp3s out of a music store burned CD. Keep iTunes in the dark, you know.

My knowledge of it is a little 2nd hand as I steal all of my music. It's cheaper. I have gotten non-protected Mp3s out of purchased music, although I might have to go looking for a 3rd party ripper.

One thing that I have to tell a bunch of my customers is this: you don't HAVE to load your shuffle with purchased music. Rip the CDs you already own into iTunes and load your shuffle with that. FYI.
 
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