[ Ventilation ] | hmm...iTunes

10-23-2003 3:21 pm

Brandon: hmm...iTunes

So yeah, I guess you know that Apple released a version of iTunes for windows. Legally downloaded music at the touch of a mouse.

I was tempted.

I was far too tempted.

iTunes rocks. Period. The only thing I would like better is to be able to get a low quality preview of part of tracks before I download them, other than that. It's great. And, they make it somewhat simple to get your purchased music out of the DRM AAC format. Let me outline the steps for you.

1) Purchase music (In this case Ben Folds new EP, Sunny 16)
2) Burn music to audio CD (wasting a $0.02 CD-R in the process) As soon as it's done, iTunes shows the finished CD in it's playlist window.
3) Click the new CD, and select all tracks, Right click tracks and hit Convert Selection to MP3

There you go, high quality MP3's without any DRM. With the correct filenames and encoded using a high quality Fraunhofer MP3 encoder. As much as I like CDex and the LAME MP3 encoder, this is quite nice.

Sure it would be better without the DRM and having to jump thorugh the hoops, but hey, it's legal and everything.

Anyways, more later.

Mood: Purchased
Music: Ben Folds - Always Someone Cooler than You

boat - ()

so, what your saying is.....it's a good thing. when are you coming back home pork, it's awfully boring without someone to talk to about stuff that only we find ineresting, kristyn thinks i'm on crack, and noone else understands the logic behind my starwars obsession.

Brandon - (<-- The Electric Sunshine Man, yo!) - Administrator

Not sure when I'm coming back. But, I do understand your Star Wars obsession, I pre-ordered Knights of the Old Republic for PC ;)

fuzmeister - (The Real ST)

So why is this so much better than just downloading things P2P, Brandon? Elaborate.

Brandon - (<-- The Electric Sunshine Man, yo!) - Administrator

1) It's legal, for the most part
2) It's a hell of a lot easier to find what you are looking for.
3) It makes me feel like I am supporting something. Like Ben Folds new EP, Sunny 16, available for download only. Sure I could pirate it, but hey, it's worth $5 to me.

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