Where do you download your music from?

eMusic is a very good one. I have also heard good things about mp3.com. If you don't mind paying a monthly subscription fee, check if the Kindle is Rhapsody compatible. If you feel like spending some time doing research, you can check out this list.

Disclaimer: I have only used eMusic of these services, but like that one a lot. It has a lot of independent music, and lots of classical. I recommend it to anyone who asks.

 

And if you ever wonder why I don't use iPods, that would be one of the reasons... Sorry. Just could not resist that. LOL

How do you feel about the notion of converting your collection to mp3? It'll obviously take you some hours of work, but it should be possible.

 

I use rhapsody - $14.95/mo

 

I use the internet.....

 

I'm a little ignorant of the kindle... which music formats does it support exactly, and what file format are your iTunes songs? iTunes tracks with DRM still on them will only play on iPods, last I checked.

 

And the iTunes files are .aac then? DRM protected?

 

myfairtunes

No idea how the converter function is, but it's a start at least. FAQ here.

 

I think the 6th generation iPods store their music in protected format. I have recently bought a 5th Generation iPod that stores its music in MP3 format. I hope so anyway, as I am waiting on it to be delivered to me this week. That is the reason I purchased the 5th generation iPod.

If I want to download tunes from iStore, it will download as m4a format and I will have to convert from m4a to mp3. A PITA but converters are available.

I'd rather search for MP3 downloads as you can usually find a link somewhere.

Bazza

 

someone in my family has one nd it works fine with rhapsody

 

That's because I'm an airhead who linked to the FAQ for the wrong product. Whops. :-o

Anyways. Can iTunes convert all your music to wav? If it can, I have a wav-to-mp3 converter I can link for you. Just keep in mind you are going to lose sound quality by converting twice like that.

 

i buy cds of ebay and rip them so that i have high quality 320kbps copies

imho its a lot better than music subscription services

i also look around on mininova's content distribution center to search for artists i haven't discovered yet

 

No, and when I clicked to open the link in a new tab, it crashed my Firefox

 

Looked at Sony/MSN music services?
iTunes also offer DRM free tracks now so you can convert them to mp3 in iTunes after downloading.

 

They would because so many other stores started doing it that they were afraid of losing business to them. And they would lose business because of that exact approach you state: You have paid for the right to use these files, so as long as you don't sell them or give them up for free download, you should be able to listen to them anywhere, on anything. That's Fair Use, which incidentally is your legal right.

 

I didn't mean to infer that iPods downloaded MP3's. I know they don't which is why I would not buy a 6th generation iPod when 3 of my family (incl one g/f) have them. Up to 5th generation they will store and play MP3's (I hope-- or I've wasted my money). I've got a couple of thousand MP3's to be uploaded to my 5th Genny iPod when it arrives. I did purchase a Stan Freberg track "Washington crosses the Delaware" a while ago and it downloaded as a M4a format, as a test. :cry I'll convert it later. Bazza

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You told them you're okay with it when you agreed to the user license agreement you read before you made your payment. You did read it, right?

iPods can play mp3s and always have been able to. iTunes has not always let you download in mp3-format though. They started out using Apple's proprietary AAC file format, since their closed Apple ecosystem wants you to forever buy only Apple music players. Thus, iTunes tracks originally would not work on other brands.

Lots of legal download services for music started out retaliating by making their files WAV or WMA, since iPods could not play them, and continued to do so when the mainstream user learned that WAV has higher sound quality than mp3. Apple finally caught on, and the most recent generation of iPods is at last capable of playing WAV files. Still no FLAC, OGG or WMA though.

Proud member of ABI: Anything But iPod! :dood

 

Addendum, since my Edit button has vanished:
FLAC, OGG and WMA all have higher sound quality than mp3 as well, and FLAC like WAV is lossless. That means no compression, and zero loss of sound quality from the original. In theory anyway

And the Clip is awesome. The Classical music radio channel it can get me any time anywhere is slowly but surely restoring my sanity. And it does audio books very well.

 

LauraR, I'm :confused :confused

I'll have to wait for my iPod to arrive to investigate further. Thanks. Bazza

 

Windows Media Player :-D

Seriously, if you want to listen to music, buying the CD's is usually the best way, unless it's one of those moneygrabbers with DRM. I paid for the songs, I'm not going to pirate them, so don't punish me for your problems... Sorry, shouldn't rant.

Anyway, if you've got a mic and some time you can record them through that into a .wav file and convert that to MP3.

And incidentally, I got Wal-mart to load fine on my Firefox. It's version 3.0.1 so you might have one that's too new, or Wal-mart just had their site down.

 

Thanks Laura. My iPod, ex an eBay auction, has still not arrived. I hope I haven't been ripped off. Yes, that is what I thought about MP3's. I don't need the large capacity for songs like my sons do. They are already filling up 80 gigs. I tried to buy an earlier generation iPod around 20 or 30 gigs but missed out. Seller is not replying to my emails, not a good sign. :cry Bazza

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I wish I could remember the Jeff Foxworthy joke about iPods... It's so appropriate for that post Bazza.

 

Picked it up today at the Post Office. They didn't post it until last Wednesday. Looks great. Only problem is that they left their stuff on it. I plugged it into my laptop and all I get is "Do not disconnect" warning flashing. Not real informative. I have copied their contents to a temp Folder on my C: drive and have reformatied the iPod. I am at present copying my 1600+ tunes from my C: drive to the iPod drive (E. That seems to be working OK, but the "Do not disconnect" light is still flashing on the iPod. :confused Will wait for the transfer to finish, reboot, and see what happens.

Bazza

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1600+ tunes transferred OK. :major Warning is gone. :cool

See 2 x Thumbnails.

One is that I can't connect to iTunes. Weird coz I am connected to MG to write this.

iPod version 1.3 available. Will have to search that out manually as I cannot connect to iTunes.

Itunes version I am using is v8. Bazza

 

It gets more interesting. :-D

Not sure what this all means but my 5th Gen iPod has the flat Apple connector cable and also plugs directly into a dock connector. Also as a bonus (I think) I have been using an "olde" version of Music Match Jukebox (8.10.2017).

So much to learn, so little time. Bazza

 

LauraR, I just opened up a new Folder in my C: drive. Then, using Explorer, I opened up the iPod drive (E) and copied all the contents across to the C: drive Folder. I am using iTunes for the iPod contents and MMJB (occasionally) for my tracks on my C: drive. Still experimenting. :-D Bazza

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