I have an Ipod Nano, but all my music is WMA

[Nebor]

What do I do?

I like the ipod's somewhat slick interface (although locating the song you want is time consuming and difficult) but I don't want to give up WMA.

Is there maybe a firmware flash or something that will enable it to play WMA?

 

[Philippine Mango]

One word: 0wn3d!!!!!!

lol

 

[Lonyo]

Get a new mp3 player.

 

[antyler]

Just put your music in Itunes which will convert it to mp4, i think it is. Save a copy of your music elsewhere too. That way you can have both formats.

 

[Vegitto]

Either use Linux for iPods or suck it up and convert the songs.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Hahahahaha, you ripped to WMA.

 

[speg]

iTunes will convert WMA's without copy protection into mp3/ACC. So just put them into iTunes and let it do it's thing!

P.S. - Any reason why you ripped to WMA in the first place?

 

[QED]

Sell me your nano, and then buy a Creative Zen....

 

[Nebor]

I rip to WMA because they have the best lossless format, IMO. All my music is lossless.

And I know that itunes will convert all my songs, I did it a few months ago before I reformated. It takes forever and I hate itunes.

Is there a player that's similar in size from another manufacturer?

What's this linux for ipods business?

 

[Geomagick]

Apple lossless is superb quality, however you will want more than a nano to get a serious amount of music on the move.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: George Powell
Apple lossless is superb quality, however you will want more than a nano to get a serious amount of music on the move.

Well I sent my nano off to this place to get the flash memory replaced with higher capacity chips. So I've got 10 gigs to play with now.

But I'm still not reripping all my music.

 

[FallenHero]

cry more

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Hahahahaha, you ripped to WMA.

LOL! My thoughts exactly.

Why rip to a proprietary format?

Hindsight is 20/20 though. iTunes converts it for you.

 

[kermalou]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: George Powell
Apple lossless is superb quality, however you will want more than a nano to get a serious amount of music on the move.

Well I sent my nano off to this place to get the flash memory replaced with higher capacity chips. So I've got 10 gigs to play with now.

But I'm still not reripping all my music.

how much and where?

 

[QED]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Well I sent my nano off to this place to get the flash memory replaced with higher capacity chips. So I've got 10 gigs to play with now.

Wait... I thought that was a hoax???

Where did you send it? How much did it cost? More info, please!

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: edro

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Hahahahaha, you ripped to WMA.

LOL! My thoughts exactly.

Why rip to a proprietary format?

Hindsight is 20/20 though. iTunes converts it for you.

As opposed to ripping them into AAC, which is a proprietory format....?

 

[bersl2]

Originally posted by: Phil

Originally posted by: edro

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Hahahahaha, you ripped to WMA.

LOL! My thoughts exactly.

Why rip to a proprietary format?

Hindsight is 20/20 though. iTunes converts it for you.

As opposed to ripping them into AAC, which is a proprietory format....?

Actually, AAC is a standard format. It's just that the Apple encryption isn't.

 

[Nebor]

I haven't actually used my ipod in like 2 months. I really only got it because everyone else had one.

It'd be nice if I could put some more music on it without installing itunes again though.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: bersl2

Originally posted by: Phil

Originally posted by: edro

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Hahahahaha, you ripped to WMA.

LOL! My thoughts exactly.

Why rip to a proprietary format?

Hindsight is 20/20 though. iTunes converts it for you.

As opposed to ripping them into AAC, which is a proprietory format....?

Actually, AAC is a standard format. It's just that the Apple encryption isn't.

You could easily argue that WMA is also a standard format, given that other programs apart from WMP can encode/decode the files.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: Phil

Originally posted by: bersl2

Originally posted by: Phil

Originally posted by: edro

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Hahahahaha, you ripped to WMA.

LOL! My thoughts exactly.

Why rip to a proprietary format?

Hindsight is 20/20 though. iTunes converts it for you.

As opposed to ripping them into AAC, which is a proprietory format....?

Actually, AAC is a standard format. It's just that the Apple encryption isn't.

You could easily argue that WMA is also a standard format, given that other programs apart from WMP can encode/decode the files.

And a fair number of things support it (my iRiver mp3 player did, my Philips mp3 player does, and my Panasonic stereo does too).

 

[Nebor]

Most car stereos support WMA too!

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: Nebor
I rip to WMA because they have the best lossless format, IMO. All my music is lossless.

And I know that itunes will convert all my songs, I did it a few months ago before I reformated. It takes forever and I hate itunes.

Is there a player that's similar in size from another manufacturer?

What's this linux for ipods business?

OGG is eleventy billion X better than WMA IMO. Convert one song from WAV (CD rip) into two files, one file being WMA 64kbps and an OGG file at Quality 1, then compare. The OGG file will be smaller and sound SIGNIFICANTLY better.

 

[QED]

Seriously... if you have an 10GB ipod nano and don't use it or want to upgrade to a Creative Zen (or other player) that supports WMA... let me know if you want to sell it.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: Nebor
I rip to WMA because they have the best lossless format, IMO. All my music is lossless.

And I know that itunes will convert all my songs, I did it a few months ago before I reformated. It takes forever and I hate itunes.

Is there a player that's similar in size from another manufacturer?

What's this linux for ipods business?

OGG is eleventy billion X better than WMA IMO. Convert one song from WAV (CD rip) into two files, one file being WMA 64kbps and an OGG file at Quality 1, then compare. The OGG file will be smaller and sound SIGNIFICANTLY better.

Why would anyone convert to 64k WMA nowdays? 128k WMA will sound as good as 256k MP3 at half the size. Besides, OGG, no matter how good it is, does not have a future. Other then a handful, no MP3 player OEM wants to mess with it.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: Nebor
I rip to WMA because they have the best lossless format, IMO. All my music is lossless.

And I know that itunes will convert all my songs, I did it a few months ago before I reformated. It takes forever and I hate itunes.

Is there a player that's similar in size from another manufacturer?

What's this linux for ipods business?

OGG is eleventy billion X better than WMA IMO. Convert one song from WAV (CD rip) into two files, one file being WMA 64kbps and an OGG file at Quality 1, then compare. The OGG file will be smaller and sound SIGNIFICANTLY better.

Why not compare lossless WMA to lossless OGG? OGG is lossless, right?