itunes 7

[destrekor]

alright, I kind of didn't have a choice on this situation: I got 10 free songs on itunes, and a cd I wanted happened to be 10 songs. So, what do I do? Download and install itunes, and proceed to download said 10 tracks.
problem, and I knew it going into the situation: said itunes tracks cannot be used on non-ipod mp3 players.

And hymn/jhymn does not work on itunes 6+ tracks, and being that its itunes 7.. I am even more out of luck.

anyone know of any good tricks besides recording the track as you play the track or burning to a cd and ripping it to mp3 from there? both methods lose sound quality, so I don't really want to do it that way if there is any option here.

i know I am asking to bypass itunes protected files, BUT it's fair-use. I am not breaking any copyrights, as I techically LEGALLY own a copy of these songs now, just like if I owned the cd. So.. how is simply making it so I can play it on my own mp3 player any different than taking an audio cd that was store-bought, and ripping it to MP3 for use on mp3 players?
just thought I'd state that, before I get banned for asking about something 'illegal'. im not trying to circumvent copyright, just trying to circumvent something that is preventing me from even using what I just bought. fvcking Apple and their locking things down to their own brand of products.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: destrekor
it's fair-use.

I google.

You google.

We google.

They googled.

We all googled.

We all googlely foudn what we were looking for.

 

[EGGO]

You downloaded a .m4a file. This file has your apple ID information and whatnot so only you can play it on your iTunes and other computers that have your ID authorized. Best thing to do is to just burn it into an audio cd using iTunes and import it again.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: destrekor
it's fair-use.

I google.

You google.

We google.

They googled.

We all googled.

We all googlely foudn what we were looking for.

not quite sure what your gettin at. that I can find my answer through google? Everything that has been mentioned no longer worked once iTunes 6 came out.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Burning to CD then ripping will cause the exact same quality loss as transcoding directly to MP3.

i.e. (AAC -> WAV -> MP3) == (AAC -> MP3) given the same encoder is used for both.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Burning to CD then ripping with cause the exact same quality loss as transcoding directly to MP3.

i.e. (AAC -> WAV -> MP3) == (AAC -> MP3) given the same encoder is used for both.

I've heard that this has problems in the new iTunes 7. I personally haven't tried it yet.

 

[keeleysam]

Burn to CD and rip lossless.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Burning to CD then ripping will cause the exact same quality loss as transcoding directly to MP3.

i.e. (AAC -> WAV -> MP3) == (AAC -> MP3) given the same encoder is used for both.

I've heard that this has problems in the new iTunes 7. I personally haven't tried it yet.

Burning problems? Any source / link for this? And was it before the first patch?

Aside from helping the OP I'm curious since I was thinking of buying a few single tracks like the 1 new song in a best-of

 

[randomlinh]

he's telling you to google fair-use. i think it's one word... something... basically, it's the newest version to strip DRM. it's failed for me, so YMMV.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Burning to CD then ripping will cause the exact same quality loss as transcoding directly to MP3.

i.e. (AAC -> WAV -> MP3) == (AAC -> MP3) given the same encoder is used for both.

I've heard that this has problems in the new iTunes 7. I personally haven't tried it yet.

Burning problems? Any source / link for this? And was it before the first patch?

Aside from helping the OP I'm curious since I was thinking of buying a few single tracks like the 1 new song in a best-of

No link, just from a friend who upgraded. I have not tried it yet, but will tonight. I CAN tell you that the procedure works fine in iTunes 6, however.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Burning to CD then ripping will cause the exact same quality loss as transcoding directly to MP3.

i.e. (AAC -> WAV -> MP3) == (AAC -> MP3) given the same encoder is used for both.

I've heard that this has problems in the new iTunes 7. I personally haven't tried it yet.

Burning problems? Any source / link for this? And was it before the first patch?

Aside from helping the OP I'm curious since I was thinking of buying a few single tracks like the 1 new song in a best-of

No link, just from a friend who upgraded. I have not tried it yet, but will tonight. I CAN tell you that the procedure works fine in iTunes 6, however.

Just tried it, seems to be working okay for me...

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Burning problems? Any source / link for this? And was it before the first patch?

Aside from helping the OP I'm curious since I was thinking of buying a few single tracks like the 1 new song in a best-of

No link, just from a friend who upgraded. I have not tried it yet, but will tonight. I CAN tell you that the procedure works fine in iTunes 6, however.

Just tried it, seems to be working okay for me...

Thanks for checking, that's the easiest way then.

The extra burning step does not add extra quality loss beyond the AAC -> MP3 conversion.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Burning problems? Any source / link for this? And was it before the first patch?

Aside from helping the OP I'm curious since I was thinking of buying a few single tracks like the 1 new song in a best-of

No link, just from a friend who upgraded. I have not tried it yet, but will tonight. I CAN tell you that the procedure works fine in iTunes 6, however.

Just tried it, seems to be working okay for me...

Thanks for checking, that's the easiest way then.

The extra burning step does not add extra quality loss beyond the AAC -> MP3 conversion.

Yup, just remember to import at 128kbps...all iTunes AAC files are 128kbps afaik.

 

[EGGO]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Burning problems? Any source / link for this? And was it before the first patch?

Aside from helping the OP I'm curious since I was thinking of buying a few single tracks like the 1 new song in a best-of

No link, just from a friend who upgraded. I have not tried it yet, but will tonight. I CAN tell you that the procedure works fine in iTunes 6, however.

Just tried it, seems to be working okay for me...

Thanks for checking, that's the easiest way then.

The extra burning step does not add extra quality loss beyond the AAC -> MP3 conversion.

Yup, just remember to import at 128kbps...all iTunes AAC files are 128kbps afaik.

They are, but they are equivalent to a 198 kbps MP3.

 

[Blazin Trav]

My friend gets .m4a songs and converts them to mp3s all the time... google, as they said, is your friend.