Music Subsription service formats and compatible players?

[Thetech]

Hi all,
I'm thinking about buying a Digital music player, so far the 2 I like are the Iriver clix 2 and the
Cowon D2, but I'm wondering if the Cowon D2 Is compatible with any music subscription services? And also what the future of these will be with MS dropping plays for sure support. Also I could not find out what format and quality the music subscription services like Rhapsody or Napster offer. I prefer OGG files, but I don't think there is anything I can get short of buying CD's and ripping them myself.

 

[Thetech]

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[cmdrdredd]

Rhapsody uses .RAX which is a proprietary format and only certain players can sync with the service. Rhapsody uses real audio proprietary encoding.

You can edit your registry with the guide here http://real.lithium.com/real/b..._date_ascending&page=1

That will download .wma from rhapsody instead of .rax and you can use them in other ways. However, you have to keep your subscription active for the files to be used. Purchased music is not changed via this registry change.

Napster uses .NAP files that are similar to the .m4p files from iTunes but is WMA based.

Both are 192kbps.

http://www.cnet.com/4520-7899_1-6396943-1.html

The only place that offers ogg files is Audio lunchbox, but it is DRM free so major labels do not put music up there. You only find indie artists there, and is limited to about 100,000 total songs available to choose from.

 

[Thetech]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd
Rhapsody uses .RAX which is a proprietary format and only certain players can sync with the service. Rhapsody uses real audio proprietary encoding.

You can edit your registry with the guide here http://real.lithium.com/real/b..._date_ascending&page=1

That will download .wma from rhapsody instead of .rax and you can use them in other ways. However, you have to keep your subscription active for the files to be used. Purchased music is not changed via this registry change.

Napster uses .NAP files that are similar to the .m4p files from iTunes but is WMA based.

Both are 192kbps.

http://www.cnet.com/4520-7899_1-6396943-1.html

The only place that offers ogg files is Audio lunchbox, but it is DRM free so major labels do not put music up there. You only find indie artists there, and is limited to about 100,000 total songs available to choose from.

So if I did that with Rhapsody would I be able to use the Cowon D2?

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: Thetech

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd
Rhapsody uses .RAX which is a proprietary format and only certain players can sync with the service. Rhapsody uses real audio proprietary encoding.

You can edit your registry with the guide here http://real.lithium.com/real/b..._date_ascending&page=1

That will download .wma from rhapsody instead of .rax and you can use them in other ways. However, you have to keep your subscription active for the files to be used. Purchased music is not changed via this registry change.

Napster uses .NAP files that are similar to the .m4p files from iTunes but is WMA based.

Both are 192kbps.

http://www.cnet.com/4520-7899_1-6396943-1.html

The only place that offers ogg files is Audio lunchbox, but it is DRM free so major labels do not put music up there. You only find indie artists there, and is limited to about 100,000 total songs available to choose from.

So if I did that with Rhapsody would I be able to use the Cowon D2?

No, it isn't on the list of supported devices.

Rhapsody compatable media players Here