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re: Thing I hate the most about iTunes

>is that you can't burn an online purchased song onto a CD in MP3 format... HELLO!? until they have AAC/MP3 car stereos available and reasonably priced, what's the point of iTunes?

I'm having a little trouble following this argument. If you're looking to play the tracks in a car stereo (per your post, one without AAC/MP3 [or even WMA] capabilities,) wouldn't you need to burn the tracks in a native music CD format? I know iTunes does this, and I believe most others do as well. What they do not allow is the direct conversion from one protected compressed format to another compressed format. (IE: Fairplay AAC to MP3 or protected WMA to Org Vorbis, etc.) though there are ways around that without burning to CD just to rip back, etc. Beyond that, there's a great point to iTunes, Napster and the rest... you can purchase the music you want at a reasonable price. You can then listen to that music in a variety of channels, including your computers, personal music players, burning to music CD for use in home or car steros and more.

>I think at music stores, they should have a unit that will allow you to sample music, pick certain titles off of any CD and compile your own.

I've only know one independent mom-n-pop store to ever do that. It ruled, but eventually they closed their doors after being in the same place for several years. I'm sure they didn't have authorization to do anything like that, but it was a cool thing while it lasted. For now, Places like iTunes do provide that feature, though you can only sample 30 seconds of each song before you decide to purchase them.

Posted by: JakAttak   Posted on: 04/28/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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