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bitJericho
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Posted: 17th Mar 2005 14:14 Edited at: 17th Mar 2005 14:15
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w00t

Two free songs from itunes Pepsi is making 24oz and 1 liter bottles with free itunes songs, 1 in 3 chance..

Anyways, I downloaded the itunes client and I downloaded me songs, it is a *fantastic* operation.. Songs there you just can't get anywhere else (winmx style, anyways) :o did I say that out loud x_x

This is something I'd definately put money for though.. The songs are a bit pricey at 99 cents, but not bad..

Songs are at 128kb/s in a m4p format, but it's quite simple to convert them to mp3's so you can listen to em in proper music proggys.. The details are not appropriate for this forum however, but you can easily google how to do it

So here I am... buying mountain dew by the dozen


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Rob K
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 00:54
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I thought that iTunes Music Store songs were in Apple's own AAC format?


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DBAlex
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 01:03
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Yeah. Me too...Because when you use ITunes it converts all your music on your HD into its AAC format...


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MikeyP
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 01:08 Edited at: 18th Mar 2005 01:09
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You can convert .aac to .mp3 in iTunes... No one seems to figure this out
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Osiris
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 01:12
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You can convert anything to anything, just as long as you have the software, or the knowhow.

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Neofish
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 01:40
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*wakes up*
My phone plays .aac Nokia 3300...


anyway...ipods suck

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Ian T
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 06:38
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Quote: "Because when you use ITunes it converts all your music on your HD into its AAC format..."


No it doesn't.


Anyways-- this might be the first reason ever to buy Pepsi . And compared to album prices, 99 cents is dirt cheap isn't it?

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Benjamin
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 06:41
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I wouldn't say dirt cheap. Some albums have 13 or so songs on, thats $13. Not much cheaper than buying the album in the shops I'm guessing.


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Eric T
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 06:45
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18.99 an album... you do the math.

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Neofish
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 06:49
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$18.99!? *faints*

go to a better shop

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Benjamin
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 07:27
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Quote: " $18.99!? *faints*

go to a better shop"

You do realise thats £9.86, right?


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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 07:28
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it is?! I thought that was about £12-£14..since when were pounds double the worth of dollars....have i been sleeping again?

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bitJericho
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 07:31
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my problem with the prices is the fact that you only get a download, you don't get the cd, or case, or booklets or anything..

You're paying the same price for an album on itunes as you would going to a store and picking up the cd..

And then you've gotta convert it from m4p to mp3 to do anything with the file... (other than what itunes lets you do with it.. play it or send it to your ipod or burn it to a cd)


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Dazzag
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 07:35
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Since ages. Go to xe.com or somesuch.

Although £9.86 isn't cheap.

Cheers

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Benjamin
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 07:42
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Quote: " Since ages. Go to xe.com or somesuch."

Thats exactly where I got the conversion from


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indi
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 08:06
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itunes is ok, I have mac amp as my substitute sometimes.

yaac is "yet another audio encoder" for OSX and other linux distros which is well good.

aac is optional for itunes and ipods.

mine are all still mp3s

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Wiggett
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 09:02
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damn u guys try $30+ australian for most cd's, $24 AUD if you're lucky. they practically want us to pirate it.

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Jeku
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 09:49 Edited at: 18th Mar 2005 09:51
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Holy crap that's highway robbery! We can buy most albums here for $12-15 Canadian! That's under $10 US :p

But for my MP3 downloading legalness, I choose allofmp3.com because they charge around $0.15-0.25 a song, depending on the length. And they have pretty much all of the good albums and the songs can be encoded in different formats (MP3, WMA, OGG, etc.).

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And you can preview EVERY song in its entirety, unlike ITunes' paltry 30 seconds


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Benjamin
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 09:55
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Quote: " damn u guys try $30+ australian for most cd's, $24 AUD if you're lucky. they practically want us to pirate it. "

You do realise thats cheaper than most albums in the UK, right?


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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 10:56
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Let's not kid ourselves people. We all know there's an easier way.

(Did I say that out loud? My ears are burning.)

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bitJericho
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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 13:41
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that's great megaton, but some songs you just can't .. you know.. get.. Unless you buy the song or album, go itunes! Can now blow a dollar rather than 10 to 15, (or 20+ if you go to retail stores) for an entire album of mostly bad music (sometimes, other times the entire album's good, which has shocked me on a few cd's I've bought..


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Posted: 18th Mar 2005 20:41
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I do not think you catch my drift...

I will shutup now.

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Ian T
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Posted: 19th Mar 2005 00:23
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I think he does...

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MikeyP
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Posted: 19th Mar 2005 02:08 Edited at: 19th Mar 2005 02:10
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This should work, to convert anything in iTunes to mp3 (AAC etc.).

1. Edit -> Preferences
2. Click on the 'Importing' tab
3. Select 'MP3 Encoder' and then any quality settings
4. Click OK
5. Right click file[s] in Music Library (The ones to be converted from AAC)
6. Click 'Convert Selection to MP3'

Simple as - [This works on songs I've imported and been converted by iTunes to AAC (ggr) not sure if Apple prevent songs it knows that have been off the store...]
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