[xinoxide]

im thinking about getting the new ipod touch. but i am kind of on that thin red line only because of itunes, when i purchase a song through itunes, what are my file quality limitations?

 

[goldenratiophi]

Most stuff - 128 kbps AAC + DRM
EMI "iTunes Plus" - 256 kbps AAC, no DRM

 

[Pangaea]

You do not have to go thru the iTunes Store. eMusic works just as well, and most (not all) of their stuff is higher quality. Or you can just rip CDs w/ apple lossless. I use iTunes but never use the store other than to sample stuff.

 

[sandys]

You dont need to use itunes - use winamp. You can even pull music OFF the ipod with it.

 

[grommal]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sandys /img/forum/go_quote.gif You dont need to use itunes - use winamp. You can even pull music OFF the ipod with it.

Is this true? I've never had an ipod, but I thought the only way to manage the music on them was through itunes. If Winamp will work, will other software also work, like wmp?

 

[xinoxide]

hmm, i do remember the winamp thing, thanks for bringing that back to my attention.

ill be buying the ipod touch soon after my ED9 and amp purchase. and as soon as its available.

 

[tnmike1]

Bushguy recommended Winamp to me a few weeks ago after noticing that Winamp now has support for the Ipod. I was an Itunes lover; no more. Only thing I do still like about Itunes is the ability to sample new CDs; but then again, can get CDs cheaper from other sources than Itunes

 

[invisiblegun]

Yeah start ripping with Apple Lossless--you won't regret it

 

[japc]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sandys /img/forum/go_quote.gif You dont need to use itunes - use winamp. You can even pull music OFF the ipod with it.

Not completelly true. Apple is on the way, unexplainably, to locking access to the iPod for software other than iTunes (!?):

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/14...eengineer.html

This has already been broken by gtkpod developers but I guess (bet) that something else will follow, and will be much worse.

So I wouldn't lean on using anything other than iTunes, crapy as it may be.

 

[tnmike1]

Quote:

Originally Posted by japc /img/forum/go_quote.gif Not completelly true. Apple is on the way, unexplainably, to locking access to the iPod for software other than iTunes (!?): http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/14...eengineer.html This has already been broken by gtkpod developers but I guess (bet) that something else will follow, and will be much worse. So I wouldn't lean on using anything other than iTunes, crapy as it may be.

Very, very interesting. Glad I didn't remove Itunes from my computer. Might have to return to it

 

[fiftiesdean]

+1 for apple lossless.
+1 for iTunes. the 128 AACs (and the 256s for that matter) kinda suck, but I use it mostly for organizing, downloading podcasts, etc. The album art feature (with cover flow in iTunes) is cool.