ipod mini - tough enough for running?



David wrote:

>Those files are not Mp3's, they are encoded in AAC format
>(which is arguable better quality than Mp3). THAT format is
>only playable on iPods.
>
>

Isn't AAC MP4?

Digital Rights Management sucks. It's all about limiting our
choice as a consumer and trying to maximise the profits of
the music industry. Who do they think we are? Criminals or
children? It's not up to them to enforce copyright law. For
now I will continue to buy the CDs I like and make my own
MP3/OGG/FLAC/whatever files to play in whatever device I
like. If my hard drive dies, I have the original CD to
recreate the digital file again. I can transfer those files
to whatever computer I'm using with no hassle. I have no
worries about reinstalling the OS (which I do several times
a year due to my job) and losing access to my music.
Strewth: why do people buy in to this con?

Malc
 
The Apple Music Store would not exist without DRM. I'm a
musician BTW... you'll have a hard time convincing me that
artists do not have a right to have their work protected :)
But this is another discussion for another newsgroup. Oh...
and in answer to your question... criminals and/or
children... but mostly just criminals.

Malcolm Ferguson
<Malcolm_Ferguson@NO_SPAM_PLEASEyahoo.com> wrote:

> Isn't AAC MP4?
>
> Digital Rights Management sucks. It's all about limiting
> our choice as a consumer and trying to maximise the
> profits of the music industry. Who do they think we are?
> Criminals or children? It's not up to them to enforce
> copyright law. For now I will continue to buy the CDs I
> like and make my own MP3/OGG/FLAC/whatever files to play
> in whatever device I like. If my hard drive dies, I have
> the original CD to recreate the digital file again. I can
> transfer those files to whatever computer I'm using with
> no hassle. I have no worries about reinstalling the OS
> (which I do several times a year due to my job) and
> losing access to my music. Strewth: why do people buy in
> to this con?
>
> Malc
>

--
Nova Scotia, Canada
 
The answer to the question was 100% accurate. I just didn't
think it would add to the clarity of the question to list
every feature of the program.

Zgirl didn't seem to have any burning desire to purchase
anymore 'tunes, just to be able to use what she had on an
iPod. In fact your addition wasn't 100% accurate either
since iTunes will allow you to listen to those mp3 on you
computer, burn CD's (on a mac, not sure about Windows); set
tags, equalization, time between tracks, ect.; and watch
pretty little hippie-like graphics while listening to all
those 'tunes AND a whole bunch more.

Happy now?

David <[email protected]> wrote:

> Although your answered the posters question... the answer
> was not 100% accurate. Yes, an iPod will play Mp3's... but
> iTunes, as well as being an app for moving and organizing
> music files... also allows you to browser and buy tunes
> from Apple. Those files are not Mp3's, they are encoded in
> AAC format (which is arguable better quality than Mp3).
> THAT format is only playable on iPods.
>
> [email protected] (Bumper) wrote:
>
> > iTunes is just a program that plays mp3's, it allows for
> > creating playlists and moving files on to an iPod. It
> > will move any mp3 not just the ones purchased from the
> > Apple site.
> >
> > There are some shareware programs that will move files
> > to and from the iPod, but there really isn't any reason
> > not to use iTunes since it free and works very well. The
> > aforementioned programs are best for moving files if you
> > have more than one computer to sync with.
 
i'm happy!
thanks bump :)

"Bumper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1gauajf.lj8qlx1r06r6qN%[email protected]...
> The answer to the question was 100% accurate. I just
> didn't think it would add to the clarity of the question
> to list every feature of the program.
>
> Zgirl didn't seem to have any burning desire to purchase
> anymore 'tunes, just to be able to use what she had on an
> iPod. In fact your addition wasn't 100% accurate either
> since iTunes will allow you to listen to those mp3 on you
> computer, burn CD's (on a mac, not sure about Windows);
> set tags, equalization, time between tracks, ect.; and
> watch pretty little hippie-like graphics while listening
> to all those 'tunes AND a whole bunch more.
>
> Happy now?
>
> David <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Although your answered the posters question... the
> > answer was not 100% accurate. Yes, an iPod will play
> > Mp3's... but iTunes, as well as being an app for moving
> > and organizing music files... also allows you to browser
> > and buy tunes from Apple. Those files are not Mp3's,
> > they are encoded in AAC format (which is arguable better
> > quality than Mp3). THAT format is only playable on
> > iPods.
> >
> > [email protected] (Bumper) wrote:
> >
> > > iTunes is just a program that plays mp3's, it allows
> > > for creating playlists and moving files on to an iPod.
> > > It will move any mp3 not
just
> > > the ones purchased from the Apple site.
> > >
> > > There are some shareware programs that will move files
> > > to and from the iPod, but there really isn't any
> > > reason not to use iTunes since it
free
> > > and works very well. The aforementioned programs are
> > > best for moving files if you have more than one
> > > computer to sync with.
 
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