What is the best online Music Store?

by **Mighty Mazz** » Fri May 07, 2004 1:30 pm

Recently I've been getting into buying songs for 99 cents or albulms for $9.99 off of the REAL player music store thing. But what pisses me off is that all the stuff I download is like encrypted so that I can't transfer it to my player of choice (Creative Mediasource) This doesnt make any sense to me, why the songs I PAYED for I cant even move around on my computer. The only way around it is to burn the songs to CD then rip them to Creative. :mad:

Now the only other services I know of this type are Itunes and Napster and after looking into both of them it looks like they act in the same manner ie encrypting songs. Is there any other good LEGAL programs out there that just download it in plain ol mp3 format to my computer without all this other BS?

by **BeCynical** » Fri May 07, 2004 1:52 pm

I recommend using iTunes, because they allow you to put your music on up to 5 computers. If that doesn't satify you , you can burn the music to CD and re-encode it into MP3 or anything other format you'd like, if you do a search on the net their was an app that someone wrote that cracked the iTunes DRM.

by **Ryan** » Fri May 07, 2004 1:53 pm

The simple answer is no. The more advanced answer is yes.

There are many ways around.. but im not going to get into detail for legal reasons.

by **Ryan** » Fri May 07, 2004 1:54 pm

Originally posted by BeCynical
I recommend using iTunes, because they allow you to put your music on up to 5 computers. If that doesn't satify you , you can burn the music to CD and re-encode it into MP3 or anything other format you'd like, if you do a search on the net their was an app that someone wrote that cracked the iTunes DRM.

You have to pay extra money to burn CD's.

by **BeCynical** » Fri May 07, 2004 1:56 pm

Originally posted by Ryan
You have to pay extra money to burn CD's.

Not with iTunes

by **Mighty Mazz** » Fri May 07, 2004 2:03 pm

Yeah I thought you can only burn songs to cd like 5 times for free on iTunes then they charge.

Id rather stick with REAL before I'd go to iTunes. REAL does give you 192kbps quality songs which is the same as a commercial cd. It's just that its in a .rax format that kills me. Cuz I dont like listening to music using the crappy real one player I like my Creative Mediasource.

Like if I burn songs from my REAL music store to CD then take that same CD and try and have CDDB on Creative Mediasource recognize it, it cant. Which just irritates me.

by **ShipWreck** » Fri May 07, 2004 2:06 pm

theres away around everything, just google it. i'm sure you'll find what ur lookin for

by **BeCynical** » Fri May 07, 2004 2:07 pm

Go w/ iTunes you will have a better experience with it. Their files are 128kbps AAC (Advanced Audio Codec.... developed by Dolby) its the same as 192kbps Mp3 files.

by **Mighty Mazz** » Fri May 07, 2004 2:13 pm

Originally posted by BeCynical
Go w/ iTunes you will have a better experience with it. Their files are 128kbps AAC (Advanced Audio Codec.... developed by Dolby) its the same as 192kbps Mp3 files.

REAL downloads are encoded at 192kbps AAC

by **Mighty Mazz** » Fri May 07, 2004 2:17 pm

On a somewhat related matter how do I import tracks to my BF:V playlist. I see that Custom Playlist folder but am unsure what format it accepts and exactly how to do it. Did the game come with instructions or did I just lose them. :roll:

by **Jeffro** » Fri May 07, 2004 2:54 pm

Kazaa Lite all the way (the free version that you can't download anymore)!

Kazaa Lite is my source for music and such...

BTW is kazaa lite "illegal"?

by **Ryan** » Fri May 07, 2004 3:39 pm

My problem with Real? Exactly that.. its REAL player! No other software is as buggy / adsupported as them.

I stay FAR away from ANYTHING real.

by **PhantomEagle** » Fri May 07, 2004 5:06 pm

U want Kazaa Lite K++, which u can get from techtv.com. Another great site for old versions of programs is oldversion.com. .99 cents a song is crazytime. I recommend looking at an artist list to find all of the music u want to get b4 it becomes even more difficult to get.

by **PudriK** » Fri May 07, 2004 5:37 pm

Uh, you're wrong about the iTunes limit. You can burn as many CDs as you want, free. The limit is you cannot burn the same playlist more than seven times. Add and delete one song, and you can go on burning. I think it is just set up this way to prevent mass reproduction.

I like iTunes. It has a large catalog, but moreover, I think you'll be happy with the features. Small things like smart playlists, music rating, the way music is organized, and the interface of the iPod all make it much easier to find what you want to listen to and hear it.

The main weaknesses I find with the Apple system, vs the others, is lower battery life compared with some WMA players available, and about a $50 premium.

As someone who's used both WinAmp and MusicMatch, these are well worth the better interface and additional features.

by **Jeffro** » Sat May 08, 2004 12:32 am

Originally posted by PhantomEagle
U want Kazaa Lite K++, which u can get from techtv.com. Another great site for old versions of programs is oldversion.com. .99 cents a song is crazytime. I recommend looking at an artist list to find all of the music u want to get b4 it becomes even more difficult to get.

Listen to this man...he knows what he is talking about

Kazaa Lite K++...that is what I meant earlier, but forgot the K++

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