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From | Benjamin Lukoff <blukoff@alvord.com> |
Subject | Re: ITunes question |
Date | Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:53:05 -0700 (PDT) |
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And will they play on any software other than iTunes itself?
On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, Josh Chasin wrote:
> I believe Apple's position-- which I have no reason to doubt based on
> experience-- is that 128K AAC are comparable in quality to 192K MP3s.
>
> I think where you'll run into a limitation with the songs is (a) they won't
> play on other non-iPod portable devices; and (b) Apple only lets you
> authorize 5 machines (computers, not portables; the latter are unlimited)
> for use for each song. Although I never heard anyone complain that 5 wasn't
> enough.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Eichelberger" <markeichelberger@comcast.net>
> To: "Audities" <audities@smoe.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:47 PM
> Subject: ITunes question
>
>
> Folks,
>
> I recently have become somewhat enamored with ITunes and have downloaded
> quite a few albums and individual songs. After looking at the information
> on downloaded tracks, I have a couple of questions that I thought more savvy
> ITunes users could answer.
>
> I noticed that downloaded files are listed as Protected AAC Audio files.
> What limitations are imposed on the use of these files? (I have burned
> these downloaded files multiple times on CD-R.)
> I noticed that the bit rate for downloaded files is 128 khps. However,
> these files (to my ears) sound a lot better than 128 khps mp3's I used to
> rip from CDs. Is the AAC audio format the reason these 128 khps files sound
> better than the same bit rate on an mp3 file?
>
> You can email me offline if you prefer.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark E.
> markeichelberger@comcast.net
>
>
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