> -----Original Message----- > From: Crow T. Robot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 9:32 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: rehashed topic - what do you use for online music purchases? > > I finally bought myself an MP3 player...I was kinda forced into it, I > think > I was the last one on the planet without one. > > So...what do you use for online music purchases/music/playlist mgmt? I > should mention that I went with the Sansa e270 music/video player, so > iTunes > is out. I am pretty sure that the player doesn't come with any > proprietary > software, so I can use just about anything.
I really like Windows Media Player 11 - not just "use it because I have it" but really, truly prefer it. For me I turn on "Update Media Information from the Internet" but select "Only Update Missing Information" (sometimes the online information is wrong). I also use "Rename music files using Rip Music Settings" but DON'T let it rearrange my music files. I set the Rip Music settings to only use the song title - I prefer to use playlists to manage everything. One of my favorite places is http://amiestreet.com/ (it doesn't integrate with the player tho') It's basically a music broker: songs start at zero cents and raise in price (up to 98 cents) as they get popular. It's almost exclusively indie stuff but with most full albums less than $3.00 it's cheap to experiment. Free samples are long and you get store credit for reviewing music. Really nice system. Check out Mark Aaron James: http://amiestreet.com/artist/548 I heard "Aquaman's Lament" on Pandora and had to buy it. "Somewhere Over PA" is also a haunting song: it's from the point of view of a communication satellite routing the last calls from the 9/11 passengers. Very powerful. There are about a dozen stores integrated into Windows Media Player. Each needs a separate account but once set up integrates pretty well (depending on how "unique" the store wants to be). Napster tries to take over the experience while something like payplay.fm is less dominating. I've not tried "Urge" (the "main" store). I just don't listen enough to warrant one of those "all access pass"services but they are tempting. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:242839 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
