Hey Victor
In short, iTunes Plus is a fancy name for certain songs and albums in
the iTunes store that have been provided in a DRM-free format. If an
album is listed as iTunes Plus, then the tracks you download are 256K
AAC files (twice the quality of the standard 128k AAC that you usually
get from iTunes) and are also DRM-free. Note that there is still
information in the file as to who purchased it, though you can get rid
of this if it bothers you. iTunes Plus tracks will show up as
"purchased AAC Audio File" rather than "Protected AAC Audio File," and
will also end in the standard .m4a extension rather than the
protected .m4p. They can be played in any audio player that supports
the AAC audio codec in an MP4 container, which most do these days.
There is no price differencial between standard iTunes tracks and
iTunes Plus, and once the recording labels decide they want to release
their tracks as iTunes Plus with no DRM, Apple removes the DRM-
protected tracks from the iTunes store leaving only the iTunes Plus
songs available for purchase. Also, if an album is listed as iTunes
Plus, that applies to all tracks in it, whether purchased individually
or as a whole.
hth
On Oct 4, 2008, at 21:41, Victor Tsaran wrote:
Hi,
In the "Welcome to Itunes store" message it is stated that Itune
Plus Purchases are all in 256KB ACC format and have no DRM
protection. Is this really true? What is ITunes Plus vs Itunes?
Thanks,
V
