>Now this answers the question I sent in the other day, but it >brought forth a new question. Does it mean that all music I buy >through iTunes are in AIFF non compressed and that when I make a new >CD from my iTunes playlist, ( which I think I am allowed 5) will >that CD then not play on any, some or all CDplayers? Or can I >manipulate it by changing or setting the encding on mp3's? >Marta
Music bought through the iTunes music store is in AAC 128kbps compressed format. When you burn a CD from such music, iTunes automatically decompresses it before it burns it out onto the CD. The CDs can be played on pretty much any player anywhere - all car CD players, home players, CD Walkman players, everything. MP3 CDs are a special case - only some newer players can handle them. It is a CD with compressed MP3s on it instead of uncompressed music, so a CD can hold more songs. iTunes can make such a CD for you, but if your music isn't already stored in MP3 format, you will have to use the menu to convert your music into MP3 format before you can burn it on an MP3 CD. Players that can read MP3 CDs are getting more common, but if your player is more than a year or so old it most likely can't read MP3 CDs. Hope this helps..... Jerry -- Jerry W. Ethington 245 Hawkeegan Drive Frankfort, KY 40601-3912 (502)223-5489 (502)682-2607 cellular jethington at mac.com "Quando omni, flunkus moritati." (When all else fails, play dead.) | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
