Jerry, Thanks for your time to explain all this to us, very informative.
John R. On Jan 24, 2005, at 12:52 PM, Jerry Ethington wrote: >> 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> > | 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>
