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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Using Rockbox with iTunesRe: Using Rockbox with iTunes
From: Jacob Rau <jacob.rau_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:54:51 -0400 >> >> Is it true that you can't play music downloaded from iTunes store using >> Rockbox? If so, why is that? > The blatantly obvious fix to this situation is to burn, then rip the encrypted songs. Sure, it will use many CD-Rs if you have a decent library built up, but it's a last-ditch effort solution for a problem created by Apple. And this solution is completely within iTunes. The downside is that there is a bit of quality lost because you are decoding a lossy file, then re-encoding to a lossy file. Then again, audiophiles wouldn't be downloading lossy files from iTunes in the first place. As an alternative, there is a Windows-only application called myFairTunes. It only works for something like version 7.0.5 or earlier, as Apple sent a "cease-and-desist" letter awhile back. However, this strips the encryption off the songs and spits them out with an m4a extension--AAC format; this format is easily played by Rockbox. You will need to search the web for this application as the cease-and-desist shut down the HYMN project where it was hosted. MajorGeeks had a version of this up last time I checked. If you are using a Windows machine, your music will probably end up in your "My Documents" folder, under "iTunes Music". There, if you find a file with a .m4p extension, it's encrypted, and if you find a file with a .m4a or .mp3 extension, it can be copied to a Rockbox-capable player and should play just fine. Good luck defeating the anal-retentive system Apple has put into place. And for future reference, you are probably better off buying the CD. You will get pure, unencrypted, full-quality audio as opposed to the lossy, encrypted AAC files Apple has to offer. Jacob ------------------------------------------------------------------- List admin: http://cool.haxx.se/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rockbox FAQ: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GeneralFAQ Etiquette: http://www.rockbox.org/mail/etiquette.html Received on 2008-07-16 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |