Problems with IPOD
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From: LAGOS
Problems with IPOD
Hi fellow ppruners,
I cant seem to be able to transfer certain songs from my laptop to my ipod, I get a message saying the songs are protected. Now I would really love to be able to transfer my entire collection to this cool little gadget, but its starting to get frustrating. Any ideas?
ACN_Pilot
I cant seem to be able to transfer certain songs from my laptop to my ipod, I get a message saying the songs are protected. Now I would really love to be able to transfer my entire collection to this cool little gadget, but its starting to get frustrating. Any ideas?
ACN_Pilot
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ACN_Pilot
Were these songs bought from another online store (i.e. Napster, Rhapsody etc.)? If so, and where your licence allows, you may be able to first burn them to a CD then re-import them into iTunes. Be sure when you do, that you check the options available in your software and burn them in a 'lossless' audio format such as AIFF or WAV, otherwise you may experience degradation in the audio quality.
Each store uses their own copy-protected versions of the various audio formats (mp3, AAC, Real Audio) and they are incompatible with each other, so precluding 'direct' copying in most cases. Hope this helps.
Jx
Were these songs bought from another online store (i.e. Napster, Rhapsody etc.)? If so, and where your licence allows, you may be able to first burn them to a CD then re-import them into iTunes. Be sure when you do, that you check the options available in your software and burn them in a 'lossless' audio format such as AIFF or WAV, otherwise you may experience degradation in the audio quality.
Each store uses their own copy-protected versions of the various audio formats (mp3, AAC, Real Audio) and they are incompatible with each other, so precluding 'direct' copying in most cases. Hope this helps.
Jx
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From: Dagobah
Hi, I have a similar problem in that I have a music CD bought from a high street store that I cannot either rip to my hard drive or transfer to my mp3 player. Is this because the cd is protected and if so can I do anything about it? I'm using the standard windows media player (latest version I think)
