Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] iTunes music files (was "You had to know itwas coming")

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Jonathan King wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 08:00:03 -0600 (CST), Mike Miller wrote:
> 
>> I would just want to convert the file so that I can use it with my MP3 
>> player, which is not an iPod - it's my cell phone / PDA device:  Treo 
>> 600. I can put up to a 1 GB card in it and load it up with MP3s.
>
> Doable.  Brute force method is to get iTunes to burn the AAC-encoded 
> stuff to a CD (hmm...maybe even just a disk image?) and then re-rip that 
> into MP3.  I think perl or applescript scripts exist to automate this. 
> Googling "itunes applescript ripping" returns a gratifying number of 
> hits.  I think inside of 5 minutes you could find a solution that would 
> work pretty well.

Right.  Someone already sent me a link.  The m4p -> CD -> mp3 method would 
work but is unappealing because there would certainly be some loss of 
quality (maybe not detectable with my ears though).  If m4p is essentially 
mp3+DRM, then a direct translation would be better.

Mike
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