iTunes and MP3 Player

[wcc]

I have a 'Creative' MP3 player and I just signed up with iTunes. I've downloaded a couple of songs, but now I can't get those songs on my player and play. They are in my 'purchased' folder. The iTunes browser doesn't detect my MP3 player and if I paste them to my player it won't read them. They are saved in an .m4p format.

So my questions are:

Wat am I doing wrong?

Is my MP3 player compatible with iTunes or do I need to get an Ipod?

[JavaBrewer]

Ahh yes, drink the .m4p flavored coolaid...

The fix is to burn the iTunes purchased songs to a music CD and then rip that CD to industry standard mp3 that every other device on the planet recognizes. Then if you must...keep iTunes for organizing your music library but never, I repeat never, ever, buy another song from the online iTunes store. Ever.

[wcc]

That's what I thought. I even mentioned your exact steps to my wife to make it work. What a hassle!

So, that brings me to another question then. What's a good site to get MP3 formatted songs?

[Moses]

You own two Porsches and a Ducati and you didn't spring for an iPod?

Dmoolenaar is just crying the Microsoft blues.

There's a reason iPod dominates the market. They rock. So does iTunes. Jump on in, the water's just fine...

[wcc]

Originally posted by Moses
You own two Porsches and a Ducati and you didn't spring for an iPod?

Dmoolenaar is just crying the Microsoft blues.

There's a reason iPod dominates the market. They rock. So does iTunes. Jump on in, the water's just fine...

That's funny! Actually, I didn't spring for anything. It was a gift. But since the wife wants one maybe I'll pick up an Ipod for her. She's more into the pictures and videos etc.... But in the meantime, is Napster the place to get .MP3 stuff?

[red-beard]

There are programs which will play the songs in the background and record them to MP3 files. I use Sound Taxi.

http://www.soundtaxi.info/

[sketchers356]

Hello!
Itunes can convert M4As into MP3s. Just right click on the applicable files in the player and hit "Convert to MP3". I converted my whole collection by sorting by file type.

[wcc]

I didn't have that option when I right clicked. That's weird. I'll check again when I get home tonight.

[Jims5543]

ipod = sucks.

I have purchased 2 of them. 1 for my wife as a gift then after I saw how cool it was one for me.

1 year later they are useless. My wife takes both to the gym in the hopes 1 of the 2 will work that day. She constantly gets the "! File" symbol. I cannot count how many times I have uploaded new firmware into them trying to get them to just work.

Never again.

At least with a cheepo Mp3 player if it takes a dump you do not fell so, .... raped.

[IROC]

Originally posted by sketchers356
Hello!
Itunes can convert M4As into MP3s. Just right click on the applicable files in the player and hit "Convert to MP3". I converted my whole collection by sorting by file type.

I *think* this will only work on files that you have imported into iTunes. Anything purchased through iTunes cannot be converted to mp3. I may be wrong, but that has been my experience...

Mike

[jeffgrant]

I've had 4 of them (first generation to latest), and love them. I use them daily, a LOT. So does my wife (she gets my "hand-me-downs").

I had one issue with a bad hard drive, and it was replaced same day under warranty... they just gave me a new unit.

iTunes is also a great thing, IMO.

I appreciate good, clean engineering, and "stuff that works". "el cheepo's" are usually are a pain in the ass to use, load, and don't last worth beans... you usually get what you pay for.


But hey, whatever floats your boat.

[sketchers356]

Ah-make sure that you have the encoder set to MP3 not AAC in the importing section of preferences.

[jeffgrant]

Also, you can't just convert the AAC format iTunes purchases to MP3... you have to burn it to CD then rip/import it as MP3.

[sketchers356]

Ah-sorry-I have never used itunes music store. Only converted other peoples M4As. Out of my league.

[red-beard]

The cheap and dirty way is to make CDs and then Rip them to MP3s. Sound taxi will do the conversion directly.