iConfused

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Alright so I have this iPod now, and I'm putting music on it and all that shit. Some notes:

1. iTunes SUCKS. It's insanely slow. Also, it's slow.
2. Country-by-country iTunes stores suck too. I like the free US track this week, but can't download it because I'm in Canada and the Canadian store doesn't have that track for free. The free Canadian one is garbage.
3. I know there's all sorts of DRM on these things, although it apparently has been cracked, so somebody emailing me the song won't work, will it?
4. Now that I can store 100 songs, I obviously want more! I need to get a new hard drive, digitize all my CDs, and then get an iPod nano so I can listen to them all.
5. I need to win the lottery.

Comments

[iambic-cub.livejournal.com]

Are you running iTunes on a Mac? That might be your first problem. Once you win that lottery, invest in some Apple hardware.

[canuckboy.livejournal.com]

Find someone in the US who will allow you to use their address *cough*notleegalee*cough and you'll be able to d/l the free song there. ;)

[simplisticton.livejournal.com]

The software you want that will un-DRM the music is JHymn (at least it is on a Mac, I assume it works on Windows too). It just saves the "burn to CD and re-rip" steps. The day JHymn stops working is the day I stop buying music at iTMS.

[jdhorner.livejournal.com]

1. the program in general or just the file transfers? i actually think itunes is -great- at organizing the music. also, it's one of the snappiest progs. on my mac. (as opposed to iPhoto, which i abhor.)

2. i completely agree. but, as i'm sure you know, it all has to do with billing laws, record company contracts, etc...

3. jHymn might help you out. i don't know if they released a version for wintel machines, but nothing a little google can't solve. just be careful -- there are different versions, and you may end up rendering the song not playable anyway. but yes, a iTMS song will only play if the person who bought it "unlocks" it on the computer that's trying ot play it. and you get 5 authorizations. so if this person sends you stuff -all the time-, and has only one or two computers, they could always just give you their user/pass to "authorize" your computer for all their downloads. or, like you said, just crack the damned thing.

4. did you get a shuffle or something? that sucks, considering the nano just came out.

5. when you do, i accept donations.

[rebelprince26.livejournal.com]

as for number 3: the DRM is important so that artists can continue to have their music available for sale. so don't knock it. but yeah, like someone else said, i think you can authorize it to play on a couple computers, so you might be able to make it work.

iPod Nano? I wouldn't waste my money. Get a real iPod that hold ALL of your songs. :) I have a 20GB one and it's clearly not big enough. Not that I'm a size queen or anything...