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Leroy Riggs
From:
Looney Tunes, R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Mar 2004 5:34 pm |
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I just downloaded my first single from Walmart.com and it came in a .WMA format. When I tried to open it, it went away to get me a license and then dropped a license folder into my download directory. After that, I burned a CD with this one song to see if the .WMA was converted to .CDA as a final format on the CD. It did indeed convert properly which means I can now play my downloads from Wal-Mart on my car stereo after I burn my CD with my downloads.
Now to my question: If I am permitted to burn a CD using this song that was licensed to my computer, what good is the .WMA? I could, if I wished still pirate this song (I'm not, of course) and sell CDs on the black market. Didn’t I just defeat the purpose of the .WMA format?
Also, beware the iPOD single song download as they come in the .M4P format and most existing players won’t play the .M4P. There may be a way to force a download into another format from iPOD but I didn’t stick around long enough to see. Investigate before buying.
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Bob Hoffnar
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Austin, Tx
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Posted 23 Mar 2004 6:56 pm
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Leroy, Did you try the iTunes out in any CD players yet ?
The CDs I burn from the itunes site work fine in every CD player I have tried them in.I've given them to bandmembers as rehearsal CDs and they had no problems either.
Anybody know what the royalty deal is with
Walmart ? The itunes deal is a pretty good one.
Bob |
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Cal Sharp
From:
the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Posted 23 Mar 2004 7:10 pm
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Windows Media Audio
Something I found:
Microsoft’s Windows Media Audio (WMA) format is a relatively late entry into the field of proprietary audio formats. WMA performs very good at lower bit-rates and is reported to produce quality indistinguishable from the original CD at 128 kbps. WMA is supported by most full-featured player programs and by many portable players. WMA is royalty-free when incorporated into software that runs on the Windows platform. |
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Leroy Riggs
From:
Looney Tunes, R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Mar 2004 7:21 pm
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| Bob, the M4P format would not play on Windows Media Player (Version 9) nor did my Roxio Easy CD Creator version 6 recognize the M4P format from iPOD. That is why I spent a (whole) $.88 to try Wal-Mart. It converted to .CDA during when burning my CD as I described above but I don't understand why I could convert .WMA to .CDA which is the standard, non-proprietary CD format. I am sure that there are some CD burning softwares that will understand the .M4P software and work with it but out of 4 different softwares on my computer that are used to burn CDs, none recognizes the .M4P. |
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Leroy Riggs
From:
Looney Tunes, R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Mar 2004 7:50 pm
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| Let me do some additional research on the web about the license that was required when I tried to play the downloaded .WMA file. In looking for that answer, maybe everything will clear up. |
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Michael Haselman
From:
St. Paul
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Posted 24 Mar 2004 9:28 am
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If this is anything like the new Napster, you can do 2 things with your download: burn it to a cd or download to your mp3 player through the Napster program, not through your regular player program. Napster supports Media player, so you can play the downloads on it, or download to your player through it, but I tried using my Rio Music Manager program, and it wouldn't download the Napster songs.
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