I have another kids mp3 player question....

[mommydama]

I may sound like a complete idiot, but can I put songs I've bought from itunes on any mp3 player that I own? Brad has an ipod nano, and before he left, he put all the songs we had in our itunes (some bought from itunes, a lot transfered from CDs we owned) onto his ipod. Can I put them on another mp3 player? If so, will it work with any mp3 player or only ipods? I'm so confused. I've been looking at the Creative Zen V for Maria for her half-birthday and it looks like it would be perfect and affordable and is very highly rated. But I want to understand what I'm getting. Am I going to have to download napster or something onto this computer and buy all her songs again? I sure hope not. Don't I OWN those songs now? I paid for them on itunes or wherever. I want to know what I'm doing before I purchase an mp3 player for her.

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[mommydama.livejournal.com]

I can wait until her birthday party (around June 24th). I know some of our music will transfer because I didn't buy it from itunes (am I understanding that right?) The stuff I bought from itunes is what won't transfer, correct? So I guess we could wait longer...I'm pretty sure all her favorite stuff, from Hannah Montana, et al, is ripped from CD. But did I need to make sure it was in the right format when we ripped it? GAH! I feel so ignorant!

[dan111174.livejournal.com]

open iTunes. Under the iTunes menu at the top of the screen select preferences. The prefs window will open up. Click on the gear like icon that says "advanced". Now click the button that says "importing". If it says Import using "MP3 Encoder" you are fine. If it says something else post it here.

[mommydama.livejournal.com]

I found those instructions on a website and did that today. So everything I've downloaded up to this point was in another format, correct? So do I go through it all one song at time and change it or what? I know I can't change the ones we bought from itunes, but we imported a ton of music to this computer as soon as we set it up and before Brad left.

I've pretty much decided to just buy her an ipod. It is going to be way to complicated otherwise. I think Creative has a wonderful product but it looks like it only works with Windows so it really isn't worth it to me to mess with it.

[mommydama.livejournal.com]

Oh, and should I change it back if I'm going to be using an ipod anyway? Does the format matter with itunes and an ipod?

[dan111174.livejournal.com]

Let me guess....AAC? That's what I did, too, and why I just re-imported everything as MP3's. Transcoding from, say AAC to MP3 is a "lossy" process. Like making a tape of a tape. So the sound will be crappier. I'd set iTunes to import from now on using the MP3 encoder at the higher quality. Most everything can (and will) be able to play MP3. It's the safest bet. At least until the RIAA let's Apple free the music it sells....

Such is the crappy Big Brother world we live in...