Five things and Help a Luddite Day

[rolanni]

1. Snow removal
2. Laundry
3. Business email
4. Finish first draft "Intelligent Design" Gah. Not even close.
5. Figure out Itunes

*O Wise Flist -- I once long ago had a Relationship with Rhapsody, and I downloaded music, some of which I burned to CD and so still have, but other pieces of music -- nost! -- that was bought and paid for, I did not burn to CD and so lost it Forever when I switched desktops. This Put Me Off. However! Time heals, and I now wish to buy some singles again, so that I may burn them to a CD which will serve as a companion to that first, long ago, CD, which is a favorite for long road trips. If I succumb to this artistic impulse and buy music from iTunes, will it/they let me burn them to CD? Any tips/pitfalls?

Comments

[ckd]

The stuff you buy from iTunes is in AAC (MP4) format; I'm pretty sure Android phones can play that, since it's not any more proprietary than MP3 is (now that it's all sold w/o DRM). Heck, my old SonyEricsson feature phone could play them!

Things that want MP3 CDs can't take them directly, but iTunes can be used to convert them to MP3 (with the requisite recompression lossage, though if you're listening to them in a car that's probably the least of your audio problems).