Down goes radio - Page 3

Pete Zicato · 09-07-2010, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

If you bought it in Apple's restricted format, then you can only use an iPod I guess.

No. You can get it to mp3, but it's a pain in the ass.

Make a playlist.
Burn it to disk.
Rip the disk to mp3 (which means you have to provide all the mp3 info)

Cloud · 09-07-2010, 11:33 AM

hmm. does sound like a pita. what is the "mp3 info?"

Flint · 09-07-2010, 11:50 AM

The artist, album title, track titles. Window Media Player will usually find this for you automatically, but if it doesn't: while the disc is ripping, right-click and select "find album info" search their mega all-inclusive database, select your album, it will attach the correct titles to your rip job (both in the WMP library and in the directory where they are being written).

This is better than naming the files by hand because it actually writes the information on the tags, where they are read by players.

Pete Zicato · 09-07-2010, 04:45 PM

The thing is that when you burn a playlist from iTunes, what gets burned is probably a random list of tunes you like, not necessarily an image of some cd. So it's never going to be found in the freedb or the like.

Most good cd rippers will allow you to enter information in by hand for each of the tunes on a disk, but again, it's time consuming and not a lot of fun.

Not that it helps for your current collection, but I now recommend to people that they buy their tunes from amazon. They give you regular mp3s.

Pete Zicato · 09-07-2010, 04:50 PM

BTW, the radio in our 2009 Honda has a minijack. Use whatever mp3 player you like and set it to AUX. Zing 1 uses her ipod in it a lot.

Flint · 09-07-2010, 04:57 PM

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They give you regular mp3s.

I just ripped my entire CD collection as 320kbps MP3s (the most ubiquitous format). The whole point of getting the music off of the physical disc format was to improve accessability and portability. Nothing proprietary for me, thanks. No WMAs, no FLACs (I don't have Superman hearing). I want it to play on ANYTHING. I want it to play on a 10 year old DVD player.

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BTW, the radio in our 2009 Honda has a minijack

Our Honda minivan has a 6-disc changer that reads MP3s, so even at 320kbps I can load up about 400 songs. Also, we have the minijack option, which I plan to implement as soon as I see a really cheap mp3 player run in the Fry's flyer.

Sadly, my 2002 Honda only plays audio discs. I do have a cassette slot that I could run one of those discman adapters in...

SteveDallas · 09-08-2010, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

The infrastructure to get audio on the internet is tiny in comparison, even if you have a massive audience.

It is not tiny! It's huge!

But it's shared in a way that RF broadcasting has not been.

Juniper · 09-08-2010, 12:56 PM

I also use the AUX option in my Honda CRV to play MP3s. I use my Blackberry, which of course is my MP3 player, and it also streams from Pandora.

I got my hubby an XM radio for Christmas, but essentially I get the same service for free with Pandora.

And yes, I agree with Pete, I buy MP3s from Amazon. I've always hated iTunes. I figured their scam out in the early days when I first got an MP3 player and got some free songs on, I think, a Coke bottlecap or something. It was a problem because I didn't have an iPod and wasn't about to shell out $200 for something I could buy for $30. I had to find a freeware app to convert the files, but after that they worked fine.

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09-07-2010, 11:50 AM	#33
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The artist, album title, track titles. Window Media Player will usually find this for you automatically, but if it doesn't: while the disc is ripping, right-click and select "find album info" search their mega all-inclusive database, select your album, it will attach the correct titles to your rip job (both in the WMP library and in the directory where they are being written). This is better than naming the files by hand because it actually writes the information on the tags, where they are read by players. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-07-2010, 04:45 PM	#34
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	The thing is that when you burn a playlist from iTunes, what gets burned is probably a random list of tunes you like, not necessarily an image of some cd. So it's never going to be found in the freedb or the like. Most good cd rippers will allow you to enter information in by hand for each of the tunes on a disk, but again, it's time consuming and not a lot of fun. Not that it helps for your current collection, but I now recommend to people that they buy their tunes from amazon. They give you regular mp3s. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

09-07-2010, 04:50 PM	#35
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	BTW, the radio in our 2009 Honda has a minijack. Use whatever mp3 player you like and set it to AUX. Zing 1 uses her ipod in it a lot. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

09-08-2010, 12:56 PM	#38
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	I also use the AUX option in my Honda CRV to play MP3s. I use my Blackberry, which of course is my MP3 player, and it also streams from Pandora. I got my hubby an XM radio for Christmas, but essentially I get the same service for free with Pandora. And yes, I agree with Pete, I buy MP3s from Amazon. I've always hated iTunes. I figured their scam out in the early days when I first got an MP3 player and got some free songs on, I think, a Coke bottlecap or something. It was a problem because I didn't have an iPod and wasn't about to shell out $200 for something I could buy for $30. I had to find a freeware app to convert the files, but after that they worked fine.

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