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AAC On P series! At Last! |
~lozishere~
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Hmm... Was playing with christmas present and just found out that the music player in my P910i plays AAC (.m4a) files! At last! This was all that was keeping me from ripping CDs at 192kbps AAC as opposed to 320kbps MP3.
Anyways, just thought I'd say, and this one is especially targetted at iTunes users (Apple seems to love AAC).
Sorry if most thought this was obvious, but I didn't, and thought it appropriate for a little christmas post.
Alright! Have fun, and Merry Christmas! |
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Symbiatico
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This only relates to the P910! And I thought you were talking about an app for the P-series!
Anyway, I hate to bear the bad news, ~lozishere~, but iTunes purchased songs are protected AAC's and only play on iPods and designated computers. |
~lozishere~
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Yeah, I was talking about iTunes in general here. Mainly because 1. I use it 24/7 and 2. Because AAC is the default format for a CD to rip to. There's more to iTunes than just the store, you know! |
adnhk1
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Yup  thus far, I had already ripped over 80 songs from my CDs into my P910i and AAC/M4A has definitely proven itself far better than MP3 in terms of sound quality and compression ratio
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aqrab
Joined: Oct 25, 2004
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where can i get a software for computer to convire mp3 wma wav to .AAC |
adnhk1
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Apple's Itunes is free but not sure whether it supports wma, etc. Anyway, try not to convert from one lossy format into another cos the sound quality will be pretty bad. The best is still to reconvert your music from normal CDs.
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jplacson
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I know... my whole collection is already in MP3 format... don't wanna have to reconvert... or have mixed versions.
Are ALL AAC files protected? The reason I love MP3s is that I can just transfer them from one device to another without the hassle of the annoying copy protection in wma files.
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Maratonmannen
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| On 2004-12-26 03:26:52, adnhk1 wrote:
...I had already ripped over 80 songs from my CDs into my P910i and AAC/M4A... where can i get a software for computer to convert ...Apple's Itunes is free |
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So the answer is, use iTunes to convert CD´s to AAC? |
Jools
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Are ALL AAC files protected? The reason I love MP3s is that I can just transfer them from one device to another without the hassle of the annoying copy protection in wma files.
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No, only protected AAC files are protected! If you buy music from the iTunes Music Store, then of course they will be protected. If you use iTunes to rip your CDs to AAC format yourself then the AAC files will not be protected.
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martin.l
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I use the ripper built in to Ahead Nero to convert as this does AAC as well.
Didn't know the p910 played AAC though 
After to try it now 
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adnhk1
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Hi all,
afaik, Apple is one of the founder (or sole founder) of MPEG 4 AAC codec, thus Itunes AAC should be among the best in the market for converting music of other formats to AAC/M4A music.I've tried Nero's before, and I still prefers Itune's way of converting cos it allows instant playback of the first song immediately while still converting the rest in the background 
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@ Maratonmannen
I hope this answers your questions
Cheers
[ This Message was edited by: adnhk1 on 2004-12-26 10:37 ] |
~lozishere~
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Yeah, iTunes does, as far as i know, if you install it on windows do the following at first launch: Firstly, it searches your computer for .mp3, .m4a, m4p (protected AAC) and .wma files and adds them all to the library. Out of all these formats, .wma is the only one it doesn't play correctly, so it takes it and converts it to .m4a (AAC).
I would highly recommend it but then i would -- I have a mac!
For you windows users out there who fancy using something a little bit more flexible, I would reccomend DMC. Do a google for it, it's a program that proclaims itself as a "digital audio army knife" and can convert a LOT of formats into a whole lot of others. Can also rip CDs and fill in ID3 tag info from the CDDB. It's not as elegant as iTunes and is far from pretty, but I guess if you want to specify up-to-the-dot bit-rates, then this one's for you
As for not wanting to have a half-mp3, half-AAC library, you're in a similar position to me (most of my music's mp3) but to be honest, getting all my new tracks in AAC makes no difference as it looks and sounds exactly the same using iTunes. The only difference is that the files are smaller
Sound quality of AAC on the P910i is excellent by the way, and it can also be used as ringtones
Have fun!
[ This Message was edited by: ~lozishere~ on 2004-12-26 11:25 ] |
adnhk1
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Yes,
how can I forget this... dBpowerAMP is the next best thing to conversion of multiple audio formats, and of course, it's FREE
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
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~lozishere~
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Still wondering why no Mac version you know...
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adnhk1
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Hi,
just to keep everyone here informed that I had read in other forums future versions of Unreal Player and Vito Sound Explorer will incorporate support for AAC/M4A codecs, at least when used on a P910i. Thus we may have better apps for playing back our beloved AAC music due to the fact that these 3rd party apps fully supports playlist, and I was told that Vito Sound Explorer will also include Equalizer for boosting the music
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Posted: 2004-12-25 20:18
