iTunes - Is it a good program if I have a PC and need music in an MP3 format?

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miksom95

6 posts

Wannabe Geek

#73466 14-Dec-2010 10:25

I have a Creative Zen vision M and it needs MP3 content. I am trying to steer clear of Itunes, but am under the impression it has the biggest reach in terms of music content.

I use windows media player with the Zen, and it works fine, I just want to know prior to signing up if I can download content in MP3 format, and if I can still use media player to shuffle the music around once on my computer, or does it automatically send any downloaded content directly to itunes (and do I need to download the itunes software regardless)?

Any help is appreciated.

Also if anyone knows of a program like "senuti" that can take the music from my zen that would be wicked.

Buttonmash

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Ultimate Geek
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#416953 14-Dec-2010 10:28

iTunes sells music in AAC format. It'll rip your CDs to MP3 but I find using something like Exact Audio Copy and LAME gets you much better audio quality.

wellygary

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#416963 14-Dec-2010 10:42

miksom95: I have a Creative Zen vision M and it needs MP3 content. I am trying to steer clear of Itunes, but am under the impression it has the biggest reach in terms of music content.

I use windows media player with the Zen, and it works fine, I just want to know prior to signing up if I can download content in MP3 format, and if I can still use media player to shuffle the music around once on my computer, or does it automatically send any downloaded content directly to itunes (and do I need to download the itunes software regardless)?

Any help is appreciated.

Also if anyone knows of a program like "senuti" that can take the music from my zen that would be wicked.

If you want to download content from the iTunes Store, I am fairly sure you need to have installed the itunes "client" on you PC,

itunes store tracks are mainly "itunes plus AAC"s and are DRM free, so you are free to then simply copy them out of itunes as mp3 and into Windows Media player and then manage them onto your Zen,

Or according to Creative, you can simply link itunes to your zen which can play AACs, and bypass windows media player altogether.

http://support.creative.com/kb/ShowArticle.aspx?sid=44083