iTunes Now Available For Windows

http://www.apple.com/itunes/

I own an iPod and know at least one more of you do and I\'ve been waiting for this utility to come out for quite some time.  Suffice it to say, it is now my only media player I support topping Winamp, Windows Media Player, and several other utilities.  It\'s functioning and GUI is unmatched in my opinion and I advise anyone with WinXP or Win2K to check it out.  It also contains Apple\'s own music store [.99 per song, 10 per album, etc] and works beautifully.  Give it a try and let me know what you all think.

How is the downloading speed?

I might actually utilize it if I had a CD burner, but alas I dont.

Well, it definitely doesn\'t have every single piece of music out there, but its search functionality is quite good and they add songs daily.

How is the selection?

Is it really just poppy, rap, R&b junk?

Do they have all the oldies? (Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, The Eagles, Steve miller?, they are impossible to find on Kazaa, to my knowledge)

Are the songs censored in any way?

Music videos on their?

As long as Kazaa is still around....

But if someone gives me an Ipod I wouldn\'t mind either.

As long as Kazaa is still around....

Here in the states, I\'m a bit weary of Kazaa for some obvious legal reasons.  However, that hasn\'t stopped me from seeking other alternatives such as Bittorrent and the like.

Is it really just poppy, rap, R&b junk?

Do they have all the oldies? (Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, The Eagles, Steve miller?, they are impossible to find on Kazaa, to my knowledge)

I\'ll do some searches for you if you like, but it doesn\'t hurt to just download it.  It is free afterall until you go to buy a song.

Are the songs censored in any way?

If a song is censoredin any way, it will have a little tag next to it that says "Clean" in order for people to search for multiple versions.

Music videos on their?

None that I know of.  It\'s currently for music distribution only, not for videos.

Just a question about Kazaa... they are cracking down on the sharers aren\'t they as apposed to the downloaders?

What quality are iTunes songs at? 192?

They are not MP3 files but are rather ACC files encoded at 128kbps, however, the quality of the ACC files at 128 is considerably improved over the 128kbps MP3 files.  I would liken it more to a 192kbps or a VBR MP3 file.

Yes, the RIAA are cracking down on sharers on Kazaa here in the states, but the theory is, you get the distributors then there will be no one left to distribute the files.  I\'d prefer not to take the chance regardless of who they are targeting and just as I stated, there are many alternative ways to get what you need in this world.

[nO-One]

Well I\'ve been playing around with the windows version today, I like it but it feels too much like a port, like quicktime it feels un optimized whereas on the Mac it feels like it belongs (naturally)
I don\'t like the titlebar, and I don\'t like the widgets at all, would\'ve been better to keep the Mac look instead of just slapping some Windows like elements on there.

But the rest is good.

So, can Nero 5 convert the ACC file type?

How does file size compare with similar quality mp3?

File size is roughly the same.  Nero can convert the files so they can be burned onto CD.  AFAIK, you can burn them onto CD and rip the cd into mp3 files if you so desire, but I\'m sure there\'s some application out there that can convert AAC to MP3 directly.  I just have no need to look for it since my iPod recognizes both formats.

Can this new windows application, when used only as a player (not to purchase and download songs from Apple) actually play mp3s you already have, or does it need to convert all mp3s to aac first?

[nO-One]

It can play the Mp3\'s, it was an Mp3 player before all the AAC iTMS stuff.

It plays all of your songs without any changes.  It can even organize all the music for you appropriately and organize each song into its own sub categories such as genre and whatnot.  Here\'s a screenshot of that particular function in action with my existing MP3 library on my harddrive.



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/me will try it.