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| Thread ID: 82733 | 2007-09-06 01:55:00 | How do i get protected songs onto my ipod | Surette91 (12789) | Press F1 |
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| 588426 | 2007-09-06 01:55:00 | I just got my ipod and i have been finding everything out but theres one thing i cant find out. i uploaded a bunch of cd's before i got my ipod and id like to know how to get those songs onto my ipod. i was wondering if anyone could help me? thanks | Surette91 (12789) | ||
| 588427 | 2007-09-06 02:20:00 | Welcome to Press F1 - install Itunes (www.apple.com)and connect your ipod, Open Itunes - if you place the songs in the Itunes folder, (for XP My Documents/My Music/Itunes/Itunes Music) it will pick them up automatically, if not then select "File/import"- and locate your music. Or you can let it search when installing Itunes. Once in Itunes with the Ipod plugged in simply select the songs/folder you want and drag / drop into the Ipod Icon. It will copy the selected its across. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 588428 | 2007-09-06 10:50:00 | I tried both of those thigns but everytime i do that it says. "One or more of the songs are in the protected WMA format, including the song "bluh bluh bluh.wma" and could not be converted. iTunes can only convert unprotected WMA songs. If you have the original CDs for these songs, you can import them using iTunes." I did import some cd's onto my ipod but what do i do if i dont have the original CDs but i have the songs on my computer? |
Surette91 (12789) | ||
| 588429 | 2007-09-06 18:20:00 | Before I answer this . . I recommend that you consider the legal aspect of your request . . not that it is illegal everywhere, and this being an international site that originates in New Zealand, you personally MIGHT be corrupting your own laws . We in the US have a "use by proxy" law that so far has stood up and allows the actions you are speaking of to be done without legal penalties . . at the moment anyway . Please use discernment for where you actually reside . If you have WMP11 . . you may be SOL . . and this may be another nail in the coffin for WMP11 . . . but you are not alone . . it is getting pretty obvious that there's trickery afoot with DRMs and such via M$ and WMP11 . Time will tell . . but your problem is in complete alignment with some of the blogs and posts in other tech sites that speak of the same problem . Don't you find it kinda dastardly that if you own the cd, you can download it . . a song you already have? . . and if you don't have physical ownership of the originatING cd . . you cannot? That word "originatING" is very important . . because there are digital signatures and parity devices that allow it to signify or ID the original ripping device and limit playback only on that same device . I am very interested in what you actually do to get things running for yourself . Again with an eye on the US Proxy laws here, the following may NOT apply to you . You may have to use Audacity to real-time record the files in MP3 format . . which will then be 128kbit anyway . . . much more to the liking of your iPod . You CANNOT just import the files into Audacity . . the security bugs will all jump up and deny you the opportunity . . . you will just have to record on-the-fly . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 588430 | 2007-09-06 20:55:00 | Surferjoe is right regarding the copy law, but its aslo a very unclear area. You can rip songs from music CD's using WMP11, you first need to go into the settings "tools/options - Rip music Tab, and untick the copy right protect.You can also set the rip format wma, mp3 and other formats. If you do this you will get a warning saying about legal issues. Its the old story, even though MS have put this feature in their software (WMP11) which is not illegal, how you use it may be. If you have copy protected music already from what I gather its almost impossible to Unprotect it. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 588431 | 2007-09-06 21:57:00 | One way you can unprotect the music is to burn the music back to a blank CD as an audio CD - using WMP11, then rerip back off, in unprotected mode. How legal that is I don't know. But I do know if you down load songs from Itunes / Digirama( and other legal Places) they give you certain rights you can do, for example you can burn the tracks to CD x number of times, you can have them on X number of PC's - 5 or 7 I think for Itunes. It varies from store to store. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 588432 | 2007-09-07 02:44:00 | Any DRMd .wma formated song must be burned to a CD then re imported back into iTunes to remove the DRM otherwise there is NO way of importing a protected wma formated track onto an iPod. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 588433 | 2007-09-07 05:28:00 | But don't worry, Macs are so easy to use and customizable... Oh wait:rolleyes: | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 588434 | 2007-09-07 06:18:00 | But don't worry, Macs are so easy to use and customizable... Oh wait:rolleyes: You should check the thread out about WMP11, that is the exact problem he is having. This is not the fault of itunes or the ipod. There is not one suggestion that the original poster use's a mac. The problem is that DRM has been put on his own music by WMP11. itunes will not import copy protected files. |
plod (107) | ||
| 588435 | 2007-09-07 06:39:00 | iTunes will only convert non DRM'd wma songs on the fly when importing tracks which can be imported as mp3, aac, wav, apple lossless or aiff codecs. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
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