On 07/12/05 08:13 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt sat at the `puter and typed: > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Louis LeBlanc > >Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 5:57 PM > >To: FreeBSD Questions > >Subject: m4p conversion to mp4? > > > > > >This is probably painfully obvious, but I can't find it in the ports > >with a search or through google. > > > >I recently acquired an iPod Shuffle, and am enjoying it thoroughly. > >Unfortunately, I also acquired a gift card for the iTunes store, so I > >thought it would be better to get a copy of "Bohemian Rhapsody" > >through the store rather than go buy the CO. I'm not a big enough fan > >to listen to "Radio GaGa" if I don't have to. > > > >Anyway, I learned something disturbing. They give you the music you > >buy in m4p format, which is an mp4 format protected by an MD5 > >derivative. I think. > > > > Even more disturbing - the mp formats are compressed so you really > aren't getting a CD-quality track.
Yeah, I know, but my hearing isn't nearly good enough to tell the difference anyway . . . :| Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 "When the going gets tough, the tough get empirical." -- Jon Carroll
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