Tim Hanson wrote: > A sliver of hope comes from > the ability to burn "purchased" songs to a CD. I have even seen Windows-only > utilities to create a virtual CD (an ISO image, I assume), then rip mp3s from > that. > > 1) Is there an available Linux program to do the same thing? >
I don't know, but if not, you could always burn to a CD-RW disk and then rip from it. That's what I do with my iTunes downloads. It can't be an ISO image, because ISO only handles data CDs; it must be some other image format. > 2) I've heard that the journey from the DRM protected content to a CD to > mp3 is not a pleasant one musically. I'm not totally happy with the sampling > rate of standard mp3 generally, although I live with it for the convenience > of having all those tunes in my shirt pocket and on my hard drive. I'm not > in much of a mood for further degradation from removing the DRM. > I don't have any experience with the service you're using. My experience with iTunes downloads has been good, though. I'm not an audiophile, but I do care about artifacts, and I haven't noticed that what I get from iTunes sounds any worse than what I get on CD. I would definitely recommend bumping the MP3 sampling rate above the 128 kbps that most people seem to think is standard, though. I used a short music clip to audition various sample rates and encoders and settled on LAME at 160 kbps as a good compromise for my tastes. I'm sure someone will jump in now and explain to us why MP3 is evil and we should use Ogg/Vorbis. ;) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
