Chris, One downside to Real Music Player and Rapsody is that your tracks come in a proprietary format identified as .rax. Someone on this list or perhaps it was on another list, indicated that actually the .rax file isn't a real music file, but is a pointer to a site on the internet where the music streams from/through.
If you want to "use" your purchased file, you will need to use the burner in Real Player to burn the .rax file to a music cd. It's not the easiest device to use, but it isn't the worst either. Once you have the music on a playable cd, you can re-rip the music to whatever format you wish. However, as this is a compression after decompression of a compressed file, you may have some loss of quality. You should also be able to transfer your .rax files to many different .mp3 players including most Ipods directly from Real Player. I haven't had a lot of luck doing this, but I haven't spent a lot of time trying to figure it out either. If you go the Real Music Store route, it is probably worth paying the one time fee for the plus version of Real Player. There is a very good normalization feature and the ability to print jewel case inserts and some other features that come in the plus version. I think it cousts around $19.99. Please let me know if you have other questions. Clifford -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Hickerson Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 12:15 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody Thank you! I'll check that out. I already have a large collection of lp's, 45's and cd's. However, there are a few songs I'd like to have, but don't want the entire CD. Thanks again. Kris Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
