Hi, Clifford and list. I occasionally use the Real music store and can download my rax viles (the greedy proprietory form of a Real file) from Realplayer into an MP3 player such as the Creative Zen Plus and the Ilo which I boght on-line from Walmart awhile back. Haven't tried with the Zen Stone, but there's no reason to think it won't work. Seems like there's some weird unhoy alliance between Real.com and the Windows media folks because I think when I transfer my rax files to my portable player, they have a wma extension tot hem, digital rights protected, of course. In any case, I find it easy to transfer my rax files to a device using real player; easier than using the dreaded Windows Media Player which I have to use when I buy files from passalong.com which selss songs in wma/drm format and sometimes in mp3 format. Are you as exhausted as I am writing about this? hahahaha. Can't wait for this drm nightmare to be over!
Peace, Kathy Listen to Kathy and Fred on the Web at http://www.live365.com/stations/cityslackers/ http://www.fredkate.libsyn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blackwell, Clifford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 2:05 PM Subject: RE: Frustrated with Rhapsody > 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] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.14/912 - Release Date: 7/22/2007 > 7:02 PM > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
