Re: [slim] Cant play downloads i have bought

2008-04-15 Thread 4mula1
Doubletwist is like the burn and rip to mp3 scenario, it takes what is usually a lossy format and transcodes it to a different lossy format sans DRM. No thanks. -- 4mula1 SqueezeCenter 7.0.1 + Solaris 10 x86: Because everything else would've been easy!

[slim] Cant play downloads i have bought

2008-04-14 Thread Kudahl
Hey. I have a problem, my wife have bouhgt some songs on the internet, both from Itunes and Cdon.com (WMA), but we cant play it over the S.B. It wont come on if we update the Music folder, and if we use the Itune Plugin, it wont play, its just say Error, Unknow file. It cant be right, that i

Re: [slim] Cant play downloads i have bought

2008-04-14 Thread Dave Dewey
Quoting Kudahl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hey. I have a problem, my wife have bouhgt some songs on the internet, both from Itunes and Cdon.com (WMA), but we cant play it over the S.B. It wont come on if we update the Music folder, and if we use the Itune Plugin, it wont play, its just say

Re: [slim] Cant play downloads i have bought

2008-04-14 Thread Mitch Harding
One workaround you can use is burn your music to a CD, rip it from the CD, and then encode it in a format that the SB can handle -- mp3 or FLAC. The downside of using mp3 in this case is that you're losing data twice -- iTunes throws away some data when they encode it (unless it's Apple

Re: [slim] Cant play downloads i have bought

2008-04-14 Thread autopilot
A better option than the burn re-rip method (which is a PITA and can murder sound quality) is to remove the DRM with something like QTFairUse6. -- autopilot *SlimServer:* 7.0 (Windows XP) *Players:* Squeezebox 3 (main room) / Squeezebox Receiver (bedroom) / Softsqueeze (home office). *Amps:*

Re: [slim] Cant play downloads i have bought

2008-04-14 Thread Mitch Harding
I thought that didn't work with iTunes 7...? Burning and re-ripping to FLAC should preserve sound quality, I think, unless iTunes reduces the sound quality during the burn. On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:50 PM, autopilot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A better option than the burn re-rip method (which

Re: [slim] Cant play downloads i have bought

2008-04-14 Thread mikeselectricstuff
autopilot;291460 Wrote: A better option than the burn re-rip method (which is a PITA and can murder sound quality) is to remove the DRM with something like QTFairUse6. Maybe someone should make a plugin using the above software... -- mikeselectricstuff

Re: [slim] Cant play downloads i have bought

2008-04-14 Thread Dave Dewey
Quoting mikeselectricstuff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): autopilot;291460 Wrote: A better option than the burn re-rip method (which is a PITA and can murder sound quality) is to remove the DRM with something like QTFairUse6. Maybe someone should make a plugin using the above software... It

Re: [slim] Cant play downloads i have bought

2008-04-14 Thread denmennis
If you have a Mac, you can remove the DRM tags using a trick with iMovie but you need iMovie HD. The only downside is that you won't get any of the extras such as album art. There are also a couple of applications that you can download from the internet. If you are using Windows then try

Re: [slim] Cant play downloads i have bought

2008-04-14 Thread denmennis
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