[mythtv-users] Can MythMusic use iTunes mp3s??

[Chris Petersen]

> I don't think that iTunes uses mp3.
> I'm 90% sure they use a different format
> called AAC (Advanced Audio Codec) aka .mp4
> which offers much better quality for roughly
> the same file size.  They also have DRM
> protection in them(when you download from iTMS)
> and I am pretty sure they will not play on
> anything but the PC authorized to play them, 
> a CD you burned through iTunes, or through an
> iPod.

iTunes can encode mp3 instead of aac if you tell it to.  And as far as I
know, the DRM only affects iTunes itself - I've heard of people playing
iTunes-encoded/purchased aac files in faad2 under linux.

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