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

[James Colannino]

Chris Petersen wrote:

>>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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>

Besides, iTunes allows you to burn CD's from your music, correct?  If it 
does, then you could always take the long road and burn audio cd's, then 
re-rip them :)  I subscribe to the theory that if you can see it, and 
you can hear it, then it can be copied ;)

James