I'm not familiar with the details of napster's service, but I'm pretty sure that napster doesn't use normal MP3s, but rather some other format that supports DRM. If that is the cas…

Wow, are you guys kidding? You pay for a music service, and then you don't even get to keep the music? That is horrible. www.itunes.com <---go there.

Quote: Originally Posted by Heavy Fluid Wow, are you guys kidding? You pay for a music service, and then you don't even get to keep the music? That is horrible. www.itunes.co…

Actually Napster sells music in the same way as Apple does, but they also offer a subscription where you can download and play an unlimited amount of music if you remain a "member"…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter But there IS hope!!! Burn the purchased songs to an AUDIO CD, then rip them into plain-vanilla MP3s. You are unlikely to experience any d…

Quote: Originally Posted by Mastrap Sorry, gh, you will lose quality that way. You're converting an already compressed format into AIFF, then compressing it again. The loss in q…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter (Frankly, the iPod's audio system is not what you'd call an audiophile's delight at either the high or low ends, and the mids can be kind of…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter Now here's the gimick that makes my method work pretty well: use a VERY high bitrate for the MP3 encoding. I use 320kbps, the highest supp…

Quote: Originally Posted by analogika Actually, the newest generation (5G, nano, and shuffle) sound surprisingly good, especially via the line out. I agree; they're getting b…

Quote: Originally Posted by Mastrap Ahhh, I missed that bit, sorry. Now it makes sense to me. And as analogika says, the new iPods sound pretty sweet. Actually I don't thin…

Is there anyway to set a image as a desktop picture on a iPod photo or video? Thanks!

Dell Dimensions DIM2400 2.6 Celeron Processor hi, I have a 30gb ipodVideo connected to an xp machine through a USB port in the back. When the ipod is plugged in the new harware …

Anyone? Another thing, when I plug them in windows makes that beep sound. But when I unplug it, it beeps 3 times in quickly? thanks dave

Quote: Originally Posted by David number 2 Dell Dimensions DIM2400 2.6 Celeron Processor hi, I have a 30gb ipodVideo connected to an xp machine through a USB port in the back…

Ye i manged to fix it. The problem was the install wizard was looking in the wrong folder. plug the ipod in n the wizard should open; (by the way im doing all of this by memory bu…

David and magil57, WELCOME to the MacNN forums! The real problem you both ran into with the iPod is that you didn't install the iPod driver software before you plugged in the iPod…

Has anyone seen, or used, the Adobe Messenger bag? I realize it's really expensive, but I can't find any reviews on it and am interested in it. Any comments from powerbook users? T…

I've been looking at this online for a few months as well. I guess it just became available November 15, 2005. I would also appreciate any real world views or reviews. Quote: …

*insert throwing up smiley here*

I'd want Adobe to pay me for lugging that around Seriously, they can pay for their own advertising.

Quote: Originally Posted by schuey100 I'd want Adobe to pay me for lugging that around Seriously, they can pay for their own advertising. Agreed... I could do without the …

is this just another peer to peer sharing network? is there reason to think you'd have access to more functioning movies here than limewire and acquisition which i already use, an…

"I thought the software was free. Why am I being asked to pay? The software is free. You are paying for the online help and support and the online tutorials for the lifetime of the…

I bought Free DVD Direct and after some days I can’t download any movies. I tried E Mule, BioTorrent, Lphant and others and these are free and work better than Free DVD Direct. Fr…

Hi, I'm wondering which config will give me the fastest speeds. Two 400 gig, 16mb cache 7200RPM drives RAIDed or the 400 gig with a 72 or 36 gig 10krpm Raptor? I use this machin…