or even e-mail the song to a friend if i chose to? i think i mean, would there be that DRM thing where it only plays if your connected to internet? thanks!
2007-03-30 17:42:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
NO... unless Apple opens their standard or you burn everything to disks and rip them or buy something that will convert protected m4p songs. If you want to give your friend the song really bad then you have to give them your e-mail and password.
2007-03-30 17:47:32 · answer #1 · answered by brosen_ber 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The song file you downloaded is DRM-protected, which means it can only be played on up to five licensed compatible systems (iPods or computers with iTunes installed). Or you could burn it to a CD in the MP3 format. _OR_ you could save yourself a coaster and just use iTunes to do a direct conversion to the MP3 format. To do this:
1. Pull down the Edit menu
2. Select Preferences
3. Click the Advanced tab
4. Click the Importing tab
5. Set "Import As" to "MP3 Format
6. Click OK
7. Highlight the songs you want to convert (DRM-protected or not, it doesn't matter)
8. Pull down the Advanced menu
9. Select "Convert selection to MP3"
10. Go back through the first five steps and switch it back to whatever it was before (probably AAC format) if you want to be able to import music from CDs in a format that sounds cleaner than MP3.
2007-03-30 20:36:31 · answer #2 · answered by the_amazing_purple_dave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and No
No, because the file you downloaded is a .MP4 which is a protected file and requires authentication with the Apple iTunes database to play, and only 5 computers can be authorized to play any given file.
Yes, if you burn the song to a CD ( I use CD-RW so i can erase and re-record) and then import it back into the library.
The protection cannot be copied into the normal CD audio format, so the protection is now gone on the imported file. You will, however, need to manually enter all of the base info for it (title, artist, ect.)
2007-03-30 17:56:38 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Right 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, any music purchased from iTunes can only be played on the iPod
do not waste your time, or money, on and ipod.
you could try burning them to a CD then riping the CD
I do know, that re-encoding the song gets rid of the copy-protection (which is what burning them to a CD would do).
2007-03-30 17:58:35 · answer #4 · answered by Ivan Y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just decrypt your itunes so the play on whatever
http://www.hymn-project.org/
heres a link to a pretty good prog.
it worked for me
FUCKE THE DRM SHIZNIZZLE PEEPS
2007-03-30 17:56:29 · answer #5 · answered by vintagegamerz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋