iTunes going DRM free - finally!

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Rick, I am curious. I have proven (over and over, lol), I know very little about computers. What makes Itunes so bad compared to the Zune Software or Windows Media Player? (which, let's be honest here, is what 95% of the general, non-DJ public use).
 
It's a Unix port (OS X is Unix). It bypasses much of the design of Window's abstraction layers, and attempts to communicate with hardware and their drivers -- thus causing issues with other multimedia software, that does it properly. It also always runs in the background (the helper processes), even when the software is not up and running.

It's also pretty much bloatware now.


WMP and Zune software, are written by MS programmers, and optimized for Windows :)
 
OK, I understood the last sentence of that, the rest of it was like Chinese.
 
I don't know but, I have never had any problems running iTunes on any computer I've ever had even while running other audio and multimedia type programs... the only issue I see with it is the length of time it takes for iTunes to start up vs. other audio/multimedia type programs.

The later I can only attribute to what Rick has said about it trying to communicate with my other hardware and it truely is bloatware as he states.

However you look at iTunes it can not be denied that they offer the most in available for download music and video as compared with other providers. Including the former Napster.
 
The biggest reason I use Itunes (other than the fact I have an Ipod) is that WMP will not play MP4 video files, and every single movie I have on my computer is in MP4 format.
 
patrickrlewis said:
The biggest reason I use Itunes (other than the fact I have an Ipod) is that WMP will not play MP4 video files, and every single movie I have on my computer is in MP4 format.
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Mine are on DVDs -- plays them wonderfully :)
 
scharris_99 said:
I was wrong..... once. :)

This function exists in the current iTunes version 8, right click on any non-DRM AAC file (with the keywork here being non-DRM) such as one ripped to AAC or iTunes Plus (note that iTunes Plus is non-DRM), select "Create MP3 Version" and watch the magic happen. :)
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Ah... see your post didn't specify a non DRM song, because I already knew that you could take any mp3 file and "make an AAC version". I was thinking you had it backwards.

I don't think I have any NON DRM iTunes songs.
 
Papa Deuce said:
Ah... see your post didn't specify a non DRM song, because I already knew that you could take any mp3 file and "make an AAC version". I was thinking you had it backwards.

I don't think I have any NON DRM iTunes songs.
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No he was right.... I just tested it by taking a song I got from iTunes and the "Make an MP3 Version" option and it worked perfectly made a 320 MP3 all tagged up just like the iTunes version.
 
jokerswild said:
No he was right.... I just tested it by taking a song I got from iTunes and the "Make an MP3 Version" option and it worked perfectly made a 320 MP3 all tagged up just like the iTunes version.
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No, he was RIGHT but not fully explained. In his OP he did not mention that it had to be a NON DRM version. It needs to start out as a NON DRM version. ( which makes sense, but since I don't have any NON DRM songs that I bought from I tunes, I didn't know what he was talking about. )
 
Papa Deuce said:
No, he was RIGHT but not fully explained. In his OP he did not mention that it had to be a NON DRM version. It needs to start out as a NON DRM version. ( which makes sense, but since I don't have any NON DRM songs that I bought from I tunes, I didn't know what he was talking about. )
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Ahhhh I see what I did... I created an MP3 out of a "Purchased ACC" file. My bad.:sqlaugh:
 
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