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No need for the iPhone to get this forum started. Post your questions, findings, tips and everything related to iTunes in this section. Mac and PC users are welcome.
 

phoneafriend

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I am a PC user and have never even looked into I Tunes. Has anyone here used it? I would be interested in hearing how you like it and how it works? Thanks!



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TheFron

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I don't use it, #1. I don't actually own an iPod but will in the future, and #2. I won't lie. I download music the old fashioned way, through decentralized networks :eek: . If I like songs enough I do buy the cd though.


But as for how iTunes works...

Users are able to organize their music into playlists, edit file information, record compact discs, copy files to a digital audio player, purchase music through its built-in music store, download podcasts, back up songs onto a CD or DVD, run a visualizer to display graphical effects in time to the music, and encode music into a number of different audio formats.
 

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TheFron said:
I don't use it, #1. I don't actually own an iPod but will in the future, and #2. I won't lie. I download music the old fashioned way, through decentralized networks :eek: . If I like songs enough I do buy the cd though.


But as for how iTunes works...

Users are able to organize their music into playlists, edit file information, record compact discs, copy files to a digital audio player, purchase music through its built-in music store, download podcasts, back up songs onto a CD or DVD, run a visualizer to display graphical effects in time to the music, and encode music into a number of different audio formats.
wow now that was a serious effort to help us noobies understand iTunes... well one more question... does i pod only plays formats supported by iTunes or we can also play mp3 and other formats like wav etc...

Looking forward for a reply

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TheFron

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Its no biggy, I just copy and paste from the ipod sites, wikipedia and such. :p


As for audio formats...

iPod Shuffle:
MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Music Store, M4A, M4B, M4P), Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4) and WAV.

iPod & iPod Nano:
AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Music Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), Apple Lossless, WAV, AIFF

also...

Photo formats (iPod photo):
Syncs iPod-viewable photos in JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only) and PNG formats

Video support (5th Gen iPod):
H.264 video: up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats
MPEG-4 video: up to 2.5 mbps, 480 x 480, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats.

From the official website :)
 

nicekid

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hi i'm a pc user 2 and i did try iTunes on my cousins computer but i have yet to get it on my pc because i don't really see the need(as i mostly listen to cds) and i've heard horror stories of iTunes messing up pcs..
 

applegeek

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I am all about the PC and the new Mac commercials are liable to drive me to shoot someone if I have to keep hearing how good MACs are. I really have never found them to be all that good of a deal as they do not have the functionality that I need.
 

techie

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PC but that is just because I have always used a PC and do not know that much about MAC's. I really do not think that one is better than the other but I am not that computer savvy to begin with.
 

razz

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PC all the way, although i love Apple stuff:confused: , although i have heard that mac does not get as much viruses as the pc, because it was design for that.And a Mac includes USB drivers for mass storage, and you can even run windows, yes:D , and microsoft office! But i love my PC.
 

iBaby

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Well my desktop is a pc, but my laptop is a mac, so you can say i have the best of both worlds!, lol, but i cant really choose just one because there are both neg and positives with both so im 50/50:eek:
 

Todd

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ibaby has a point, they are both negatives and positives towards the mac and the pc, but if I had to choose sorry , I am going to go with microsoft, thats what im really familiar with and used to but Apple does have some good stuff.
 

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I had installed iTunes in my PC few months back. It's a fantastic product but I thought it is a bit net hungry. Always tries to connect to the net. I had that time bandwidth problem. So I had to remove it.