Quoting wallace winfrey <wally@booyaka.com>:
quoted 8 lines On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 adam@damek.org wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 adam@damek.org wrote:
> > the obstacles are to adding Vorbis support to iTunes and, more
> > importantly, to iPod. For me to switch, currently I would be forced
> > re-rip and encode all of my CDs, particularly if I want to get an
> > iPod, which I do. This would be a major pain.
>
> Why get an iPod then? Let function follow form. Your collection is in
> Ogg, get an Ogg-compatible player: http://neurosaudio.com/
The Neuros doesn't play vorbis files. It is an intended feature for the future,
but I don't buy on future promises. Besides, OS X support for the Neuros is
also just a future promise, and probably kludgy at that, by porting the linux
software which is also non-existant at the moment.
quoted 3 lines If you want to play your Ogg files in iTunes, there's a plugin
> If you want to play your Ogg files in iTunes, there's a plugin
> available:
> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20021103065300430
Yeah, I know. I suppose I *am* just whining a lot. But that still wouldn't
allow me to play them on the iPod, or any other portable. Yeah, I should have
just stuck with MP3 years ago instead of deciding to go with Vorbis. Hindsight
is 20-20 and all...
quoted 6 lines But what about music I import? Will my own music be similarly
> > But what about music I import? Will my own music be similarly
> > restricted? I mean, does iTunes 4 restrict the copying, sharing and
> > burning of all AAC files, or only those downloaded from the iTunes
> > Store?
>
> I don't believe iTunes4 is now limited to AAC format.
I know, but as I mentioned, I won't go back to MP3. That's a step backwards as
far as I'm concerned. So I still wonder (and I'll probably ask Apple somehow)
if iTunes can tell the difference between AAC files from the store and AAC files
from my CDs - I would expect to have no restrictions on ones that aren't from
the Store.
In the end I suppose I'll stick with my PC for another year or so, at least
until all the AAC issues get ironed out and there are common ways of encoding,
tagging and playing them on multiple OSes. Right now, there's nothing but
QuickTime/iTunes on the Mac, and a couple different in-development encoders for
Linux and Windows. So at the moment I have no trust that
QuickTime for Windows can play it, but QuickTime for Windows, well, sucks.
The thing is, there's always 3rd party software and other tools, including UNIX
ports through the Fink project. Heck, I could just run XMMS on OS X and be done
with it. But I can do all that in Windows, too. And it's a pain. It's one of
the main reasons I've been drawn to the Apple world lately. It's the draw of
having everything "just work", and using built-in tools designed to work
together, etc. That all may still overcome the pain of having to re-rip and
encode all my music again, but it sure would make things a million times easier
if Apple would just accept Vorbis as an equal citizen in they're little
multimedia universe.
-Adam (whiner) :P
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