AAC files
okay, since there wasn't much of an up rise about AAC (m4p) files. I'm going to go ahead and make it official that these are okay to include when it's your month. If you're seriously against this then speak now or forever hold your peace.
posted by James Harris at 12:51 PM
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oh yeah, but make sure they are not protected AAC files (bought from the iTunes Music Store), cause then no one can play them but you. If you need to decrypt them see the link to the left and download Jhymn, that program makes it really easy.
Jimmy-
WTF? Tell me you didn't answer my question as I was asking it.
yeah, right... that's fucked up.
So, I checked out the JHymn instructions, and I'm kind of suspect. He repeatedly says things to the tune of, "If Apple changes something in iTunes' next release, you might lose all your fucking music" Which is not something I want to hear. Is there another way around it? I haven't tried burning the songs to a music CD and then ripping them as if they are my own. I burned a data cd and the songs were protected. What about the option of burning to a CD with a program other than iTunes? Will the songs lose their protection??
okay, what he's talking about already happened once. Basically an iTMS file has DRM (digital rights management) instructions that says "hey media player am I authorized to play on this computer?" and if it's not then the file goes on the internet and says "hey iTMS can I be authorized to play on this computer?" At which point you're given an option to authorize that machine (if you haven't already authorized 5 computers for that account). Well Jhymn takes this command of your files similarly to what brad just mentioned. But it will do hundreds at a time so you don't have to think about it or waste a bunch of CDs. Jhymn authorizes itself under your account so then it has permission to play or burn the files, but instead of burning them it simply rips them to WAV files and then from WAV files to MP3 files. When this type of De-DRMing first came out the guy who wrote it (DVD jon) decided to leave your account information on the files because his intent was not to make the files pirate-able but just to make them easier to use for the person who rightfully purchased them. Well apple figured out a way to recognize if the account name was on the file but the DRM was not then the files became useless. Now you can remove all this account information as well. Seriously all that back and forth between DVD Jon and Apple happened in less than 48 hours and nothing has happened with it since. Rumor has it that one reason Apple is moving over to Intel chips within the year is because they can provide better encryption for these types of things but in the meantime I'd feel confident then anything you create with Jhymn will work. Just make sure that you edit your preferences as specified in the FAQ. Okay, that was long winded hopefully it makes sense. Holla if not...
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