An iTunes/iPod question. . .

Could I have made a mistake???

Published on June 20, 2005 By Stupendous Man In iPod

Hello all! I'm in a bit of a quandary here and hoping that you can provide a bit of advice. I've used iTunes to download 80 or so tracks into mp3 format and not AAC, in the hope that I would be able to play my music with one of the SanDisc, Creative, or iRiver players. However, when I tried to play the "mp3" files in Winamp I had to download an m4p plugin. Will I have the same kind of problem when I purchase an mp3 player, or am I forced to use the iPod shuffle? Anyway, basically I want to know if anyone has been able to play tracks downloaded via iTunes on a non-apple player and how it worked out.

thanks for your help, advice, suggestions!

Donnie

Comments (Page 2)

werewolf

on Jul 15, 2005

I have been talking to some ipod owners myself and have gotten the same responses about problems. Too bad. I don't have the $200 anyway, so I'm not at risk

werewolf

on Jul 16, 2005

I've done a lot more investigation...All the articles about sound problems due to a bad connector design on Apples part are from last year, as are most of the articles about losing connectivity and having to reset/restore the ipod. Are there any problems being 'widely reported' with the current version of the ipod mini? and how do you know which version/generation you are buying?

Stupendous Man

on Jul 16, 2005

I agree with you Lord Shitzu, without ever having heard the sound quality on any iRiver player, I am convinced that is the brand I wanna get. I was interested in 3 brands, iRiver, SanDisc, and Creative MuVo. I got on Google and just did a little comparison shopping for prices, features, usability, etc., and between that and the reviews for the various players iRiver came out head and shoulders above the rest. One of the features that seems to be really cool is the fact that the iRiver flash players have a battery life of about 40 hours! Have you found that to be true? I'd like to get your impressions as an iRiver user if I could. Thanks for the help all!

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