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Topic: Using your computer for CD storage ?
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Sam Graham
AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues.
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From: Waukee, IA
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 04-16-2006 10:34 AM
iTunes
It's free, it's easy to use, and it's flexible about what format and what compression level (if any at all...I use 192kbps) you want to import with. You can then use your PC just like an iPod. Play certain CD's, build playlists, play in shuffle mode...Plus, if you have high-speed internet, you can take advantage of podcasts and some streaming. I'd use it even if I didn't have an iPod.
Actually, any of the major media players (Windows Media, Real Player), will do this now. But I prefer iTunes.
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Brian Michael Weidemann
Expert cat molester
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From: Costa Mesa, CA United States
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted 04-16-2006 06:54 PM
I agree that with the high capacity drives out there, compressed audio formats aren't worth using. I was thinking about a 60GB iPod as soon as I did the math and realized just how much music I could put on there at straight, uncompressed .wav ... It wouldn't hold my whole CD collection, but I wouldn't want it to. If I hand picked my favorite artists and albums, the ones I would WANT to listen to anywhere, anytime, it would be perfect.
As for playlists on a computer, I wouldn't want my whole collection available for shuffle play. Or, at least, I wouldn't use it. But, what I AM doing is putting important, special, and other favorite CD's on my hard drive, uncompressed .wav, just as back-up, and for making copies I can keep in my car without ever wearing out the "master". My good ol', trusty Winamp 2.8 is still the best player, and I refuse to upgrade beyond it. It doesn't invasively search my whole system for anything and everything it can play and make libraries.
I'm almost scared to put iTunes anywhere near my system.
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