really need help with mp3 downloading

beautifulgorgeous_2

Sorry, did not mean to hijack thread, i thought the idea was not to have too many and i thought that mine problem was similar to the others on this thread. Seem to have sorted it now cos i found a link for more up to date itunes on site , loaded it and seems to be sorted.

Fran

dadstaxis wrote:

........... Which are the best/cheapest download sites for music? .........

Have a look at the Great "Cheapest Legal Music Download" Hunt thread. :rudolf:

dadstaxis

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weemee wrote:

It could be that the MP3 player does not support Windows Media file .WMA files, if it does it may not support DRM .WMA files. Is the error specific?

Does the player have a make? Or reference a web site?

Regards

I have the same problem. Bought some downloads and they wont sync with the (TJ Hughes) MP3 player. I note all the tracks are protected and the licences say they are OK for synchronisation until 2099 - but no joy. I think Parsnips and I have the same problem - anybody know what we need to do

:mad:

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

If you can play MP3's from music ripped from a CD, but not play DRM protected music, there's the chance, as mentioned earlier in the thread, that your MP3 player does not support DRM files.

Maybe if you posted the make and model of the player?

dadstaxis

Thanks Phantom FF. The device is a Prolectrix BU/SB494790/AIR.

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

I had a look around and I couldn't find anywhere that said it played DRM files.

If you can't 'sync' the music files with the MP3 player in Windows Media or they will sync, but the player just skips the files, then I have my doubts that the player will play DRM files.

It's unfortunate that a lot of these players don't specify one way or another in their description.

Sorry.

dadstaxis

Thanks for trying Dave. I have contacted the manufacturer so we will see what happens.

Happy New Year!!

parsnips

weemee wrote:

It could be that the MP3 player does not support Windows Media file .WMA files, if it does it may not support DRM .WMA files. Is the error specific?

Does the player have a make? Or reference a web site?

Regards

yes yes, it says it does not support wma files, what do i do now?

wonderfullife_2

Hi
You will have to encode your cd's to mp3, if you have Roxio,Nero or Windows media player these will do it for you.

Hope this helps

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

As wonderfullife says, if you don't want to download other programs, then Windows Media Player can do it for you.

Once you've opened it up, go to Tools/Options and then click on Rip Music tab. Then choose MP3 from the drop-down format menu. Then use the slider to choose the audio quality. Don't go below 64Kbps, 128Kbps is better. Obviously the higher rate you choose, the less songs you'll get on your player.
Try decoding the same song under different rates and then listen to them, preferably on your MP3 player and then do the rest to what you're happy with.