does it have to be itunes?

newmee

I'm thinking of buying an ipod. Do I have to buy the music from itunes or can I continue to download it from other sources such as Tesco or Tunetribe? Are there advantages to itunes at all?

newmee

Anybody ? ? ?

triggerhappy_2

You can download music from anywhere and drag it into iTunes - you don't have to buy it from iTunes.

You can also use various programs to control your iPod instead of iTunes (e.g. Winamp if you're using a Windows machine) if you wish.

The_Grandmaster

DRM protected files won't play... eg. songs purchased through the nokia store before they rereleased mp3 versions.

Jeff_Bridges_hair

anystore bought stuff - apart from the Nokia ones will play - you dont have to use itunes it seems to be too big a programme for a simple function and can be a pain in the bottom. But good for th epodcasts

I use this for my music instead of itunes

http://www.getsharepod.com/

triggerhappy_2

The_Grandmaster wrote: »

DRM protected files won't play... eg. songs purchased through the nokia store before they rereleased mp3 versions.

Ah, indeed. Pretty sure Tesco don't sell DRM protected tunes, do Tunetribe?

JJ_Egan

A recent mag review put Media Monkey well in front of ITunes and its FREE.

jje

Redman30

iTunes is pretty handy and gets a lot of bad press, but it does a decent job in my opinion. If you look at your iTunes/iTunes media installation folder you'll see a folder called 'automatically add to itunes'. Just drop non-drm files in here and it does the rest when you load iTunes up.