[nabs-l] iTunes music on Victor Stream

Sat Jan 10 20:23:13 UTC 2009

Tai,

They will be in the same format as "iTunes Plus" music is right now--just 
AAC without encryption.  You can rip your own music to the same format.  
Apple doesn't use mp3 because its AAC format is smaller for the same music 
quality.  A 256 kbps AAC file easily rivals a 320 kbps constant bitrate 
(CBR) mp3, and is smaller than 320 kbps variable bitrate (VBR) files.

Apple is heavily invested in the fact that people use iTunes to put music 
on iPods, and few competition players support AAC.  Don't expect them to 
give that up, especially when they have the technological advantage.

Joseph

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:01:50AM -0600, Tai Blas(formerly Tomasi) wrote:
>Apple's iTunes will begin selling music files with no digital rights
>management (DRM). I think they will be in mp3 format since amazon's mp3
>store was also mentioned in the article I read.
>Tai
> 
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>Of T. Joseph Carter
>Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 7:55 AM
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>Subject: [nabs-l] iTunes music on Victor Stream
>
>The Victor Stream does not support AAC encoded files from iTunes or from 
>anywhere else.  The are Apple-not-sanctioned means of removing the DRM from 
>iTunes music so that it can be played back on non-Apple music players, but 
>the Victor Stream doesn't support the underlying format.
>
>Joseph
>
>On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 01:23:28AM -0500, Corbb O'Connor wrote:
>> I don't know specifically about accessibility with the Victor Stream.  
>> But music purchased from the iTunes store is encoded with .m4p, a  
>> protected and proprietary file type. Whether Apple has released a "key" 
>> to Victor Stream, I do not know, but I doubt it. Amazon's downloads are 
>> .mp3.
>>
>> -----
>> Corbb O'Connor
>> The George Washington University '10
>> B.A. Political Communication & Economics
>>
>> On Jan 6, 2009, at 11:05 PM, gmail wrote:
>>
>> Greetings,
>>  I have two questions for anyone on the list that may be able to answer 
>> them.
>>  My first question is concerning Washington Seminar. Does anyone need a 
>> room-mate at Washington Seminar? If you need a room mate, or if you know 
>> of anyone that needs a room mate, please let me know.
>>  Second: I just downloaded JAWS 10.0 on my computer, and I was really  
>> excited that I would be able to use ITunes. However, I have been having 
>> lot of difficulties with it. I downloaded ITunes 8 and I haven't had very 
>> much luck with it. I use my Victor Streem as an IPod, in addition to 
>> reading books on it, and I was wondering if ITunes offers MP3 filetypes, 
>> or any other filetypes that might work on the Victor Streem. JAWS has not 
>> been as accessible with ITunes as I expected. I hope it is just the 
>> operator and not the program.
>>  Thank you very much.
>>  At your service,
>>  Nijat
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corbb O'Connor" <corbbo at gmail.com>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 11:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] free music downloads
>>
>>
>>> Merisa,
>>>
>>> You can't download YouTube videos directly -- that's sort of the magic  
>>> of the site. You can find an application called the YouTube Downloader  
>>> if you want...but that downloads as video files. I'm a strong advocate  
>>> for legally purchasing music, though. iTunes or Amazon are the ones  
>>> that I typically use.
>>>
>>> -----
>>> Corbb O'Connor
>>> The George Washington University '10
>>> B.A. Political Communication & Economics
>>>
>>> On Jan 3, 2009, at 7:22 PM, Merisa Musemic wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Ashley! I also think youtube is a good website. I listen to music
>>> on there all the time, but how do you actually download from there?
>>> Thanks!
>>> Merisa
>>>
>>> On 1/3/09, Ashley  Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>> Not many free music sites because music companies loose money.    
>>>> Youtube is
>>>> the best one I can think of.
>>>> Ashley
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Amy Sabo" <amylsabo at comcast.net>
>>>> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Cc: <perform-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 5:11 PM
>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] free music downloads
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> first of all i hope that everyone is having a good year so far!   
>>>>> anyway, i
>>>>> know that there are many web sites thanks by doing a google search  
>>>>> for
>>>>> free music downloads of albums and songs. i have tried looking for  
>>>>> them
>>>>> and i cannot find the right ones to find. i know of amazon and use  
>>>>> them
>>>>> emensely but, i know that some of you have used these. so, i was  
>>>>> wondering
>>>>>
>>>>> which ones that you guys use and if so the web sites for them?
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks again, and i look forward to hearing from you all soon!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> hugs,
>>>>> from amy
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