Full Version: Online music lover frustrated
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| The magazine reported that people are also being turned off net music stores because of pricing and disappointing sound quality compared to CDs. |
Good article. I have to say that I download chart music Legally from Woolworths site, Though I do find there price reasonably cheap at 79p I would have to say a couple of my tracks which I have downloaded in the past have skipped plus some tracks where really bad quality compared to buying CD singles from the shops.
For one-off songs I buy them from iTunes. They have a good catalogue and I've had no complaints over the quality. Obviously it isn't as good as CD but no compressed format is IMHO.
Cheers,
Jack.
Cheers,
Jack.
Maybe I'm a Ludite, but I've never bought any online music yet.
I'd much rather go and buy a CD, even though I know it would probably be cheaper when I only want one or two tracks from a particular CD.
For me, there is something re-assuring about having the physical CD, even though I use a laptop. I always convince myself about the remaining tracks on a Cd thinking that somebody may request one of them one day.
I'd much rather go and buy a CD, even though I know it would probably be cheaper when I only want one or two tracks from a particular CD.
For me, there is something re-assuring about having the physical CD, even though I use a laptop. I always convince myself about the remaining tracks on a Cd thinking that somebody may request one of them one day.
I only buy Chart singles online, due to the fact that they are a total ripp off at £4 in the shops, when it is only track 1 you normally play.
I will still buy compilation Albums on Cd as I dont mind paying out £13.99 for 44 tracks.....
I will still buy compilation Albums on Cd as I dont mind paying out £13.99 for 44 tracks.....
Same here - compilation CDs when there are a decent number of tracks I'll use - online for the chart stuff that I need before the next comp comes out.
Cheers,
Jack.
Cheers,
Jack.
I've started using Napster instead of buying the DMC disc now... saves me a fortune as i only download the songs i'll use and don't get all the rubbish that they pad the discs out with.
Napster also have loads of stuff pre-release as well and not always just versions from albums...
Napster also have loads of stuff pre-release as well and not always just versions from albums...
Dan,
What's the situation with napster now? when they first became legal last year I paid for a track to try out the service, but found that the track that I'd purchased was only available in wma format which wasn't a lot of use to me so I've never been back to them since.
Do they have stuff available in mp3 now?
What bit rate is it sampled at? I wouldn't be interested if it was less than 192.
What is the situation regarding copying these tracks from sites such as napster, iTunes, Woolies-online etc?
I would want to download them onto my home pc and then transfer them to my gig pc. Would that be possible? and what would happen when I do back-up's? i.e. if they're encoded so that they can only be copied once/twice etc what would happen when I do my regular bi-monthly back-up of the gig pc?
What's the situation with napster now? when they first became legal last year I paid for a track to try out the service, but found that the track that I'd purchased was only available in wma format which wasn't a lot of use to me so I've never been back to them since.
Do they have stuff available in mp3 now?
What bit rate is it sampled at? I wouldn't be interested if it was less than 192.
What is the situation regarding copying these tracks from sites such as napster, iTunes, Woolies-online etc?
I would want to download them onto my home pc and then transfer them to my gig pc. Would that be possible? and what would happen when I do back-up's? i.e. if they're encoded so that they can only be copied once/twice etc what would happen when I do my regular bi-monthly back-up of the gig pc?
Ok.. Napster isn't ideal, like you say they only use WMA.. i think the bitrate is 128 which with WMA is said to be equivelant to 192 MP3 although i've never compared this myself...
What i do is simply line up the songs i want until i have a full CD worth then burn to a CD. Once its on CD i then rip it (in mp3) onto my gig PC and keep the cd in my cd wallets for back-up... not ideal, and probably techincally in breach of the copyright but then thats a ridiculous system anyway and if we stuck to that we wouldn't even be able to use retail CDs on a PC!
What i do is simply line up the songs i want until i have a full CD worth then burn to a CD. Once its on CD i then rip it (in mp3) onto my gig PC and keep the cd in my cd wallets for back-up... not ideal, and probably techincally in breach of the copyright but then thats a ridiculous system anyway and if we stuck to that we wouldn't even be able to use retail CDs on a PC!
Reply from another Dan!
I know that when I purchased an album from tesco it was in WMA digital format.
It allowed me to download the 'digital rights', and I can burn it to CD up to 10 times.
However, unsure of digital media transfer.
But, if you transfer to another machine, make sure you download the rights first!
Might be worth an experiment for £0.79p!!!
I know that when I purchased an album from tesco it was in WMA digital format.
It allowed me to download the 'digital rights', and I can burn it to CD up to 10 times.
However, unsure of digital media transfer.
But, if you transfer to another machine, make sure you download the rights first!
Might be worth an experiment for £0.79p!!!
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