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palcal Guru  Joined: 12/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1989 |
My daughter has an Ipod and wants me to transfer the music to my computer then to her phone. Anyone know of a free way to do this without ITunes. "It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all" |
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| carlschneider Senior Member  Joined: 04/08/2023 Location: South AfricaPosts: 158 |
Hi there Mac or Windows? iTunes is free on Windows as I recall. On the Mac it should appear in Finder. What sort of phone are you trying to move the songs to? Not sure how the DRM will work though? Cheers Carl Retirement is tough on Hobbies without a day job |
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| al18 Senior Member Joined: 06/07/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 228 |
Apple has been making iPods from 2001 thru 2022, and there were 3 different ways to connect them to a computer: FireWire, USB and Lightning according to the iPod Wiki. If you have a FireWire iPod, then you’ll need to have an older Mac with FireWire ports. If you have a newer iPod with USB or Lightning, then you should be able to connect it to a recent Mac or Windows machine with USB ports. Software - try Senuti https://www.aiseesoft.com/resource/senuti-for-windows.html |
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| palcal Guru Joined: 12/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1989 |
That is not the problem. I can download the music to Windows but the only way you can play the music is with Apple software. You can't use Media Player for example. I want to put the music on an Android phone. I have since found an app for Windows that downloads the music files in a playable format. Had to pay for it though. "It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all" |
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| al18 Senior Member Joined: 06/07/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 228 |
I suspect the music was encoded with the AAC codec. FYI there are preferences in iTunes to store and export songs in AAC or MP3 format. I’ve been using MP3 since iTunes was released in 2001 and never had any problems playing songs in cars off thumb drives and a number of Android tablets. |
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| palcal Guru Joined: 12/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1989 |
Thanks for that al18. "It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all" |
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TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6271 |
Try playing them with VLC media player (its free) VK7JH MMedit |
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| palcal Guru Joined: 12/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1989 |
She wants to play the music using an Android phone, it's all fixed now. As long as she is happy. But I will keep VLC media player in mind for the future. Edited 2024-07-24 10:43 by palcal "It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all" |
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| PhenixRising Guru Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1363 |
Bit late to the party but.... |
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| palcal Guru Joined: 12/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1989 |
Yes, I have an audio converter but didn't realise the files were just a different format. Apple being what it is I thought there must be some encryption or something stopping me from playing them. I should have tried. "It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all" |
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