RANT! Music formats should get along - 1 of 2

28th April 2007

RANT! Music formats should get along - 1 of 2

posted in Computer technology, Music, RANTS! |

I will dedicate my first rant to one of my least favorite things to deal with and try to circumvent: music formats.

I spend a lot of time listening to audio. I drive a great deal in my car so I regularly hook up my iPod to my car stereo to listen to music, audible books, and podcasts. I have owned a lot of different portable music devices over the years and the iPod is by far the best designed. At its basic level, it supports AAC, MP3 and WAV format. It doesn’t, however, support WMA. Why?

Why can’t all portable audio devices play all formats? Why can’t my iPod play WMA? Why can’t my daughter’s Creative Zen play AAC?

This makes no sense.

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1 On June 15th, 2007, 2007 June 15 » I Think, Therefore I Rant! said:

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posted on June 15th, 2007 at 3:54 pm

2 On June 15th, 2007, RANT! Software doesn't know best- it should be stupid » I Think, Therefore I Rant! said:

posted on June 15th, 2007 at 4:02 pm

3 On June 23rd, 2007, DevTop said:

For every technological lock, someone will find a key. Here is a handy utility that will strip DRM from your iTunes purchases:

http://www.wma-convert.com

posted on June 23rd, 2007 at 8:36 am

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