wnaplay1647545503 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 My son just received a mp3 player for his birthday. What are my options for putting songs on this thing? Can I take songs from his cd's and somehow get them on there, or do I need to pay $.79 per downloaded song from some sight? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1647545498 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 You can find free cd rippers that converts files to mp3. Can find them at download.com We use limewire to download music for free at http://www.limewire.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted April 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 I used limewire one time and I got a bad virus. How do I actually get them onto the player? Alex I have the plans ready for the fence. I need to get ahold of the city to see what they require you to turn in as far as drawings/plans to obtain your permit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1647545498 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 I just make sure the files I"m downloading has an mp3 extension. Don't download anything that you don't know what the file format is. I've never had a problem. There are some fake files out there... like 30 seconds of song then just noise or not the correct songs. But we've been able to find the songs we wanted. I can show you how when I get back home this weekend. Cool, thanks for the update on the fence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 i use piolet its just for music and works great and free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted April 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Can I download songs to it from cd's I have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 yep u just have to use a cd ripper to rip the songs into mp3 format http://www.download.com/Free-CD-Ripper/3000-2140_4-10396883.html?tag=lst-0-2 there is a free cd ripper not sure how well it works it was just the 1st on that came up user reviews seem good on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 just use iTunes, it works with most MP3 players,and it does CD ripping and everything. as for getting free songs, use lime wire or bittorrent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted April 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 He got a gift card for itunes, but I couldnt find out how to use it. Is itunes just for use with the ipod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 no, it is supposed to work with all portable media players. and if it doesnt, fuck steve jobs. as for the gift card, use apple's support page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted April 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 I downloaded itunes and picked the songs but when its time to pay it wants me to open an apple account and put in my credit card #. I am just getting 15 songs, just enough to use up the free gift card, and I will never buy another song from them again. But it never prompts me to enter the gift card. Can anyone tell me if you can swap songs from mp3 player to mp3 player? And if I can just download them from cd's we already have to his mp3 player? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 if you have an AOL/AIM account, you can use that too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted April 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 I dont have either. Why do places have to make it so damn hard for you to give them money. Fuck the interweb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morabu Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 yes....you can upload songs from one mp3 player to your computer and then download them to the other mp3 player also you can use windows media player to copy the songs off of your cd's to your computer and then download them onto your mp3 player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lustalbert Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 If you use windows media player, please make sure that you disable the copyright crap (only allows it to play on that computer without downloading a liscence) Also, go with the MP3 format, 128K minumum. 196k would be better. .wma is teh suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistedfocus1647545489 Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 You might also look into BearShare (although BitTorrent is good and is probably my second choice). I have had the best luck with getting decent quality there and it's not as loaded with viruses as it seems many of the other ones are. The only bad part is the spyware you have to download with the free version, but it's easy to remove. You just do a search for "save" and when it finds "saveuninst", run it (double click) and it takes the SaveNow crap off. It warns that some featues of BearShare may stop working...but that's not the case. go with the MP3 format, 128K minumum. 196k would be better. .wma is teh suck. fuck steve jobs +1 to both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Lime wire is a very very dangerous route since the RIAA Pay company's to go out there and look for poeple. Bittorrents are a tad safer to the end user the sites get busted but the users have yet to get busted. News groups is another great way and no one gets busted from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted April 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 yes....you can upload songs from one mp3 player to your computer and then download them to the other mp3 player also you can use windows media player to copy the songs off of your cd's to your computer and then download them onto your mp3 player Ok I have created a playlist on media player and hooked up the mp3 player but I still cant figure out how to actually get the transfered to the mp3 player. Is there a function that does this. I though creating a synchronized list was suppose to do it, but after I initiated the synchronizing there still weren't any new songs on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primera Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 There's a site I've been going through for a while now for mp3s. It's Allofmp3.com. It's a russian site that is waaaay cheaper than going through itunes music store. You get full albums for ~$1.50 @ 192kbps. I haven't had a single issue with the site yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted April 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Thanks for all the help. I got it figured out last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted April 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Ok I am still having problems with this. I have spent hours trying to get the songs I bought from Itunes downloaded to his mp3 player. Just when I thought I had it figured out, I can no longer find the songs im my itunes library. I am using musicmatch to send them to the player but I need to find them in my library and then send them to musicmatch, so I can then send them to the player. I know there are other sites but I want to now get the songs I already have. Somebody help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1647545498 Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 I can come by later this evening to see if I can help. We have a few mp3 players but never had to deal with itunes though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 I have rhapsody and it is 15$ a month and i can download what ever i want to my computer and transfer most to my dell dj. I used to have yahoo unlimited same price but was much slower. Just my .02. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1647545498 Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Didn't see your car at last night so didn't stop by. I'll look for you today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted April 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Yeah I worked all night. I believe the wifey got it all figured out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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