On Jul 3, 4:57 pm, Walter Bushell <p...@oanix.com> wrote:
> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It does in a practical sense, once you have ripped your CDs,
> > you're going to be reluctant to do that again, and so your NEXT
> > media player will need to be able to use iTunes too, and so
> > you'll be reluctant to have other than an ipod or iphone.
>
> Not if you rip your CDs to a lossless format like Apple Lossless. You
> can then convert them to any format you choose as a batch job.

if you wanted to. but Rowdy Roddy's assertion that itunes rips are
proprietary is just plain false. you can rip to MP3, and use that w/
any media player on the market, bar none.

re-ripping is absolutely not necessary..


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