File Conversion File conversion has been mentioned in at least two reviews of this product - specific file conversions were not mentioned, i.e. does the included software convert to MP3 music purchased through i-tunes? File Conversion File conversion has been mentioned in at least two reviews of this product - specific file conversions were not mentioned, i.e. does the included software convert to MP3 music... » Read More File Conversion File conversion has been mentioned in at least two reviews of this product - specific file conversions were not mentioned, i.e. does the included software convert to MP3 music purchased through i-tunes? « Show Less
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No software can convert music purchased through iTunes (which comes in a format called Protected AAC) to mp3. In fact, Protected AAC cannot be converted into anything at all. The way to get around this is cumbersome, but at least it works. To get music purchased through iTunes, you have to burn a CD with the purchased music on it, and then rip the CD into the mp3 format. If you have many songs that have been purchased, this can easily take hours. In order to save the amount of CDs you go through, I recommend using a CD-RW.
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Thanks for taking the time to respond to my post. I sincerely appreciate your insight.
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The files are not in the mp3 format that the device likes. I remember having to run all of the songs through 3 different mp3 converters before finding one that it liked. I searched through my folders to see which one I used but couldn't find it. It was a free converter I downloaded from the internet. The good news is once the files are converted and show on the system, your eclipse will be a very enjoyable device. I love mine! But it did take 3 days to get it up and running.
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Thank you for your interest in our products. You have to finalize you MP3 disc in order for the duplicator to copy the contents by using a 3rd party burning software on your computer.
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Actually, you can put any mp3 bought on iTunes anywhere. There are programs to convert them to non-secure iTunes songs, and then you can right click &gt; convert to mp3. Then drag it to your desktop, and you're ready to put it on your iriver Clix. Try Google-ing "itunes secure to nonsecure converter" (without the quotes).
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Mateo, there was no need to purchase additional software: iTunes will do the conversion for you if you try to add WMA files (this is a Windows only feature, see http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301509)When you initially install iTunes, it will ask you if you want to scan the computer for music; if you do, it will offer you to convert all your WMA files as well. The format it converts to is based on your import settings.Note that DRM-crippled files cannot be converted.
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But how do you go about putting videos onto your card. Can you just click and drag stuff out of your itunes library and drop them off in the Removable Disk "g" folder? If not please tell me in detail!
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Richard, generally, as I understand it, yes. You will be able to record your records to your PC hard drive. From there, you can convert your music files to whatever formats you prefer. For iTunes, I believe you can import them into iTunes and iTunes will automatically convert them to iTunes format as you import them. If there is a more direct method to record them to iTunes, I'm not aware of it. Hope this helps! Skip
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If it plays mp3 songs it will play all mp3. There is no difference .... except stories are longer than songs so you want it to stop and continue from where it was when you stopped. It is true that converting to mp3 is easy with many free converters out there. Just be careful with special encoded books like from Audible. Then you do need a device that will play 'Audible' because they have their own format and it's not mp3 or wma or anything but their own .aa files. It is Proprietary. So you need a special player (like from Sansa) to play those back. Just convert all your wma's to mp3's and you'll be in fine shape. If it plays mp3 songs it will play all mp3. There is no difference .... except stories are longer than songs so you want it to stop and continue from where it was when you stopped. It is true that converting to mp3 is easy with many free converters out there. Just be careful with special encoded books like from Audible. Then you do need a device that will play 'Audible' because they have their own format and it's not mp3 or wma or anything but their own .aa files. It is Proprietary. So you need a special player (like from Sansa) to play those back. Just convert all your wma's to mp3's and... » Read More If it plays mp3 songs it will play all mp3. There is no difference .... except stories are longer than songs so you want it to stop and continue from where it was when you stopped. It is true that converting to mp3 is easy with many free converters out there. Just be careful with special encoded books like from Audible. Then you do need a device that will play 'Audible' because they have their own format and it's not mp3 or wma or anything but their own .aa files. It is Proprietary. So you need a special player (like from Sansa) to play those back. Just convert all your wma's to mp3's and you'll be in fine shape. « Show Less
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hmmm thanks for all the points y'all. this will help a lot of people too. By the way. speaking of FLAC I'm now looking into it. (I'm on the Mac.)How do you get your FLAC files? Do you rip them from CDs? also... I assume that it makes no sense to buy mp3s (lets say on iTunes) and then convert to FLAC as the mp3 is of lesser quality. Therefore to have FLAC files you would have to buy all your music on CD am I correct?if I can only buy iTunes music then hopefully the 256kbps files they sell will do these cans justice.Please enlighten me because having higher quality audio will definitely help my HD595s deliver their best. Thanks. hmmm thanks for all the points y'all. this will help a lot of people too. By the way. speaking of FLAC I'm now looking into it. (I'm on the Mac.)How do you get your FLAC files? Do you rip them from CDs? also... I assume that it makes no sense to buy mp3s (lets say on iTunes) and then convert to FLAC as the mp3 is of lesser quality. Therefore to have FLAC files you would have to buy all your music on CD am I correct?if I can only buy iTunes music then hopefully the 256kbps files they sell will do these cans justice.Please enlighten me because having higher... » Read More hmmm thanks for all the points y'all. this will help a lot of people too. By the way. speaking of FLAC I'm now looking into it. (I'm on the Mac.)How do you get your FLAC files? Do you rip them from CDs? also... I assume that it makes no sense to buy mp3s (lets say on iTunes) and then convert to FLAC as the mp3 is of lesser quality. Therefore to have FLAC files you would have to buy all your music on CD am I correct?if I can only buy iTunes music then hopefully the 256kbps files they sell will do these cans justice.Please enlighten me because having higher quality audio will definitely help my HD595s deliver their best. Thanks. « Show Less
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Likely not aince apple uses acc/mp4 music files though not impossible to convert files to mp3. Apple in my opinion makes superior music players. Suggest getting an Ipod product
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from another source (in case files ARE .mod):"You don't have to convert them with anything, the MOD files are usually just regular MPEG-2 with non-standard file extensions. The MOI file just contains metadata information likely things like date and time info.If you rename the .MOD files to .MPG, they'll play and load in just about any MPEG-capable media player or editor. The reason they don't play when they're named .MOD is that most media players/editors recognize the .MOD format and think that the .MOD files contain sequenced music data and act as if trying to interpret it as such." from another source (in case files ARE .mod):"You don't have to convert them with anything, the MOD files are usually just regular MPEG-2 with non-standard file extensions. The MOI file just contains metadata information likely things like date and time info.If you rename the .MOD files to .MPG, they'll play and load in just about any MPEG-capable media player or editor. The reason they don't play when they're named .MOD is that most media players/editors recognize the .MOD format and think that the .MOD files contain sequenced music data and act as if trying to... » Read More from another source (in case files ARE .mod):"You don't have to convert them with anything, the MOD files are usually just regular MPEG-2 with non-standard file extensions. The MOI file just contains metadata information likely things like date and time info.If you rename the .MOD files to .MPG, they'll play and load in just about any MPEG-capable media player or editor. The reason they don't play when they're named .MOD is that most media players/editors recognize the .MOD format and think that the .MOD files contain sequenced music data and act as if trying to interpret it as such." « Show Less
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Actually, you can put any mp3 bought on iTunes anywhere. There are programs to convert them to non-secure iTunes songs, and then you can right click > convert to mp3. Then drag it to your desktop, and you're ready to put it on your iriver Clix. Try Google-ing "itunes secure to nonsecure converter" (without the quotes).
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I'm not positive but I believe you can use both. On my 2nd generation iPod touch I believe I found a few mp3 files and I saved them to my computer and when I went into my iTunes I just copied the mp3 files into my iTunes library.
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Steve, the recording quality was very bad and we ended up returning the unit. My older sister has an immense album collection we want to convert but we are still looking for a good quality converter and have yet to find one. This has been some years now since we started looking. good luck mc
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I don't know. I have not tried that. I only drop and drag mp3 files to my player....Have not tried it with anything else.
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It's definitely compatible with iTunes to some extent. I use iTunes to rip my CD's because iTunes automatically finds the music info. Then I drag and drop onto my sansa. As to the songs bought off iTunes, they are AAC music files so you would have to convert.
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I don't use proprietary software. Under win7 and win 8.1 it is automatically USB recognised and I simply drag and drop MP3 songs and audiobooks. Best solution I have found for simple audiobooks when walking. Tried phone/ipod/iriver and others.... sansa wins hands down. Cheers. P.S. This is my 3rd in 5 years.