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Convert Audio Files
You??™d think after all these years, the tech industry would learn its lesson.
They put us through the Beta versus VHS battle in the 80s, the Netscape versus
Internet Explorer battle in the 90s, and the HD DVD versus Blu-Ray battle
in the naughts. On the computer front, the battle of the formats is
everywhere, including digital music.
It wasn??™t always this way. At the beginning of the digital music revolution, it
was the compact file size and reasonably good quality of the MP3 file format
that popularized portable digital players like the iPod (not to mention
P2P file sharing and the like, but that??™s a different story). But now we have
Apple??™s M4A, M4P, and lossless AAC formats; Microsoft??™s various versions
of the WMA format; OGG Vorbis; Sony??™s bygone ATRAC; and so on.
Granted, most of these formats have risen from the need to copy-protect
downloadable music, as well as offer audiophiles better fidelity, but the lack
of a single standard is nothing more than a pain in the neck to music lovers
everywhere.
Music purchased from Apple??™s iTunes music store can only be played by
Apple iPods (and some Motorola phones). Very few players are compatible
with audio files from Microsoft??™s URGE music store; even some of
Microsoft??™s own Zune players can??™t play URGE files! And there??™s no music
player that??™ll play all the commercially available formats.
So, in order to play all the music you have on any particular player, you may
have to convert some of it to the proper format, and that??™s easier said than
done.
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