Only U.S. iDevice users buy MP3. All others buy AAC- or ALAC/FLAC-files. ;-)US only No help to the rest of us in other parts of the world.
Only U.S. iDevice users buy MP3. All others buy AAC- or ALAC/FLAC-files. ;-)US only No help to the rest of us in other parts of the world.
I believe the iTunes app is not completely native as well
Love Amazon MP3. Cheaper prices and best of all they are in MP3 format and not that M4a crap.
well that is the problem with Apple 100% BS block on requiring everyone to go through them and give apple a 30% cut for being a payment processor. They have to do stupid workarounds.
It takes a lot to get people to switch from what they like/know. People that have been using itunes since the beginning are used to the way it's done. Take att's exclusive contract with the iPhone, most people just stayed with att even though another carrier might be better.
You can't buy music from Amazon through it's cloud player yet.
Apple will not allow such in-app purchases unless Apple get's it's 30% "protection money"
Therefore you have to buy songs from Amazon through the web browser.
That m4a "crap" is actually a standard used by more than just Apple, but don't let that stop your rant.
FWIW, I've had issues with many of Amazon's VBR MP3 files, mostly that sometimes they have a lag between hitting play and the music starting (verified with many players and OSes). Sucks for content that should be gapless.
Shame there is still no Cloud Player App for the iPad...
Shame there is still no Cloud Player App for the iPad...
Ha! At high bit rates it sounds the same to me, but I remember trying to convince people 10 years ago that AAC at 128 Kbps was way cleaner than MP3 at the same bit rate. Now that storage is so cheap, I rip everything at double that now, but to be honest I have a hard time distinguishing between 128 and 256 Kbps when it's encoded in AAC.
agreed, they have to expand... I'm not sure if it's applicable anymore, but on Amazon forums, there are discussions about US customers travelling (outside of US) and, of course, unable to access their music/video/movies due to international copyrights and distribution rights.
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That m4a "crap" is actually a standard used by more than just Apple, but don't let that stop your rant.
FWIW, I've had issues with many of Amazon's VBR MP3 files, mostly that sometimes they have a lag between hitting play and the music starting (verified with many players and OSes). Sucks for content that should be gapless.
I bought music from Amazon once. Then I learned the hard way that they only allow you to download your purchase once. Needless to say, that was the end of my music purchases with them.
I know that m4a is higher sound quality(Never had the issues you describe, but of course you could bedoing that to make a point), but I'm sorry, I've not seen any other use of m4a other than itunes. Start naming those "standard used by more then just apple" and I will gladly eat my words. I probably shouldn't be complaining since I have all-apple devices, but I was always annoyed when I had to always use a converter when I was using older devices.
I know that m4a is higher sound quality
I've not seen any other use of m4a other than itunes.
Start naming those "standard used by more then just apple" and I will gladly eat my words.
AAC was developed with the cooperation and contributions of companies including AT&T Bell Laboratories, Fraunhofer IIS, Dolby Laboratories, Sony Corporation and Nokia.
It's not an Apple flaw that some other companies have stuck with the older, inferior MP3 format for their devices.
Every single DVD has its sound in AAC format.
Now allow people to download from outside the US / UK and we have a good solution. At the minute if you dont live in either of those areas your screwed.
I know that m4a is higher sound quality(Never had the issues you describe, but of course you could bedoing that to make a point),
but I'm sorry, I've not seen any other use of m4a other than itunes. Start naming those "standard used by more then just apple" and I will gladly eat my words. I probably shouldn't be complaining since I have all-apple devices, but I was always annoyed when I had to always use a converter when I was using older devices.
works on my a iPad if you go to Amazon and open the player. It works great and I have over 7200 songs in my box that I've bought on CD since 98
I bought music from Amazon once. Then I learned the hard way that they only allow you to download your purchase once. Needless to say, that was the end of my music purchases with them.
When Amazon released its Auto-Rip feature this week, I was thrilled. Now I have access to much of the music that I purchased, yet cannot play on my iOS devices.
Why can't I play those songs on my iOS devices?
Because Apple has limited the storage size for years now, with 64GBs being the largest you can get on your iPod or iPad. So I had to make choices about what I carry on my iOS device, and that means chopping down severely on the video and music.
I remember the iPod Classic had a 256GB capacity, but those days seem to be long gone. Apple just doesn't seem interested in giving us more storage, instead wanting to encourage iCloud storage it seems. Well I don't always have access to a Wi-Fi signal and certainly don't want to use expensive cellular access for downloading music, so downloading/streaming isn't always practical.
Apple, give us more storage capacity!!!