mp3 help!
let's just say that i'm severely fed up with this mac. it was required for my graphic design major to have THIS laptop. but it's driving me crazy. it's a G3 iBook, with a combo drive. i am capable of burning CDs obviously...i just can't get mp3's into my iTunes music program! and i'm having a hell'uva time find ne compatible mp3's to begin with! i feel as if my head's gonna explode! 
can neone direct me at all on what to do?? i'm totally at a loss!
can neone direct me at all on what to do?? i'm totally at a loss!
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did u try already doing these steps? and if so, where did it go wrong?
Anyway, where exactly are you having trouble? Details are important here. You should be able to simply drag an mp3 file onto iTunes to add it to the Library and let it play. There are no such things as "incompatible" mp3s. Could you perhaps be trying to play some foreign format that has been mis-labeled as an mp3? The formats iTunes should be able to read include aif, wav, mp3, mp2, mov, sfil, midi, and some versions of wma.
are you having trouble getting mp3s that are already on your computer playing in iTunes, or just downloading them in general...
if you are having trouble downloading them... well then why dont you just borrow people's CDs and rip from there? much better quality and faster too...
i could be misunderstanding you tho... please clarify if the problem is with iTunes or finding a way to steal music..
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oh yeah, calm down.... the calmer you are the easyer it will be to help you with this, and there is no real reason to be so upset in the first place... it is just a computer... <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
[ 06-20-2002: Message edited by: Paul ]</p>
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1: You get more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.
2: Try dragging the MP3 onto your iTunes window. That should work. Don't worry about "add to library." That is the windows person in you talking. Just drag it. If it does not import, it is not a valid MP3. Rip a CD, and use those.
3: If you need to steal music, I know many who have success with Gnutella: LimeWire.
4: Be nicer.
5: I know you are frustrated, but take a breath, and see # 4.
6: I am a professional designer with many many years of experience with these machines, and can tell you unequivocally that if you do not see the patently obvious advantages to using a Mac in the field you have chosen, then you should look to another field, like music piracy. Macs work for design. Period. The service bureau I use charges twice as much to run a Windows file through their RIP because there are so many problems with them.
7: See 5.
Mandricard
AppleOutsider
o, and Paul...thanks for the help!! it was much appreciated!
iTunes is a very simple program. It sounds to me like there is a problem with the mp3 you are working with. Perhaps it is corrupted or is another file type mislabeled as an mp3.
Try using LimeWire. It works.
And, not to bait you or anything, but it is stealing. If I go to the grocery store and take a steak, it doesn't matter if I am going to cook it and then sell it to my neighbor, or if I am going to eat it myself. It's stealing. Just my 2¢ on that issue.
If you have the music on cd, rip them. put the cd in your drive, open iTunes, and go to the cd. Click the import button in the upper right hand corner. Give it some time to do its stuff and voila! You have mp3s. They are the quality you want, they are the full song, unlike some things you might download, and they won't be crappy bootleg concert versions. You'll be happier that way.
Breathe deeply and try to become one with your mac. Throwing it out the window will only cause you to lose money and hurt whoever is walking below.
[ 06-21-2002: Message edited by: Stroszek ]</p>
though i found the comment amusing...i must counter what's also in ur reply.
music is a form of art...it is to be shared...
don't lecture...i don't take to well to it...i'm an adult...i don't need it.
free country, my choices...
I am always open for a debate, but I still think that, art or not, music needs to be paid for. That way the musicians can continue to make music and not have to worry about whether their next customer wants paper or plastic. This goes for all art, in my opinion.
I'm not lecturing you, if I came off as doing so, I am sorry. I was merely giving you my opinion. Discourse is part of having a free country.
My computer is also my stereo system. If I can't get my songs on it, I won't buy the CD. It's as simple as that. Oh and personally I don't want to support a company that uses it's money, resources, and influence to promote this technology. <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
<strong>I have no problem paying an artist for their work, but I don't buy CD's because of a grudge I have with the record companies... </strong><hr></blockquote>
I agree that the current system is flawed, but can you think of another system that allows for the distribution that the current system does? Sure, one says, it's called the internet! But does this system work? No. Because for everyone that buys a song or an album, there will be multiple people who will steal it. While $20 may be an awful lot to pay for a CD (I know that I have never paid that much), you have to take into consideration what that is paying for. It's paying the production costs of the CD. It's paying the artist, it's paying the recod executives, promotion, distribution and shipping costs, etc. It adds up. Not to $20, but it does add up. The current system is flawed, but the system needs to be changed to allow people to get their music for a reasonable price and for the artist to get paid. THe grudge that you and many other people have against the record company hurts the artist. It's like not liking a country's government and therefore refusing to send humanitarian aid when there is a famine.
I guess that what I am saying is that we should support the independent content distributers.
I agree with what you say about being able to manage your music on multipe devices. But what I find interesting, and this is WAY off topic, is that Steve Jobs apparently agrees. IIRC, he has publicly stated that one should be able to manage one's music collection on all the devices that one owns. But does he feel this way about software? Software licensing agreements are just as restrictive as for music, but he's in a position to change that. But will he? I suppose that remains to be seen.
I'm tired, and I'm sure I rambled. I'm sorry.
<strong>o, and Paul...thanks for the help!! it was much appreciated!
no problem, but dont take mandricard extremely seriosly, he was just trying to get you to calm down... his advice is pretty good, although a bit sarcastic, but the content and good intentions are there. Don't yell at him for trying to help you, just take his pos with a grain of salt...
<strong> [quote] and i'm not stealing. i'm using it for home purposes only. it's not like i'm selling the stuff. </strong><hr></blockquote>
I agree totally with this view, as long as I am not making money with the "stolen" music, then I am doing no harm, because i wouldnt buy the CD even if i didnt have the option of getting the song for free...
[quote]originally posted by Ebby:
<strong>I have no problem paying an artist for their work, but I don't buy CD's because of a grudge I have with the record companies. We've all heard something like: "5 cents of every dollar actually goes to the artist." I'm sure there are thousands of interpretations of that out there. Record companies creating these "Copy protected CD's", setting up unreasonable royalties in internet radio, and deliberately degrading the sound of a $20 CD to mess up it's ripped MP3's, are mean and ambitious. </strong><hr></blockquote>
dude I agree, 100%... if maybe the deals were a bit more lucrative for the artists and production runs of <1,000,000 records would net the artists any decent money, i would probably buy CDs.... i mean if I sold even 10,000 products with my talent, that should translate into @ least 25% of the retail cost of the CDs, figure the retail store makes something like 30%, 10% for packaging, 5% for the "record company" (not even needed in today's world IMHO), 25% for the artist, and 30% to produce the CD (ie record and edit it)---this fee should be paid to the artist and the artist should decide how their recording budget gets spent...
[quote]posted by: PooPooDoctor
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No he is not... <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" /> go away....
[quote]Originally posted by Stroszek <strong>I agree that the current system is flawed, but can you think of another system that allows for the distribution that the current system does?</strong><hr></blockquote>
See above
<strong> [quote]THe grudge that you and many other people have against the record company hurts the artist. It's like not liking a country's government and therefore refusing to send humanitarian aid when there is a famine.</strong><hr></blockquote>
no it is not... Its like refusing to send the govenrments any $, but finding ways to "air drop" "food and supplies" to the artists.
w/o dealing with the government at all is the ideal way...
blckkat, was your problem fixed? for downloading music use limewire (but I highly recomend you just borrow people's CDs, you get much better quality, no skipping and complete songs EVERY time... also, much faster then downloading...) you get how to use iTunes? if you re still haveing trouble, then try to do things as siply as possible, EmAn was right in the other thread, you have to be pretty brain-dead to not know how to use iTunes...
If you are still having trouble tho, dont be afraid to ask... noone is here just to piss you off, believe it or not we want to help, sarcastic comments notwithstanding
-Paul
If you're going to hang around these forums you'll eventually realise its a mistake to bad mouth people who are only trying to help.
It was your problem and from what I can see from your posts easily solved. A bit of courtesy wouldn't hurt.
This is the internet, get over it. If you don't like what people have to say, then ignore them. There are plenty of people here that I don't agree with, but I don't let them get me angry. It's not worth it. Being angry is just going to piss people off, and the next time you need help, they'll ignore you because they don't want to get blasted.
Don't bother to respond telling me that you are an adult and that you don't need to be lectured to, because I won't be back to read it. Hope you never need help again.