4 channels of adding music to iTunes for iPod and iPhone

The following article focuses on different channels of listening to
music on iPod and iPhone. To enjoy music on iPod and iPhone, you first
need to get the music in iPod/iPhone format onto iTunes library and then
sync the music to your iPod/iPhone.


CHANNEL 1. BUY MUSIC FROM ITUNES STORE FOR IPOD/IPHONE[/b]


TO FIND AND BUY MUSIC FROM THE ITUNES STORE, JUST CLICK ON THE \"ITUNES
STORE\" LINK UNDER \"STORE\" IN THE LEFT COLUMN OF ITUNES. ONCE IN,
YOU'RE GREETED WITH THE ITUNES STORE INTERFACE, WITH LINKS ON THE
LEFT-HAND SIDE THAT TAKE YOU TO MUSIC, MOVIES, TV SHOWS, MUSIC VIDEOS,
AUDIOBOOKS, AND PODCASTS. AFTER YOU'VE CHOSEN A SONG OR ALBUM TO BUY,
JUST CLICK ON THE \"BUY SONG\" OR \"BUY ALBUM\" BUTTON FOR THAT
SELECTION.


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*CHANNEL 2. IMPORT YOUR CDS INTO ITUNES FOR IPOD/IPHONE


If you own a few CDs, you can import them into iTunes for your
iPod/iPhone. Since you've already spent money on this music, there's no
reason why you should have to buy it all over again just to get the
songs into iTunes. Apple made it simple to rip a CD to your library.


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By default, iTunes rips songs to AAC format, and although AAC is a very
high-quality format, it isn't as widely-supported as the ubiquitous MP3
format, which enjoys support from virtually every digital music player
known to man, including iPod and iPhone. To ensure greater portability
of your music (and prevent you from feeling locked into one product just
because you've ripped all your music in one format), I suggest ripping
your CDs as MP3s. To do so, go to Edit -> Preferences. In the General
tab, click the Import Settings... button. In the pop up dialog window of
Import Settings, select MP3 Encoder from the Import Using dropdown menu
and Higher Quality (192 kbps) from the Setting dropdown.


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There are many other subscription music services you may already be
subscribed to, like Rhapsody, Napster, and Zune Marketplace, which let
you buy or rent tracks. But the songs that come from these stores use a
Digital Rights Management (DRM) scheme that is incompatible with iTunes
and the iPod/iPhone. In other words, these songs are protected from
being played in software and hardware music players that don't support
their particular standard (just like non-iPod music players can't play
most music from the iTunes Music Store). There is software tool called
'*TuneClone Audio Converter*' (http://www.tuneclone.com) that claims to
be able to remove DRM from Rhapsody, Napster and Zune Marketplace and
convert the DRM protected music to MP3, WAV and unprotected WMA with a
virtual CD drive. So if you want to transfer your Rhapsody/Napster/Zune
music to iTunes for your iPod/iPhone, you mnay download this piece of
software to help you get the music DRM removed and converted to MP3 for
a try.


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However, the online digital music store eMusic sells DRM-free MP3s, and
there are many websites where you can download free and legal MP3s that
don't contain DRM and can be imported into the iPhone easily.


CHANNEL 3. IMPORT MP3S INTO ITUNES FOR IPOD/IPHONE*


ONCE YOU'VE DOWNLOADED MP3S ONTO YOUR COMPUTER, IT'S EASY TO IMPORT
THEM INTO ITUNES. FIRST MAKE A NEW PLAYLIST BY GOING TO THE \"FILE\"
MENU AND CLICKING \"NEW PLAYLIST\" AND NAMING IT ANYTHING YOU LIKE.
SELECT THAT PLAYLIST IN ITUNES, THEN DRAG YOUR MP3S FROM YOUR HARD DRIVE
INTO THE RIGHT-HAND PANE. ITUNES WILL START IMPORTING YOUR MUSIC AND
POPULATING THE PLAYLIST WITH SONGS. AFTER IT'S DONE, YOU'RE FREE TO PLAY
BACK THE SONGS OR SYNC THEM TO YOUR IPOD/IPHONE JUST LIKE ALL THE REST
OF YOUR LIBRARY.


[b]CHANNEL 4. IMPORT WMAS INTO ITUNES FOR IPOD/IPHONE


Importing unprotected WMA files is just like importing MP3 files, but
requires one additional step. With WMA files, iTunes will actually
transcode the songs and change the format from WMA to whatever default
audio encoder you've set in the iTunes Preferences. It's not necessary
to know the difference between WMAs, MP3s, and AACs, but you should know
that when you import WMAs, your original files are untouched and a new
file is created.


Note: For importing DRM protected WMA files into iTunes, you will need
to remove the DRM first. I've found TuneClone Audio Converter can also
be used to convert DRM protected WMA to MP3. There's a tutorial on its
website that details 'how to convert protected WMA to MP3 for iPod'
(http://www.tuneclone.com/how-to-conv...-for-ipod.php). I've
followed it step by step to have a try. It worked great as a whole
except that it didn't preserve the music metadata very well though the
tutorial offered a reluctant solution.


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4 channels are good, I like the third channel, it means sharing,I like
sharing.
You or other people can share the favorite music to each other.
But it is needed a precondition, the music must be unprotected DRM
music. How we can remove drm protection from our paied music, I think we
need some Music Converter which can remove drm protection, like appl I
got last month,it is very useful, here is it info form its official
website:
'Protected Music Converter – Remove DRM Protection, Remove DRM WMA,
M4V, AAC, M4B, WMV etc'
(http://www.dvd-ripper-copy.com/music-converter.html#146)


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