Mp3
 

Can you download songs other than MP3? If not, can MP3 downloads be burned onto CDs?

swdea,

Yes you can download other formats for songs but MP3's are a compressed form that take less space and therefore download faster.

Yes, you can burn MP3's to a CD. but not all players can play MP3's.

Go here for a free music player that will burn your music to CD's in the format you want.

http://www.musicmatch.com/download/f...tbasic_jbpromo

Norm

Audio comes in many formats, not just mp3. Just happens that mp3 is small and good for the internet. You can download whatever is available. (Some example file types, mp3, .wav, .wma)

Yes, mp3's can be burnt to cd the same as anything else.

Another small compressed format you've all forgotten about is mp4 or also known as m4a or AAC.

Right, even worse and smaller than mp3......LOL
Can you name how many players will recognize this format?
I believe it is an IPod (and the likes of) exclusive format. The only 'free player' I know that will play them is QuickTime.

You have a point but... when mp3 1st came out to replace mp2, how many mp3 players were around at that time. m4a is quite a new format & whilst marketing has made mp3 the one to go for, m4a still has benefits. And for quality, well it depends (it can encode up to 320.) m4a uses a better algorithm to encode than mp3. It is able to compress at lower bit rates for the equivalent quality. The question is what bit rate do most people choose. The same as mp3's! m4a 128 kbps is supposed to be roughly equivalent to an mp3 encoded at 192. *** (I need to re-check my mpeg facts before making the latter comment.) I'll re-word that. m4a is able to encode at the same bit rate with a smaller file size without any less quality. The higher the mpeg format no. the better the algorithm for encoding. There's mpeg 1-4, 8, 13 & 21 I think which have or are still being developed. For m4a/mp4/aac see: http://www.m4a.com/

As for m4a/aac players, yes they're limited at present. Here's a quick list: Winamp 5.02, Apple iTunes, Compaact! , Roxio Toast & dvd creator, Nero 6, dBpowerAMP, Foobar2000, MP4 Input Plugin for WinAmp, for some quick ones. Oh & of course iTunes for mac or Windows is FREE!: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
iTunes Tutorial: http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/...ial/index.html

Portables:

http://www.nextdaypc.com/main/search...aspx?grpid=807

http://www.globalsources.com/manufac...P4-Player.html

mp4 players
 

i have just had a mp4 player bought me and i am finding it hard to download music videos and films to my computer that seem compatiable with my mp4 player!!?? HELP