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Late last year I downloaded iTunes, but left the program uninstalled for a month or so, partly because of the size of the program, and partly because of suspicions related to malware and adware. I overcame these one last Christmas evening, and then began the process of transferring my CD collection onto the computer. I marvel at the convenience of having one's CDs available at the click of a mouse button (left OR right - I am not a Mac user :^0). And the quality is amazing. Unfortunately my car stereo plays mp3 files only and not mp4 files which iTunes converts them all to. So the transfer has been a dual process, converting these CDs to both formats. Why two? Well, mp4 compression means it uses less disk space, so I back up the mp3s once I have converted them...
I don't have a large CD collection, but the length of time it would take to play them all through - so iTunes informs me - is over 4 days! I don't have an iPod either, which I believe holds 5GB of files, but that isn't enough to hold all the music either. I wonder how others with substantial collections get on?!
At least now I don't fret when lending CDs to my children. They have often been returned scratched. Now they can't damage the files... hahahahahahaha... I'm a happy man!
Posted by gary at January 9, 2006 04:33 PM
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