New MP4, M4A, AAC Plugin

[ndspeed3]

It was released Dec 29 and all the tag issues are corrected. Everything like the genre and year shows up in the Media Library now. Direct download:

http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/files/in_mp4.zip

[inthegray]

wow, awesome. i don't use itunes, the iTMS, or aac files at all, but i'm sure a lot of people will appreciate this plug-in.

am i correct in assuming that this enables winamp to play AAC files bought from the iTunes store?

[DJ Egg]

Updated sticky thread accordingly:
Most Requested Features / Plug-ins

Note: the iTMS M4P plugin is here

[bluhring]

Originally posted by DJ Egg

Note: the iTMS M4P plugin is here [/B]

I've searched through a lot of threads, and no one will say it flat out (and many date back to October 2003)...

Can we convert iTunes purchased music (in .m4p format) into .mp3 files using Winamp 5 (basic or pro) with any combination of plugins?

[Reaper]

Originally posted by bluhring
I've searched through a lot of threads, and no one will say it flat out (and many date back to October 2003)...

Can we convert iTunes purchased music (in .m4p format) into .mp3 files using Winamp 5 (basic or pro) with any combination of plugins?

No. The plugin bypasses any of Winamp's output plugins, DSPs, etc. and uses Quicktime to play the files.

[DJ Egg]

And that, my friend, is the price you pay for purchasing DRM-protected proprietry formats. Nothing to stop you from burning to CD, then reripping to MP3, but you will most certainly lose quality by going from one compressed lossy format to another.

[Reaper]

..and just to add to DJ Egg's post:

No, you cannot burn .m4p's with Winamp Pro, incase you're curious. iTunes is the only app that can burn them, afaik.

[bluhring]

So,then, if I started to buy from Napster instead. Will Winamp convert their WMA files?

--thanks for all your help, guys!

[Reaper]

Originally posted by bluhring
So,then, if I started to buy from Napster instead. Will Winamp convert their WMA files?

--thanks for all your help, guys!

Again, No. Protected WMA files from services like Napster 2.0 aren't even supported for playback yet. You definetely pay a price when buy this DRM infested crap. Do yourself a favor and go out to a record store (or an online retailer like CDNow) and purchase the album and rip it yourself if you want it in MP3 format (and not transcoded, for that matter).

[DJ Egg]

...and, in addition to Reaper's post:
Hello?!

[Alltaken]

yes i must say it seems a bit stupid buying a product (lossy audio) that is worse than the product its replacing (cds, dvds...) but paying the same price.

A) you don't get the case and book with any online purchase

B) you don't get the sound quality of a CD

C) you don't own the music from online (well you don't with a cd but you have more rights, ripping, burning backups, ....)

D) you don't havea hard copy of the product



anyway those are some of the issues that stop me buying online.

i am sure that some day i will. when i do these requirements will need to be in place.

1)music is exactly the same in quality (or better) to that of the shop one (and better than cd's e.g. the next generation of music)

2)that the price factors in the lack of printed material, and cheapness of the distribution methods.

3) the artists get more of a cut.




i personally suggest you go to your local CD store and support REAL companys, rather than supporting monopolys that will only shaft you in the future.


Alltaken

[DJ Egg]

Amen bro

[bluhring]

What I can't believe is that a bunch of world-renowned business executives, marketers, and strategists sat down at a meeting; they recognized an extremely high demand for their product in .mp3 format; they realized that filling that demand was not just a good idea, but a NECESSARY action; then their ultimate solution was to NOT give their costumers what they were demanding....

Absolutely idiotic.

I'll start buying from them as soon as they give me portable files. One's that I can put on my computer at home, work, school, my MP3 player, my PDA, and my cell phone. One's that I can burn to CD (as MP3) to play in my vehicle.


As far as the money going to the "artists," I'd rather see it redistributed to the guys encoding the MP3s, and the genius that finaly convinces the industry to give us what we're asking for.

[DJ Radio]

i want to buy .wav's or better format directly from the artist, so the ones that make the music i love get my money, instead of greedy companies that ask money for not distributing it.
i dont want lossy audio in a format that restricts me to one player on one platform and my money going to people doing nothing for it, who dont even love the same music as me, but are only in it for the cash.

[the_sk8_dude]

Thanks for this, helped a lot.

Really hate Apple, and the iPod sooo much!!!