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Posted by Andy100 on 09/14/05 16:52
Well i subscribed to the 7 days free trial. The files actually play in
Winamp and sound pretty good, i presume they are .wma at 128kbps. Seems like
a good service as you can download as many as you like for 10 a month. You
can play them and record them at the same time i guess (not that i condone
this at all), but you could theoretically do that i suppose, although a
little cumbersome and time consuming.
The only problem i have with Napster is the fact that i am supposedly able
to listen to the tracks streaming. However, in most cases this does NOT
work. Either the Napster media player (Mindows Media 10) sjust hangs or just
doesn't connect. I can, however, download the songs then listen to them
after download.
Just cannot figure out why i cannot stream them (or at least 90% don't
stream). Incidentally, the very same thing happened to me a year ago on a
different computer, so i cancelled subscription at that time. Makes me think
it's some kind of bug in Napster ????. I have the latest version of Windows
Media 10.
Cheers
Andrew
"NRen2k5" <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:v6QVe.71099$3U1.1230159@weber.videotron.net...
> On 9/13/2005 1:59:31 PM, "Andy100" wrote:
> >I have just read about 'Napster Go'. They say you can play and transfer
the
> >mp3's (well wma's) as much as you like AS LONG AS YOU KEEP SUBSCRIPTION
> >ACTIVE.
> >
> >So i wondered:
> >
> >1) what if i were to burn these mp3s to CDRW, then rip them back to mp3,
> >would that remove this thing where if i cancelled my subscription later
on
> >then i could no longer listen to the mp3 ??
> >
> >2) Do the mp3's get put on my Hard Drive for me to play, or do i NEED a
> >compatible mp3 player for Napster to download them directly to ??
> >
> >Failing the above then am i right in assuming that the only way of
'keeping'
> >the songs (should i cancel subscription) is to actually play them and at
the
> >same time record them by analogue means ??
> >
> >
> >Cheers
> >Andy
> >
> >
>
> 1) (We're talking about buying DRM-WMA's here, not MP3)
> Yes, that would work, but AFAIK Napster To Go charges you a fee for each
track you burn to CD. And when you burn the CD, the quality will be the same
as that of the WMA. So when you rip the CD to MP3, you will have slightly
reduced quality.
> You have to ask yourself whether its worth it, to subscribe to the
service, download the tracks which don't sound great to begin with, burn
them to CD, rip them back to MP3 further degrading the quality...... instead
of just buying the CD's by the artists you like.
> 2) They get put on your hard drive for you to play. They will only play in
Windows Media Player as far as I know.
>
> - NRen2k5
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