Posted by NRen2k5 on 09/14/05 07:15

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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