Posted by cdoronc on 10/04/06 19:51

I think I found the reason - Anapod does not rip CDA format on the fly
for you - you have to do it yourself!

The following is found in Anapod's How-To's section -
http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/support/regassist.php?c=0401

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File Transfer
How do I transfer music from a CD to my iPod?
You cannot just drag and drop a track from a CD to your iPod. Your iPod
does not know how to play the raw audio data that is stored on a CD.
In order to transfer the music, you first need to do what is called
ripping and encoding. This is a process where you 'rip' the raw audio
from the CD and 'encode' it into a digital music file format such as
MP3. Currently, Anapod does not feature integrated ripping and
encoding, as there are a number of good, free rippers available. Our
personal favorite for ripping and encoding is Audiograbber. We are not
affiliated with Audiograbber, we just like the program lot.
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So the process of moving music from a regular commercial music CD to
your Ipod using Anapod is twofold: rip it from CDA to MP3, then drag it
to Anapod. I would assume the same is true for video formats - you
would need to rip it int MP4 yourself before using Anapod. Not very
convinient, is it...?

I wonder how this works with commercial version of Winamp, using the
Ipod plugin - would it convert for me on the fly? Or would it be all
the better to just stick with Itunes?

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