VCAST Music Disables MP3 Playback
Guess I Won't Be Usin' VCast Music Then..
Way ta go, Verizon and Microsoft.What do y'all do for an encore, gargle stale peanut butter or set yourselves on fire wit' a crack pipe? đŗ
Guess my iPod ain't goin' away anytime soon. 'tween the 100 song limit on the ROKR, VCast Music's stoopid messin' over of mp3s, an' Sprint's alleyway robbery $2.50/song charge, seems like all the big carriers are screwin' the pooch when it comes to music downloads. Therefore, who needs 'em?
Guess my iPod ain't goin' away anytime soon. 'tween the 100 song limit on the ROKR, VCast Music's stoopid messin' over of mp3s, an' Sprint's alleyway robbery $2.50/song charge, seems like all the big carriers are screwin' the pooch when it comes to music downloads. Therefore, who needs 'em?
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if you have mp3s, phones other than the upgraded verizon models and the ROKR still play an unlimited number of mp3s. the SE walkman phones do an excellent job of it too, even using the id3 tags to sort your music by artist and album. it will even play back itunes encoded m4a files, just not m4b files you purchase from itms.
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WMA I believe is a direct result of the patnership with MS since MS does not own the MP3 rights and VZW has to protect its vestments by haveing a DRM which will help prevent piracy and transfering of files without rights.
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From what I've been trained (but not able to test) is that Windows Media Player will allow you to transfer any MP3 on your computer onto your VCast Music phone. During the transfer the files will be transfered to whatever the correct file format is. The files on your computer remain as is. Therefore if you have a thousand MP3s on your computer you can transfer any of them to the phone without having to recode them on your own.
In short, no your phone won't play MP3s, but the file transfer process will automatically recode them on your phone. So basically it will play your MP3s, just not as MP3s.
Again, this has never been tested by myself, and by no means a guarantee.
In short, no your phone won't play MP3s, but the file transfer process will automatically recode them on your phone. So basically it will play your MP3s, just not as MP3s.
Again, this has never been tested by myself, and by no means a guarantee.
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Yeah but WMA is a lossy compression scheme. Meanin' that you'd lose audio quality when your mp3s get auto-converted over to WMAs.
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hmm... It's the cellphone shock. Don't throw a stone at me, I'm just pointing that if you need the great sound, get yourself an Shuffle. đ
Rip the CDs all over again directly to WMA. WMP10 an do it.
Actually, get a SoundForge, excellent Sony software to convert between the formats.
Rip the CDs all over again directly to WMA. WMP10 an do it.
Actually, get a SoundForge, excellent Sony software to convert between the formats.
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kvazzz said:
hmm... It's the cellphone shock. Don't throw a stone at me, I'm just pointing that if you need the great sound, get yourself an Shuffle. đ
Way ahead of ya on that one, Kvazz. One gig 'shuff, biatch! AND a Mini. đ
Rip the CDs all over again directly to WMA. WMP10 an do it.
I don't WANT to rip all my CDs to WMA all over again, kvazz. I got literally THOUSANDS of tracks. It would take forever, sry. âšī¸
Re-ripping also doesn't help me at all with the part of my collection that is iTunes downloads... they would have to be convered to WMA, and them being converted to would cause a loss in sound quality, since again, WMA is lossy.
These are pretty obvious issues...
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I've never purchased a single song from itunes (I buy them elsewhere), so I guess I'm not gonna have a problem.
Well, what DO you want? Free cheese? Look in the mousetrap, I think they have some left... đ
No need to get all pissy about something we haven't seen. Besides, how much money are you planning on spending for the memory cards if you need a 1000+ songs. đ¤Ŗ Actually, you know you can just leave your computer overnight converting files. It's not gonna explode, I promise đ
I don't WANT to rip all my CDs to WMA all over again, kvazz.
Well, what DO you want? Free cheese? Look in the mousetrap, I think they have some left... đ
No need to get all pissy about something we haven't seen. Besides, how much money are you planning on spending for the memory cards if you need a 1000+ songs. đ¤Ŗ Actually, you know you can just leave your computer overnight converting files. It's not gonna explode, I promise đ
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kvazzz said:
Actually, you know you can just leave your computer overnight converting files. It's not gonna explode, I promise đ
You aren't listening, KV.
To avoid the audio quality hit, I'd have to re-rip, not convert existing files. And the computer ain't gonna walk over and pick up each of my hundreds of CDs individually and feed it in, now is it?
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System, no offense, you're the only person who's bragging about the quality loss. How dramatic the loss gonna be, if anything? Do you have something to support your point of view? đ
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KV, not tryin' to be a hardass or anything, but I really don't NEED anything additional to 'support' my view- its a well-known FACT that when you send a file thorugh lossy compression multiple times, you take a quality hit.
Would you like to hear it from a encyclopedia, if it'll make you feel better? :
Depending on the design of the format lossy data compression often suffers from generation loss, that is compressing and decompressing multiple times will do more damage to the data than doing it once.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lossy »
It obviously happens. What's amazin' to me is that there's even a debate on whether or not its real.
Would you like to hear it from a encyclopedia, if it'll make you feel better? :
Depending on the design of the format lossy data compression often suffers from generation loss, that is compressing and decompressing multiple times will do more damage to the data than doing it once.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lossy »
It obviously happens. What's amazin' to me is that there's even a debate on whether or not its real.
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Lossy is when you convert 192kbps MP3 to 60kbps WMA
Lossless is when you convert 192kbps MB MP3 to 192kbps WMA.
right?
Lossless is when you convert 192kbps MB MP3 to 192kbps WMA.
right?
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kvazzz said:
Lossy is when you convert 192kbps MP3 to 60kbps WMA
Lossless is when you convert 192kbps MB MP3 to 192kbps WMA.
right?
No, not right. You're confusing bit rates with codec properties, bro. Its ok, let me walk you through it.
'Lossy' is a TYPE of compression where, when you run a file through it, you lose some information, NO MATTER WHAT. WMA, mp3, and AAC are all lossy codecs... no matter what bitrate you choose (even if its a high one like 256 kbps), you'll lose some data each and every time you run a file through the compression. Which is why you only want to compress it ONCE.
The BIT RATE (usually 64 kbps to 256 kbps) is something you set when compressing a file, but it doesn't...
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SystemShock said:...kvazzz said:
Lossy is when you convert 192kbps MP3 to 60kbps WMA
Lossless is when you convert 192kbps MB MP3 to 192kbps WMA.
right?
No, not right. You're confusing bit rates with codec properties, bro. Its ok, let me walk you through it.
'Lossy' is a TYPE of compression where, when you run a file through it, you lose some information, NO MATTER WHAT. WMA, mp3, and AAC are all lossy codecs... no matter what bitrate you choose (even if its a high one like 256 kbps), you'll lose some data each and every time you run a file through the compression. Which is why you only want to compress it ONCE.
The BIT RATE (usually 64 kbps to 256 kbps) is something you set w
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Don' doubt it. 1 GB flash cards are startin' to become common... you could put 250 songs on one a' those, easy. đ
Heck, they even make internal HARD DRIVES for phones, if ya keep up wit' your Phonescoop News:
Cornice today announced two new hard drives made for phones and other mobile devices. The hard drives are 40% smaller than first generation one inch drives but have significantly more storage and use less power thanks to perpendicular technology. They also feature better shock and drop protection than previous models. The drives will come in 8 and 10 GB models and will be available to manufacturers this quarter. Samsung uses Cornice's 3 GB drive in their i300 and the two companies have recently announced Samsung will use the ...
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Heck, they even make internal HARD DRIVES for phones, if ya keep up wit' your Phonescoop News:
Cornice today announced two new hard drives made for phones and other mobile devices. The hard drives are 40% smaller than first generation one inch drives but have significantly more storage and use less power thanks to perpendicular technology. They also feature better shock and drop protection than previous models. The drives will come in 8 and 10 GB models and will be available to manufacturers this quarter. Samsung uses Cornice's 3 GB drive in their i300 and the two companies have recently announced Samsung will use the ...
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does anyone at all understand what is trying to be said here? i see some broken up english, but i still cant really understand what you are trying to say... maybe you sould lay off that pipe cuz you make no sense
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Sorry you feel that way. But I highly doubt you can't understand what I'm saying... you just don't like me throwin' in the slang.
That's ok, but if you want to hate, do it somewhere else. No one is forcin' you to read my posts, after all. đ
That's ok, but if you want to hate, do it somewhere else. No one is forcin' you to read my posts, after all. đ
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