@c1u31355 wrote:
iTunes is now selling plain old mp3s rather than its old horrible m4a or m4p files. Amazon and (holding nose) Wal-Mart also sell a lot of mp3s now.
iTunes isn’t selling MP3s; iTunes Plus songs are 256kbps m4a (non-DRM AAC), and by April all of their music is supposed to be m4a. iTunes does have a “convert to MP3” function, but it just makes a copy of the m4a so you end up with two copies.
There’s nothing “horrible” about it, other than the fact that the Fuze doesn’t support it. Its an ISO standard, its supported by all the major players (except Sansa), and it provides better quality for the size than MP3.
I hadn’t realized that Wal-Mart sells MP3s. Does anyone know what bitrate or codec they use?
