[sanford]

Isn't the easiest way to get iTunes-purchased songs to play on my Xbox 360 just to burn a CD and either rip it to the 360 or if I want to use my flash drive with the 360, rip it to iTunes, segregate the files from their official iTunes Store counterparts and then copy those new ones to the flash drive?

I have no interest in removing the DRM for some sort of philosophical or rebellious reasons. I use our Macs and iPods to play back iTunes purchased songs, but I'd just like to play some of them on my 360, too. I know I'll lose some quality burning to CD from a 128kbps AAC and then ripping it back into iTunes, but I'm just playing the songs as soundtracks while playing games; so I should think the rip and snort of Gears of War will drown out any noticeable quality difference.

[dimmer]

Yeah, that's pretty much it. Use a CD-RW disc if you want to cut down on the consumables. Theoretically, you will lose some data going from the 128kbps AAC to CD and back, but if you re-import to unprotected 128kbps AAC or 192kbps MP3 you'll probably not notice the difference.

There are other ways to do what you want, but this is the 'simplest', easiest, legal way to do what you want.

[cbrfanatic]

he could use any of the readily available DRM stripping programs on the internet. im not going to post links, but if you look you shall find them.

[sanford]

I'm actually kind of interested in *not* messing up the original DRM files. I don't mind the DRM in general; I'd just like to play some of the songs on a device, the Xbox 360, that doesn't support the DRM format.

[dimmer]

Originally Posted by cbrfanatic 

he could use any of the readily available DRM stripping programs on the internet. im not going to post links, but if you look you shall find them.

Or he could say he's not interested in those "options" (which, BTW, are way behind the current state of FairPlay, rendering them useless).

[cbrfanatic]

Originally Posted by dimmer 

Or he could say he's not interested in those "options" (which, BTW, are way behind the current state of FairPlay, rendering them useless).

um....not
my brother has stripped numerous itunes songs from my library to put on his gigbeat just this week alone.

[finknottle]

Originally Posted by cbrfanatic 

he could use any of the readily available DRM stripping programs on the internet. im not going to post links, but if you look you shall find them.

Aside from fairgame what else is there for iTunes 7 ?? I cannot get it to work on my G5 or macbook! Is there another option?

Thanks in advance!

[dimmer]

Originally Posted by finknottle 

Aside from fairgame what else is there for iTunes 7 ?? I cannot get it to work on my G5 or macbook! Is there another option?

Thanks in advance!

Fairgame, btw, is the biggest waste of time ever: it will take longer than burning to a CD and reimporting will, and it does -nothing- to the DRM, it relies upon iMovie for that. It's very much a "look what I can do!" exercise.

All other DRM systems break with each new release of iTunes, most of them are Linux based, command line horrors. It's like carrying gas to your car via your mouth rather than a pump "because you can".

[finknottle]

Thanks dimmer, Fairgame does seem to be a disaster! I have three machines and just tried the third one and still no success. Junk.
I could trying burning and reimporting.....but surely converting the .mp4 to .aiff and then back to .mp3 is going result a degraded sound?!?
What are other peoples experience with doing this?
Thanks in advance

[dimmer]

Lab tests show that people can't tell the difference. People will claim they can, but taken into labs they hit AAC 192 as often as they do Apple Lossless. Purists, to be irked.

[icruise]

I've burned and re-imported a fair number of iTS songs and I can't really tell any difference. Put another way, the kind of people who would be able to tell the difference are not going to be buying from the iTS in the first place.