Why in the world do almost any songs purchased from iTunes direct to my Mac, have to be converted to an AAC version to get them to transfer to my iPod?? If I purchase a song from iTunes to my Apple products, why do I need to take these extra steps for almost every song purchase and download?
I have a MacBook Pro (1 year old), and an Ipod4 (2 yrs old). All iOS, versions, etc are up to date.
iPod touch (4th generation)
Greyed out songs is an issue I see also.
Not a lot of songs but a pain.
And you are not converting songs to AAC because they are already AAC.
It seems to be that the songs info is transferred to the database on the iPhone, but the actual song file is not transferred to the iPhone.
The way I fix it is...
applesmartz wrote:
An iPod will only play purchased iTunes music and only support those files.
Completely untrue.
iPods Will play these formats;
When it comes to CDs on your iPod, they have to go thru iTunes to convert the file to work on it.
An audio CD needs to be converted to one of the formats above. iTunes is obviously the most convenient to use since you're adding the songs to iTunes, but you can use any software to convert
KBAZ123 wrote:
Why in the world do almost any songs purchased from iTunes direct to my Mac, have to be converted to an AAC version to get them to transfer to my iPod??
They are already AAC. That is the only format you download from iTunes Store.
Perhaps you would explain exactly what is/isn't happening.
When I purchase a song from the iTunes store, which then gets downloaded to my MacPro, I then transfer the song to a playlist on my iPod via iTunes. Once I sync my iPod, the song appears as "greyed out" on my iPod, and will not play in the playlist. I then have to go back to my Mac/iTunes, convert the song to AAC format, transfer that version to my iPod, and only then will the song appear/play on my iPod. This only happens with songs I purchase from iTunes.
An iPod will only play purchased iTunes music and only support those files.
No, you can play music in a supported format from any source as long as it does not have DRM protection (most do not these days). You can rip a song from a CD in a supported format file (e.g., aac/m4a, mp3, etc.), sync it to an iPod and it will play.
My purchased songs from Apple iTunes came as Purchased AAC audio file.
Bit rate: 256 kbps
Sample rate: 44.100 kHz
An iPod will only play purchased iTunes music and only support those files. When it comes to CDs on your iPod, they have to go thru iTunes to convert the file to work on it.
Why do I have to convert songs to AAC I purchased on iTunes?
