iTunes & non-iPods

[Celeval]

So as we're doing Christmas shopping, we run into the question... does iTunes work with non-Apple mp3 players? i.e. is an iTunes gift card useless for someone with one of those?

[cthomer5000]

The short answer is yes.

If you jump through some hoops you can make it work though.

[Celeval]

The short answer is yes.

If you jump through some hoops you can make it work though.
k, thanks.

[Mota]

It's not really that hard for podcasts because they are already in MP3 format. I open my Nomad Explorer program. Click on the podcasts I want and drag them into my MP3 player. Then I delete them from my HD.

For music you download off Itunes I suppose you'd have to convert them to MP3 somehow before doing that, not sure if it's worth it.

[AgustusM]

I have a creative Jukebox and when I purchase an ITunes song or full album I always burn it to CD and then rip it my jukebox with the creative software.

yes, it is an extra step - I have paid for 99% of the 7000+ mp3's I own (with the 1% being stuff I have not been able to find to purchase) and I don't like the restrictions that ITunes puts on my mp3 files - I paid for these songs and they make it harder to use songs I paid for then songs I could illegally download. So I take the step to make them "pure" mp3 that I can manipulate as I choose.

[jeff061]

You guys who get it working on non-ipods should be in jail for breaking the DMCA!!

:p.

[Draft Dodger]

You guys who get it working on non-ipods should be in jail for breaking the DMCA!!

:p.

and banned from here!