I'm having a strange problem with mp3 files I've downloaded from iTunes plus (mp3 file with no DRM). I can load them, but my w950i does not recognize them/does not play them.
Has anyone else had any experience with this?
Dr. Siddons
using iTunes unDRMed mp3 files
Aren't the iTunes Plus files using AAC format (not MP3)?
Anyway, Apple has some non-standard changes done to the AAC files (presumably they add the buyer's info there for tracking purposes), and you have to remove the non-standard part/block.
I recall seeing an Internet site with an application do so, but don't remember where and what the name is/was.
Alternatively, Sony Ericsson would have to change the w950i to ignore such non-standard parts in AAC files.
Or, you can burn a CD using iTunes and then rip them back to MP3 files for real.
(Note, though, that the AAC format is already a compressed, lossy format where music quality has been reduced - or compromised, as some might say -, and re-ripping that to MP3, another lossy format, worsens the music quality further).
Thanks.
Dr.S