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[hackthis_archive]

I am considering procuring a 20GB iPod in the immediate future, however, as someone who doesn't have a particular fast connection at home, and doesn't have an Apple interface at all, I am rather skittish about the entire business, and so I turn to you lot. Tell me everything you think I should know.*

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*I have also been told that once you set up one computer as your base, you can't use other computers to upload your music without losing all the contents of your iPod. I have also been told there is a way around this. Educate me kids, because my base will not be a consistent thing, like, ever.

ETA: Thank you, all of you, for your assistance!

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[murklins.livejournal.com]

I was reluctant to buy things from iTunes because only one computer I use can run it and neither of my mp3 players is an iPod. However, I love the ease of iTunes purchasing. It makes it so simple and economical to legally obtain quality music downloads. So I dug around a bit and found a really easy to use program that strips the restrictive encoding from iTunes files and turns them into clean mp3s. It is glorious, allowing me to play music that I payed for on any of my players and computers, just as I should be allowed.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

And you're going to tell the rest of the kids what this fabulous programme is, aren't you?

[murklins.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Um, wasn't sure you'd want a link to possibly grey-area software in your journal. Also, needed to find the link. It's JHymn (http://hymn-project.org/jhymndoc/), part of the Hymn Project (http://hymn-project.org/).

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It's not like I'm hosting said software; I'm just giving people a forum for discussion.