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Apparently Amazon is absolutely desperate to sell me MP3s. I recently
bought some stuff, so they've given me some credit - which can only be
used for MP3s.
Has anybody here purchased MP3s from Amazon? How does it work? Is the
sound quality any good? Do they use extreme DRM?
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:39:23 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> which can only be
> used for MP3s.
>
> Has anybody here purchased MP3s from Amazon? How does it work? Is the
> sound quality any good? Do they use extreme DRM?
Seems that the last part of your first paragraph really can answer your
second - since the credit can *only* be used for MP3s, you lose nothing
by trying it out and seeing for yourself how it works and if the quality
is good/DRM is included.
Jim
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> Apparently Amazon is absolutely desperate to sell me MP3s. I recently
> bought some stuff, so they've given me some credit - which can only be
> used for MP3s.
>
> Has anybody here purchased MP3s from Amazon? How does it work? Is the
> sound quality any good? Do they use extreme DRM?
Hi,
I've downloaded MP3s from Amazon twice. I remember I had to download a nasty
Amazon Download Manager for this, I don't know if this was mandatory but I
didn't find any other way to get hold of the files. Afterwards I had some
problems to find the files on my harddisk, because for some reason I could not
choose the directory to store them in. Bitrates were between 360 and 522 kBit/s.
Cheers,
Simone
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> Has anybody here purchased MP3s from Amazon? How does it work? Is the
> sound quality any good? Do they use extreme DRM?
There's no DRM, which is why I prefer to buy music from Amazon in this
way. They do have a download manager that you have to use, but it's
fairly lightweight and I don't mind it. (It also makes it easy to add
the music to iTunes, which is nice if you plan to put it on an iPhone or
iPod.)
- Slime
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Amazon MP3 was apparently one of the un-removable apps from my T-Mobile Android
phone. :/
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> writes:
> Apparently Amazon is absolutely desperate to sell me MP3s. I recently
> bought some stuff, so they've given me some credit - which can only be
> used for MP3s.
>
> Has anybody here purchased MP3s from Amazon? How does it work? Is the
> sound quality any good? Do they use extreme DRM?
Yes. Click and download (must disagree with others - no download manager
needed whenever I bought). Quality's good enough for me, but i'm not
fussy. No DRM whatsoever.
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And lo On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:39:23 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull>
did spake thusly:
> Apparently Amazon is absolutely desperate to sell me MP3s. I recently
> bought some stuff, so they've given me some credit - which can only be
> used for MP3s.
>
> Has anybody here purchased MP3s from Amazon? How does it work? Is the
> sound quality any good? Do they use extreme DRM?
You have to use their download app for buying albums, and possibly
multiple tracks in one go. It is lightweight sits in the system tray and
open and closes by itself, course whether it works on anything but Windows
is a different question.
In Vista files go into an Amazon MP3 folder under Music and, depending on
the download manager settings, update the iTunes library too. According to
the properties they're 320kbps no DRM.
--
Phil Cook
--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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Phil Cook v2 wrote:
> You have to use their download app for buying albums, and possibly
> multiple tracks in one go. It is lightweight sits in the system tray and
> open and closes by itself, course whether it works on anything but
> Windows is a different question.
>
> In Vista files go into an Amazon MP3 folder under Music and, depending
> on the download manager settings, update the iTunes library too.
> According to the properties they're 320kbps no DRM.
Mmm, interesting.
I can probably install the download manager in a VM to avoid screwing up
my actual PC. Hopefully once I have the files I can then get rid of the
VM. (I'm only planning on ever doing this once.)
320 kbit/sec is the maximum bitrate that the MP3 standard supports,
AFAIK. Frankly, at that rate, you'd be hard-pressed to tell the
difference between fully uncompressed audio.
Once I get the files, I can decode them back into PCM, put them on a CD
and pretend that this whole sorry episode never happened. ;-)
(Since Amazone are giving me the credit for free, I thought I'd go
download the album I *thought* I was buying the first time around...)
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And lo On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:18:27 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did
spake thusly:
> Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>
>> You have to use their download app for buying albums, and possibly
>> multiple tracks in one go. It is lightweight sits in the system tray
>> and open and closes by itself, course whether it works on anything but
>> Windows is a different question.
>> In Vista files go into an Amazon MP3 folder under Music and, depending
>> on the download manager settings, update the iTunes library too.
>> According to the properties they're 320kbps no DRM.
>
> Mmm, interesting.
>
> I can probably install the download manager in a VM to avoid screwing up
> my actual PC. Hopefully once I have the files I can then get rid of the
> VM. (I'm only planning on ever doing this once.)
Just checked the specs "Linux: Debian 5, Fedora 12, Open SUSE 11.2 and
Unbuntu 9.10". According to the unhelpful help page, you can download
music without it but "you must wait until the .mp3 file is downloaded
completely to your computer before buying another song". Albums require it.
> 320 kbit/sec is the maximum bitrate that the MP3 standard supports,
> AFAIK. Frankly, at that rate, you'd be hard-pressed to tell the
> difference between fully uncompressed audio.
4 minute track roughly 7Mb if that's any guide.
> Once I get the files, I can decode them back into PCM, put them on a CD
> and pretend that this whole sorry episode never happened. ;-)
I only really have them for the car and that plays MP3s natively which is
handy.
> (Since Amazone are giving me the credit for free, I thought I'd go
> download the album I *thought* I was buying the first time around...)
Pretty much what I did, yeah I got credit too a whole £2. So an individual
song is 79p that means buy two and 'waste' the credit or buy three and
spend extra; heh.
--
Phil Cook
--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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"Phil Cook v2" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> writes:
>> Has anybody here purchased MP3s from Amazon? How does it work? Is the
>> sound quality any good? Do they use extreme DRM?
>
> You have to use their download app for buying albums, and possibly
> multiple tracks in one go. It is lightweight sits in the system tray and
> open and closes by itself, course whether it works on anything but
> Windows is a different question.
I bought on Linux. No download app. Promise!
Perhaps I just found a way about it. I use NoScript. When I get to the
download page, it shows up as blocked. I click on it, and then it
delivers the file to my browser.
Never tried multiple files at once, though. Maybe you need it then.
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