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12/26/2007 01:21:55 PM · #1 |
So I get this mp3 player for Christmas and want to use it with my subscription based Yahoo Music account.
I've even checked out Napster and Rhapsody... also, no go.
It'll let me put "burnable" wma files on it and those either ripped from CD or pulled off the P2P, but not the subscription based music.
I don't intend on paying $.79 and up per song for burnable files, don't want to have to "steal" music and just would like the simplicity of a music subscription service.
Soooo... before I take this thing back, anyone using a subscription service with an MP3 player? If so, what player/ service?
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12/26/2007 01:31:07 PM · #2 |
I don't know if that's possible. In order for you to use the song file on your player, you'd have to have a downloaded file with which to play and all the subscription services stream files right? I would think that the only way to legally let you download that file would be for it to have an expiration date and wouldn't work after that time. Otherwise you could download thousands of songs in the period you have paid for the membership and then just stop paying leaving you with all the songs you downloaded on your player.
So because of this, the player would have to somehow communicate with the server to find out if you've paid for your service or not and if not, kill all your files.
Message edited by author 2007-12-26 13:32:22.
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12/26/2007 02:43:57 PM · #3 |
From what I understand... the rights do expire at some point and you have to reacquire them by hooking the player back up to the computer.
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12/26/2007 02:51:18 PM · #4 |
Generally, the player has to be designed to work with that particular subscription service. What model do you have?
It's a great idea for folks that always like to listen to new stuff, but you don't get to keep the music files forever and there are no standards that work for every device. I mostly use my player to listen to Podcasts and a few dozen favorite songs. |
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12/26/2007 02:55:31 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
From what I understand... the rights do expire at some point and you have to reacquire them by hooking the player back up to the computer. |
Yup, and as yospiff said, your player has to be compatible with that service in order to do that. I'm not sure if iTunes/iPod has that or not, but I think the Zune might although I'm not sure what service the Zune uses.
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12/26/2007 03:18:31 PM · #6 |
I just bought my son an MP3 player that works with Yahoo! or with MP3s off your computer. It plays internet radio and you can dl songs from Yahoo! with it.
It is a Samsung Sandisk Connect 4GB and has WIFI :) |
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12/29/2007 05:35:47 PM · #7 |
So, I gave Rhapsody to Go a try. What do I have to lose with free 14-day trial? Works perfectly. And, I like it much better than Yahoo Music.
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