Because of this, formats like AAC and MP3 are referred to as lossy.įor some people with less discerning audio tastes, this is not a problem because the sound quality is almost as good as a CD, and besides, you can fit thousands of tracks on your iPod. This is because some of the audio data is discarded during the compression (mostly stuff you can’t really hear well anyway). The tradeoff with encoding your digital music files in compressed audio formats like MP3 and AAC is that while you can shrink the file, the sound quality of the resulting file is not as good as the original. Once the tracks are in iTunes-happy formats, you can not only play them on your desktop computer, but also download them to your iPod or iPod Mini to go. A dialog box appears, offering you the option to skip out if you suddenly change your mind. If you didn’t grab the chance at that moment, you can convert the WMA tracks at any time by dragging a folder full of them onto the Library icon in the iTunes Source list, or by choosing File → Add to Library and selecting the songs from your My Music folder.
When you install iTunes 4.5 or later on your Windows PC, the iTunes Setup Assistant automatically offers to add your WMA files to your iTunes library (see Figure 2-6 back yonder in Chapter 2). (If not, amble over to to download the software.) And the conversion doesn’t work unless your PC has Windows Media Player Series 9 or later installed. The fine print: they must be unprotected WMA tracks (that is, not songs you bought from other online stores like Napster 2.0, MusicMatch, or Wal-Mart-and not files for which you deliberately turned on, for some reason, Media Player’s copy-protection option). If you’ve spent years ripping hundreds of audio tracks onto your PC using Windows Media Player, you must have had quite an emotional crash when you discovered they wouldn’t work with iTunes or play on your iPod.įortunately, iTunes 4.5 and later can convert them into AAC, MP3, or whatever iTunes format you specify (see page 102).
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