I'm confused about Napster 2.0
11-05-03, 11:33 PM
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I'm confused about Napster 2.0
It sells .99 cent per tracks, yet they have a premium service which is $9.99 for a month of which entitles you to UNLIMITED downloads. At the cost of 1 album, why would anyone not go with the latter option?
Am I reading it right, because it follows neither rhyme nor reason.
Am I reading it right, because it follows neither rhyme nor reason.
11-05-03, 11:59 PM
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No, unlimited STREAMS. To actually download the song to your computer will still cost you $0.99. The extra $9.95 lets you STREAM the song to your computer, but it doesn't actuall save.
Of course, if it's playing on your computer, it's been downloaded to your compuer... so I'm sure somoene will figure out a way around it. And you can always fire up your favorite audio recorder and record away.
Of course, if it's playing on your computer, it's been downloaded to your compuer... so I'm sure somoene will figure out a way around it. And you can always fire up your favorite audio recorder and record away.
11-06-03, 12:15 AM
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I'd much rather pay $0.99 to get the correct version of a song the first time, with a full quality preview, and download the song in 30 seconds. Free is nice, but spending 10 minutes searching for the right version, and having ten downloads going hoping to get the right one and a decent download speed isn't worth it...
11-06-03, 10:14 AM
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The website states the songs would be able to play online as well as offline. It's probably a clever way of saying Napster caches the file without revealing too much. The quality is 128kb WMA and I even tried signing up but the service went ketp going down in the span of one hour that I was using it.
11-06-03, 11:43 PM
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Originally posted by Ronin008
The website states the songs would be able to play online as well as offline. It's probably a clever way of saying Napster caches the file without revealing too much. The quality is 128kb WMA and I even tried signing up but the service went ketp going down in the span of one hour that I was using it.
The website states the songs would be able to play online as well as offline. It's probably a clever way of saying Napster caches the file without revealing too much. The quality is 128kb WMA and I even tried signing up but the service went ketp going down in the span of one hour that I was using it.
04-19-04, 06:12 AM
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So songs I buy from Napster -- they are put onto my computer as MP3s (I think) -- can I just burn them to a CD using Roxio or a similar burning tool? Or can it only be done through Napster?
04-19-04, 12:08 PM
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Originally posted by shaun3000
No, unlimited STREAMS. To actually download the song to your computer will still cost you $0.99. The extra $9.95 lets you STREAM the song to your computer, but it doesn't actuall save.
Of course, if it's playing on your computer, it's been downloaded to your compuer... so I'm sure somoene will figure out a way around it. And you can always fire up your favorite audio recorder and record away.
No, unlimited STREAMS. To actually download the song to your computer will still cost you $0.99. The extra $9.95 lets you STREAM the song to your computer, but it doesn't actuall save.
Of course, if it's playing on your computer, it's been downloaded to your compuer... so I'm sure somoene will figure out a way around it. And you can always fire up your favorite audio recorder and record away.
04-19-04, 03:59 PM
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Originally posted by Toad
Aren't there programs that convert WMA to MP3? I thought I could do it with Roxio...
Aren't there programs that convert WMA to MP3? I thought I could do it with Roxio...
04-20-04, 06:58 PM
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So will these tracks I'm downloading one day magically "expire"? I thought I read a question about that somewhere.
Isn't there a limited # of times you can burn them as well? How can the computer keep track of how many times I burn a file?
Isn't there a limited # of times you can burn them as well? How can the computer keep track of how many times I burn a file?
