New here - Questions regarding AAC files

[Senna]

Hello, I am new to the whole digital music thing, so I have a question or two. I recently purchased the Sony NW-S705F and I want to know if it is possible to transfer previously purchased music from iTunes to the player. I don't yet have much knowledge or understanding of the technologies used, so the simpler the better as I learn. I see the player is supposed to be AAC compatible, but do I need to change a setting or something to get this to work?

I tried to import the music to SonicStage 4.3 but it doesn't seem to find the AAC files I currently have on my PC. I also see most don't like SonicStage, but I thought I'd give it try first, again as I learn how all this works. Thanks for any help and your patience as I learn this stuff!

[navsimpson]

Hi,

Welcome to ATRACLife!

The music you purchased from iTunes is copy protected using a technology called FairPlay. It restricts the use of those AAC files to devices and software made by Apple. So, unfortunately, you cannot use those files with Sonicstage or a Sony product.

You do have the option of burning the files to a cd and then re-ripping the files in whichever format you choose - however, since you're compressing the music twice (the original file from iTunes is compressed, and burn and rip compresses again) the sound quality will be significantly worse.

I've found you sorta' get used to Sonicstage over time. You can always just use it as your transferring program though, and keep using iTunes as your main player.

-Nav