Help with musc please.

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I want to put some music on my TX. I would rather use WMP than Rhapsody because Rhapsody is $15/month (unless I am missing something). Neither WMP or Rhapsody recognize my palm. Any ideas or ways I can conveert music to mp3 format and do it manually? I am illiterate when it comes to audio and video. I appreciate any help.
 
hi, the min thing i use m tx for is the music. i ried downloading rhapsoy, but it didnt work. u can transfer music from cds on ur pc using windows media player (wmp). just rip music from cd to ur wmp library. then select songs and synch them to ur tx.
 
If you didn't upgrade to the Deluxe version of Pocket Tunes, then you cannot play WMA files. Whether you use WMA or MP3 files, you will still have to add the Pocket Tunes WMP plugin in order for WMP to see your T|X as a syncable device. I *believe* that was part of the desktop app setup process -- I can't remember for sure.

To convert music from WMA (don't know what Rhapsody uses), you will need to burn it to a CD (best to use a CD-RW so you can re-use it), and then Rip it back off using WMP. Prior to Ripping, make sure under WMP you go to Tools, Options, Rip, and change the Rip Settings format to MP3. Then you can just transfer your MP3s over to the T|X through WMP.

As an "advanced" note -- the MP3s will be generic titles, etc., once you've ripped them off the CD. You will need to rename the files, and then also use WMP to "Get Album Info", which will fairly automatically find the Album, Artist, date, song number, etc., and then update the MP3 tag information so that all that will transfer over nicely to the Pocket Tunes.
 
As Pilot noted - that pretty well covers it.

One of the reasons I got tired of all that ripping and went and bought an Ipod Nano last fall.

Pocket Tunes Deluxe does have available plug ins for syncing purchased music without having to rip it but you'd need to play a little at their web site.

I had Rhapsody which also has a Palm plugin for playing encoded music without having to rip it.

I'd go with Pocket Tunes and it's corresponding desktop component plug in.

It should be noted that you can purchase music from any site and then rip it to CD and then import it back into your corresponding WMA or Pocket Tunes plugin so don't get hung up on which one to sync with the device. But you would have to have Rhaposody and most of the other's music suppliers desktops to then convert it to CD for importing it back to your preferred player.

Hence another reason that I bought a Nano.

I'm a proponent of converged devices but with a 4GB Nano - I've got most of my music at hand without having to rip every CD that I own, and having to title each tune as I bring it back to the PC. There are sometimes simpler ways to do things than jumping through all of those hoops.
 
Yeah, it definitely depends on what you're looking for in an audio player. If you're looking to carry around a lot of music, you're better off with a dedicated MP3 player. Now, that also depends on what you consider a lot of music. I carry around 50-75 of the latest music titles with me on my 1GB card, which also hold three full backups, TomTom maps, 3 or 4 DVD conversions, eBooks, and a few Palm apps. Yeah, it's full. But that's all the music I care to have with me, but my own daughter is the type who won't be happy until her 30gb iPod Video is full.

Pocket Tunes is what prevented me from wanting an iPod. I can download music from Walmart.com (88 cents each) or even take direct WMA rips from WMP and sync it right over to my T|X just like it was a dedicated music player. Like Moose said, even the protected music files play just fine in Pocket Tunes Deluxe. Admittedly, it's a bit expensive compared to other Palm apps, but $34 is a lot cheaper than a $200 iPod -- again, if you can tolerate carrying around less music.

Truth be known, the main reason I will never own an iPod? iTunes software. It's the WORST. Windows Media Player blows the doors off of it, which is simply ridiculous in my opinion. WMP automatically finds cover art (iTunes is a manual process), song/album info is automatically found and the MP3 tags updated (again, iTunes = manual process), and maybe it's because I'm simply not a Mac person, but I can't figure out how to get where I need to go, etc., because the interface is so non-PC. Of course, this is all just my opinion (and my little rant), so you're experience may be different. I just know that syncing music and videos over to my Palm and to my son's Creative Zen PMC is a soooooooooooooooo much easier than my daughter's iPod Video. I cringe every time she asks for help, and that's weird in of itself because I am a gadget freak!

Good luck with your decision!
 
Ok,

Well don't get discouraged with Pilot and my rants. Music can be tedious but is not terribly difficult if you read the various documentation etc.

And if you don't mind carry some SD cards around with you - you can have quite a lot of it. A 1GB card is probably good for about 5 hours of music, easy depending upon compression etc.

I'd suggest looking at Pocket Tunes Deluxe rather then using Real Player (I don't remember what comes standard on the Tx) because it's more intuitive for me and better documentation.

And to add to the not discouraging aspect - I don't want to be listening to music and have to answer a phone call on my Treo at the same time so it would be different on a Tx for obvious reasons.

Make your choice and their will be plenty of help here at the forum.
 
I copy music files directly to my 2GB SD card with a card reader/writer. Never bothered with Rhapsody. I do so to have a few tunes on my TX, although I do have a 5th Gen iPod. I love iTunes; I've haven't used WMP since.
 
Oh, I won't get discouraged. I love having a place to go to get help with my tx. I was never able to get either WMP or Rhasody to work. I am just burning all of my current music to CD and ripping them back then converting them to mp3 with a free program I found called Switch. I do have to rename the files but ya gotta do what ya gotta do, right?
 
There's also a program called Advanced WMA Workshop which will convert between various formats (wma, mp3, ogg etc.) so you don't have to burn to a CD as part of the process. This program will also take tags with it as you go from one format to another. I use PTunes Deluxe and can play either wma or mp3. I usually just move the tunes to my card by a card reader rather than syncing through WMP. Syncing seems to take so much longer.
 
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