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Old Jun 16, 2005 | 09:57 PM
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Playing downloaded music

I CANNOT play any music downloaded from my computer. Anyone have any tips?

I have Windows ME, so there's only certain music sites that will work with it. The ones that I've tried download only Windows Media files. I can then save them and burn them to a CD but they are unreadable by my G35 stereo. I can play the CD on my computer, but not in my car. I'm not sure why. I've been using Walmart's site - $.88 per song, but I've also tried a couple others.

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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 06:03 AM
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I CANNOT play any music downloaded from my computer. Anyone have any tips?

I have Windows ME, so there's only certain music sites that will work with it. The ones that I've tried download only Windows Media files. I can then save them and burn them to a CD but they are unreadable by my G35 stereo. I can play the CD on my computer, but not in my car. I'm not sure why. I've been using Walmart's site - $.88 per song, but I've also tried a couple others.

Thanks!
Change the windows media files to wav. files or Mp3. I suggest wav. files so the laser dont burn out on the cd player. Do a search on the net and download a program that changes to wav. file or go to www.limewire.com it is a free download share of music and programs.
 

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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 06:24 AM
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Off Topic, Dip...
 
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 09:10 AM
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IMHO.

Don't convert WMA to WAV. The resulting files will be very large and will defeat the purpose of the WMA format - small space for good quality music. Instead of fitting ~100+ songs per CD you'll get 15-20 depending on the length of the tune. Bad ju-ju.

The manual for the 05 states that WMA is compatible - so it may well be a burning issue. What / how are you burning your music? The format you're choosing could be the culprit. What program are you using to burn?

And yes - this is off-topic, but so are about 50% of the other threads that are posted here. I've given up on accuracy and started focusing on content. LOL..
 
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Old Jun 22, 2005 | 11:11 AM
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The maximum bitrate for WMA on the 05 stereo is 192kb (it is in the manual, and 320kb for MP3s.

It is not a hard limit (at least for WMA VBR), but I have had songs that say UNPLAYABLE on the display, and had to re-rip some of my collection for compatibility.

That being said, I use my CD player much more now (vs. 02 Maxima SE) since I can have ~6-8 CDs of music in the changer. I went from 3 kids CDs, to just 1, and much more music for me.

Brent
 
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