Quake3World

dont work in Australia, so...if I purchase music from other e-evendors, are there any known issues to be aware of - specifically in getting those songs on to an ishuffle or pod?

the ipod has to support whatever DRM method the store you bought the tracks from uses. I'm not aware of any DRM'd audio files other than the itms m4p files that work on an ipod, but I never looked either.

the iPod and iTunes only work with DRM from the iTunes music store. If you buy unprotected songs or if you burn some to CD and then re-encode them to an unprotected format, you'll be able to play them in iTunes.

iTunes/iPods won't play any of the WMA-wrapped "playsforsure" tracks, but then again, most the plays for sure players don't work with all the stores they're supposed to, and those that do are expensive. I believe that german or russian site that charges by the megabyte lets you choose tons of audio formats, many of which I'm sure work on your iPod. Only thing is, the legality of that site is questionable, and its business practices are unknown at the current time, so be sure you have good fraud protection on your credit card and you aren't afraid to be a little less than legal with your audio.

It's legal until they determine it to be illegal... innocent until proven guilty after all and they havent been able to prove it guilty yet. I buy from there with confidence.

oh and "that site" is http://www.allofmp3.com

this has been your PSA for the day.

thanks Dave I copied ur first post and sent that off to my mate.