• Chris Pirillo:

    Apple’s DRM policies are not all that restrictive. If you want to buy an MP3 through iTunes, you most certainly can - so long as the artist or label allow you to do so. That’s not Apple’s fault, is it? #.

    But the last time I checked Apple offers over 2 million DRM-free tracks with AAC encoding. AmazonMP3 too offers over 2 million DRM-free tracks but in MP3 format. Its Apple who chose AAC for DRM-free music not labels or artists. Now tell me whose fault is it Chris.

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How To: Mp3 ripping in windows Media Player 8 in XP

To enable Mp3 ripping in windows Media Player 8 in Xp , you need to make small changes to the registry. Enter the following in the registry :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftMediaPlayerSettingsMP3Encoding]
“LowRate”=dword:0000dac0
“MediumRate”=dword:0000fa00
“MediumHighRate”=dword:0001f400
“HighRate”=dword:0002ee00

This corresponds to 56, 64, 128 and 192 Kbps.

You can change this to your liking using the following dword hex values :

320 Kbps = dword:0004e200
256 Kbps = dword:0003e800
224 Kbps = dword:00036b00
192 Kbps = dword:0002ee00
160 Kbps = dword:00027100
128 Kbps = dword:0001f400
112 Kbps = dword:0001b580
64 Kbps = dword:0000fa00
56 Kbps = dword:0000dac0

thats it enjoy :)