I use iTunes (and other alternatives) to encode my CDs and the resultant MP3s are all stored on my Linux server and I can play them either from within iTunes on the Mac or Wintel (with the appropriate volume mounted) or by running xmms on the linux machine. This of course uses X so I usually display and control it on the Mac using Apple's X11 - as indeed it is currently playing David Bowie on the linux server with the (iTunes-like skinned) xmms displaying on the Mac screen beside this message.
I'm not sure that xmms can play AAC, but I would think it can, maybe with an update to include that later encoding method. Converting to MP3 however would be a BAD thing to do as you'd need to uncompress the music first then re-encode it as MP3 and as both are 'lossy' processes it would lose a lot of quality.
On 10 Dec 2003, at 17:04, Gordon Charrick wrote:
Is it possible to download music from iTunes and either have it play directly on Linux or convert it to mp3? What format does the music come down as anyway?
Ken G i l l e t t
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