ITunes with other MP3 Players

I am SICK and tired of my iPod not working correctly... I want to buy another MP3 player... can I use the iTunes songs (that I already paid a ridiculous amount of money on) with systems other than apple?

Purchases from the store are in protected AAC format which will not be compatible with anything but an iPod. If you change your purchase to mp3 format, you will have to burn to an audio CD, use the audio CD to re-import as mp3.
I nearly forgot this link from Scott P. & Hudgie which will explain iTunes compatibility with non-iPod devices. Unfortunately, the short answer is that they won't work.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121784
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Does anyone know if there is a way to share songs with other MP3 players, such as the Dell DJ?
That is wat I used to have before i got my iPod and i would like to get the 2500 songs off of that and onto my new iPod.
Thanks for the help.

Does the Dell come with any software to move songs to a PC? If you can do that, you can add any MP3s from it into the iTunes Library. Google for software for the Dell or try the Dell forums to see if anyone there has an answer.

Is this earpods match with other mp3 players?

Is this earpod match with other mp3 players and produce its effects?

It uses the industry standard 3.5 mm plug, so it should work with all other MP3 players or electronics that make use of the 3.5 mm headphone jack.
However, the remote and Mic probably wont' work with them though.
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ITunes w/ other MP3 players

I just purchased an iPod touch. My children have cheap MP3 players. I do not want to manage multiple music libraries and playlists. Is there any way to use iTunes to sync other non Apple MP3 players?

iTunes does not natively support players other than an iPod. But you may be able to get direct support by using iTunes Agent. Give it a try; it may work for you. Note that the tracks in iTunes must be in a format the kids' players can handle; if they're not now in an appropriate format, you'll need to have iTunes make new versions of the tracks in the format the player needs.
You can also just use the procedure provided by the player, getting the tracks directly out of the iTunes Music folder.
Regards.
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ITunes and other mp3 players??

I amfairly new to iTunes. can iTunes material only be tranfered to ipods?

Directly, yes:
Hudgie, "Does iTunes support non iPod devices?" #1, 11:37pm Oct 9, 2004 CDT

Using other MP3 players with ITunes

Can anyone give me some guidance? My little girl wants an ipod after having great fun listening to my ipod shuffle. All my music is now stored on iTunes so the question is; does itunes support any other MP3 players or will it only support ipods - I was going to buy her a cheap £15 player.
Any help would be gratefully recieved.

JoJo70,
To elaborate slightly on what polydorus said, cheap mp3 players play mp3 format files only, full stop. The one I have used (in the same price range you are talking about) connects to the PC via USB, and opens in Windows as a folder. You can then copy/paste files into it, or delete files that are already in it. It truly does not care if iTunes is present or not.
To your comment that "All my music is now stored on iTunes": not really. Your music is stored on your hard drive, and iTunes only contains a library that points to it. There is no reason you can't use the same song files for some non-iTunes purpose, and that is what you will be doing with your daughter's player.
Sooner or later however, she will want an iPod.

Is the new earpods support bass in other mp3 players?

Is the new earpods support bass in other mp3 players?

The new earpods should support extended bass noise with other devices as it is not a software eq but the actual physical response of the speaker inside the earpod.
Hope it helps
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Can I share iTunes with others in my family or do we have to all buy the same songs since we have different apple IDs?

I am new to iTunes and am wondering if I can share iTunes with my family or do we just have to all purchase the same songs multiple times since our devices have different apple ID's. My iPhone was set up last year to one iTunes ID and I just got an iPad but it has a different apple ID. So I can't even share with myself! It seems stupid to have my husband and I both purchasing the same music.

There are two ways to share your content. The simplest is just to use homesharing. Simply set up homesharing on each device from the iTunes advanced menu (you need to use the same details on each computer), providing the computers are on the same network they should see each other and can be found in the list on the left hand side of the iTunes window.
The second way is to transfer the content to another computer, play it and authorise it to play content from that account by entering the original account password when prompted (this only needs doing once for each account, not for each tune)

Share itunes with other users, windows 8

I have just bought a new PC running windows 8. For each member of my family I have set up individual user accounts. I have then installed iTunes and attempted to follow the instructions located at iTunes: How to share music between different user accounts on a single computer - Apple Support to ensure that we can all access my centrally stored iTunes media/libraries. I have followed the instructions to the letter but it does NOT WORK on Windows 8. It may have worked on other versions, but not windows 8. Please, do not respond with the above link - it's already driven me crazy that this is the only result google turns up.
In iTunes, I have used 'edit preferences' to select the public music - 'iTunes media' folder on all accounts, and keep checking the actual public folder (C - Users - Public - Public Music - ITunes - ITunes Media) to make sure all the data is there. Indeed it is there. But for each other user, iTunes won't display any of the songs in my library, or any of the playlists.
I have even tried holding shift, opening iTunes and then selecting the central library. This just results in the music all being displayed, but iTunes displaying the message that it can't find any of the songs.(I have over 30,000...).
I have deleted and reinstalled iTunes several times, and have deleted and reinstalled the iTunes data - music. libraries etc (currently backed up on an external HDD) several times. I can get iTunes to work on my account only (administrator) - but whenever I try to set up other users to access the public content, iTunes won't cooperate.
As far as I can tell, with Windows 8, there is NO WAY TO SHARE YOUR ITUNES LIBRARIES WITH OTHER USER ACCOUNTS. I have read all the previous threads on this topic, have googled everything, and have looked on youtube
Apple - this not good enough.

Was it these directions?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203
Did you read the line at the bottom?
+When another user of the computer has imported new music from CD, repeat steps 6 through 8 to add the music to your library+ .
You need to drag the public folder over into those user's itunes window.
Alternatively, itunes menu > file > add folder to library
When you download or rip new CDs, each user has to add it manually to their library list.
Or use something like itunes folder watch.
When you changed the other users itunes preferences, that will affect FUTURE additions. Now you are in the future and they need to add those songs to their itunes database list.
With itunes 9 you might have success putting new music in this *Automatically Add to itunes* folder
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3832
But I haven't tried it.
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Itunes and other mp3 plyers

i got a creative zen for ny birthday and was asking for a ipod but oh well. i have a lot of music on my itunes. and for the life of my i cant figure out how to get my music in itunes over to my mp3 help me please someone

Ok first off there is not going to be a good way sync a non apple mp3 palyer to iTunes. Here are your options
- If the music you have was purchased though the iTunes music store then no other MP3 player will be able to play them. You will have to burn it to a CD and then import the files as MP3 files. Then you should be able to point your MP3 player software to where ever iTuens is saving your music lib. Be sure you only copy over the MP3 files and not the m4p, m4b, or m4a files. They will only play on iPods and though iTunes.
- If you music is all MP3 files you RIPPED from CDs then you should be able to just point your MP3 palyer software to where ever iTuens is saving your music files and sync it.
Either way if you copy new music file from your music player to your PC you will need to re-add the folder they were added from to iTunes or iTuens will not see them.

Computer freezes upon playing itunes with other programs open!!!

When I run itunes with only a few other programs open, such as internet explorer, my computer completely freezes and will not even allow the ctrl/alt/delete shutdown. This problem also occurs when I have been running itunes by itself for a few songs. My itunes library is about 13Gb in size and is organized by itunes (i.e. through the preferences option) in ACC format. My computer is fully cabable of handling the requirements of this program - or so I thought - with an 80Gb hard drive and 512RAM. My suspicion from looking at the task manager, however, is that itunes is a RAM hog taking up an average memory usage of 40,000 to 45,000 K. My computer is not at all prone to freezing and operates like a dream without itunes running. For starters, how do I fix this problem so that I might keep itunes? Some additional logistics of my problem are listed below and I hope they are of help in solving this problem, but I partially suspect that this issue stems from my large quantity of songs organized by itunes because it didn't freeze when my music file size was smaller (i.e. 4Gb) Thanks.
-I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Quicktime.
-I have tried msconfig, but too many possibilities present themselves for a potential program inhibitor.
-Firewall and Antivirus software by symmantec.
-Have Divx, but doubt this to be the problem because it was installed after.
-Have been getting very depressed that this is such a problem.
-I don't want to lose itunes, but am running out of options.

iTUnes, in basic terms, does not play nice with the "Fast user switching" feature in windows turned on. THis feature (If memory serves me right) is automaticly turned on in windows when you create another user account. to turn it off, goto control panel>user accounts>change the way users log on and off.
Afew aricals about iTUnes and fast user switching can be found here http://search.info.apple.com/?search=Go&lr=lang_en&kword=kipod%20OR%20kipodwin%2 0OR%20kitunes%20OR%20kituneswin&type=ktechORklearn&newstype=&q=Fast%20user%20switching

Can i sync itunes with an mp3 player

can and how do i sync itues with my mp3 player (coby)

You don't.
You would need to read the directions that came with the player to learn how to put music on it.

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Pauls43:
Please start your own topic with your question. You posted in a dormant topic that has seen no activity in over 3 years. Your question has nothing to do with the original poster's (OP) topic, and out of consideration to the topic's originator we try focus on their question and to not drift off-topic. You will get speedier and more targeted assistance for your needs if you post a new topic in the iPhoto forum. This will also activate the feature which lets you award stars for helpful answers which can be an encouragement to some to reply.
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