Reply #6: YOU ARE WRONG -- ipods play MP3, AAC, WAV, etc

[emulatorloo]

90% of my 20gigs of songs on my iPod are MP3s, and I encoded them in iTunes from my CD collection.

You are correct that songs sold at the iTunes store are AAC, but iPod and ITunes handles many formats.

Will post a link in a minute

OK here's a link:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60920#fa...


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Question: What audio formats does iPod work with?
Answer:

Mac: AAC (up to 320 kbit/s), MP3 (up to 320 kbit/s), MP3 Variable Bit Rate (VBR), WAV, AIFF, Audible.
Windows: AAC (up to 320 kbit/s), MP3 (up to 320 kbit/s), MP3 Variable Bit Rate (VBR), WAV, Audible.
For additional information see "iPod: About compatible song formats". Click here for iPod shuffle compatible formats.

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