Post by PaulPost by Fokke NautaI use Apple iTunes for buying and downloading my music. Works well.
Fokke
Last time I used iTunes looked you had to use their software, which is only available for Windows and Mac. I couldn't find any other way to buy and download on Linux, e.g. via their website. It's been several years since I last bought anything from them, so just wondering if the situation has changed - or do you still need to use iTunes on Windows or Mac?
They're never going to stop doing that, at Apple.
Yeah, I wasn't aware of any change - just hopeful when someone on a
Linux group mentioned using iTunes without mentioning Windows or Mac ;)
Post by PaulNEVER mix paying for something, with "bronze in WINE".
Not worth it. Like say you bought a bunch of music, and
the wheels fell off this and it stopped working. You'd be PISSED.
Yeah, I wouldn't like to rely on that. On the rare occasions I do use
iTunes, I dual boot into Windows. A Windows VM would probably also be fine.
Post by Paul"iTunes 12.x"
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=31322
The whole purpose of having things like that, is to suck you
into their ecosystem. Then what... Even inside their ecosystem,
they will be "updating stuff", your OS will be "too old", your
hardware will be "too old" and so on.
*******
You can burn discs with your purchased music.
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/itunes/itns2987/windows
So export is possible.
Or just copy the file to Linux. None of the ones I've purchased have
ever been subject to DRM, and Rhythmbox, Celluloid and VLC all play them
without any problem. I might have had to install one of the extra
GStreamer plugin packages to support them.
Post by PauliTunes used to include something like Primoburner with it,
so it could burn a disc. There are a few embedded windows applications
like that, which are bundled with larger packages so you can burn discs.
Windows itself has imapi2 for this, but it occasionally has issues
with RW media (doesn't erase it).
I would prefer an application just makes an ISO, and then you can
use any working burner for the job of making media (K3B burner).
But really, the idea of having an "intermediary that always gets
in the way", that would be a "NO SALE" in my book. You just know
some day, something is going to happen, and your little collection
will be gone. It's hard enough to protect assets on computers, without
the interference of others.
In my experience (unless something has changed in the last 5 years,
since I last purchased any tracks from iTunes), there's no problem once
you've got the file. You need to use their Windows or Mac software to
download it, but once you've got the file just put it where you want it
and back it up like any other data of value.
--
Mark.