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Personalizing Your Playlists
Home » Gadgets » MP3 Players » Personalizing Your PlaylistsThe major draw to using MP3 players is the ability to customize your music selection. You no longer have to listen to an entire CD (or for that matter purchase an entire CD) to hear the songs you want.
If you want to load songs off of CDs that you currently own onto your MP3 player, you have to use a ripper and encoder software. The ripper transfers the song’s file from the CD onto your hard disk. Then, the encoder compresses the song into the MP3 format. After the songs are encoded, they can then be downloaded to your MP3 player.
If you would like to purchase one song at a time, there are several ways to accomplish this by using the internet. iTunes is one of the most popular ways users purchase music – it is user-friendly and offered and promoted by Apple, which is the creator of the iPod. The iTunes Music Store makes it easy to search for songs by genre, artist or title, lists the top downloads and makes it simple to purchase by setting up an iTunes account. Other source options include MP3.com and MP3now.com.
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