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Originally Posted by blueandwhiteg3
AAC is not an "odd format."
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It's not nearly as widely supported as MP3. Furthermore, your PPC is not going to deliver audio quality good enough that you'll notice the difference between AAC and MP3... so it's really the only reason to leave it in AAC on the PPC (currently) is because you don't feel like converting your files.
As to apple locking people into their device, I disagree. AAC might not be a good example but there are many other common itunes formats that are very very poorly supported elsewhere.
As to AAC being new, it's not new but it's not standard either.
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That said, I completely agree when it comes to DRM. It is all about lock-in and reselling you the same content over and over. But that's why I have no DRM'd files.
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If you're getting your music off of the internet legally that often means converting it. While you're stripping the DRM off a file you might as well put it in a problem free format.
I listen to a lot of audio books on my PPC and I'm often dealing with the aforementioned m4b files... which are very poorly supported off of ipods.
I personally use Mortplayer because it's very car friendly... and there's no place my media is more required then on long car drives. Sadly it's lacking on some of the more sophisticated features... but if you want a player that's stable, has great skins, and has bookmarking... it's the best.