[--------- Wed 13.Mar'13 at 14:10:30 +0100 Roger Wiklund :---------]
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 1:54 PM, James Griffin <j...@kontrol.kode5.net> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have decided to sell my Mac computer as I'm totally skint, being a
> > student. But, I would like to preserve the Music and Videos I've got on
> > it -- mainly from iTunes -- and transfer them to my OpenBSD system so I
> > can play them.
> >
> > Is it simply a case of creating a tar file of the music files and
> > copying them over? Will the encoding (mostly mp4, mp4 and mp4a) be ok to
> > use "as-is" or will I need to do some extra processing on them using
> > some tool or other? I've got mplayer and vlc player installed which I
> > hope I can use to play them, etc.
> >
> > Has anyone had experience with this type of thing and able to offer some
> > info about the steps, if any, I need to take?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help offered.
> >
> > Best wishes, James.
> >
> I would say VLC can play almost anything. One problem would be DRM
> though, if you bought stuff from iTunes that has DRM, those files are
> locked to your iTunes/Mac/Apple ID (not sure which one it is)
>
> Just go ahead and copy the files before you sell it and test it out on
> OpenBSD. There are ways around DRM, for example in iTunes burn the
> songs to a CD and then rip them, DRM free.
Thanks, I just tar'red up the files and transferred them over. Just playing
Eurythmics in VLC now - it works great. I haven't tried the stuff I purchased
using iTunes yet.
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