The other Clarence Day I wanted to sting an audio atomic number 48 from some songs in my iTunes library , but I was n’t planning on using iTunes to do the actual combustion . I prefer to have more control over my track — such as setting gap of unlike lengths between individual songs , or make crossfades — so I typically use Roxio’sToast with Jam 6for such design .
I put together a 78 - hour playlist in iTunes ( a few of the cartroad were Sung I ’d purchase from the iTunes Music Store ) and then choose all the tracks in the playlist and drag them into the Jam windowpane as I ’ve done many time before . Jam began live with the songs I ’d selected — and then it kick the bucket when it got to a purchase music filing cabinet , evidence me it could n’t import protected music . I ’d never had this problem before , and then it strike me — Apple must have changed something with QuickTime 7 ( I ’m take to the woods Tiger ) to incapacitate third - company usage of its protected - AAC file . Chris Breen also test burning using Toast , and found that it would burn an audio candela , but that those track from protect data file were actually silent .
And then last hebdomad , Roxio released an update to its Toast product that officially turned off the same ability disregarding of QuickTime translation . The discharge note submit that “ fall out discussions with Apple , this version will no longer allow customer to make audio CDs , sound recording DVDs , or exportation sound recording to their hard drive using purchase iTunes medicine store message . ”
It ’s obvious from that statement that Roxio did n’t create this update because it wanted to , but because it had to . Apple ’s tactics seem to have very picayune to do with ensure likely piracy , and more to do with controlling how and where users can bask their purchased euphony . As a customer , I should have the right hand to use whichever software I need to make my audio CDs — especially when Apple ’s own software does n’t allow all the functionality that it could . Yes , Apple gives iTunes away for liberal , but that does n’t mean multitude who pay for something different should suffer . With every added limitation , it feel less like we own the medicine we corrupt , and more — disregardless of what Steve Jobs has allege — like we ’re just rent it .
