If we can download the album on monday.. what are we in for.. Windows Media format or mp3?


Accidental repeat. Mods please remove one.
[This message was edited Fri Mar 26 23:48:13 2004 by Sdldawn]

Sdldawn said:

wmw (PP said it and you need wmw player 9.0)

Free or pay for it?

Exactly...WMA files that can be played through Windows Media 9 only, and can be burned to CD. There are bunches of other restrictions in terms of where and when you can actually listen to it, but fuck if I care. The only way I'm paying for a WMA is if it's something not available elsewhere, and then I'll just reformat the bitch to an mp3 anydamnway.

I aint paying for the single tracks if im gonna get the whole album from attending the concert.I can always copy the tracks to my computer the where i dont have use the cd.But i WONT! be shareing it on the internet of course since its illegal.

Yeah, but my experience with WMplayer is that the files are not cd quality.. their like equivalent to 128kbps or 160kbps..


I hope he gets the quality high on these babys.

If you believe what the moderators have said in the U Tell Us forums, there will be rights-protected Windows Media files AND "an alternative for Macintosh users." The rights-protected WM files will not play on the most recent version of Windows Media Player for Mac OS, and PP9 replied in one of the posts in the U Tell Us forum that there would be alternatives for Mac users.

So, there will be WMP files and some other kind of files for Mac users...maybe rights-protected AAC files?

Sdldawn said:

Digital downloads are pretty much never CD quality, no matter what anyone says to the contrary.

CD's have a stereo bitrate of 1400kbps. To get CD quality, you usually have to have the CD.

squirrelgrease said:

Very correct, but there is no complainin on my side when its 256kbps or higher.


even 192 is decent.

Sdldawn said:

Right. I can't complain when my only option is 256kbps and I can only get the track in this form. I would of course, much prefer Prince to release Cds versus downloads. One reason that I was so pumped about the Chocolate Invasion set.

I'll be getting the Musicology CD Monday night, so I guess anything not on the CD that ends up as downloads I'll for sure purchase.

squirrelgrease said:

Is there talk of extra tracks?

Sdldawn said:

I can only hope. Am I being greedy? You know our boy has more than 12 tracks up his sleeve...

squirrelgrease said:

It would be a great marketing idea.. especially for the people holding out to get the album in concert, they will find a surprise of bonus material for sale on the site.. so everyone will buy through the site, even when they own the album.