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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2010-03-04 03:27
Not exactly clarinet related... or let's say it's mainly clarinet mp3s 
I just told my father that I thought you can buy mp3 albums and also mp3 songs individually. So we tried amazon.com and it doesn't work outside USA. We tried amazon.co.uk and same problem.
Does anyone know a website that would allow dowloading mp3s internationally?
Thanks
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Author: Chris J
Date: 2010-03-04 04:28
Do you have access to iTunes, and do they have a market place available to Isreal?
Chris
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2010-03-04 05:45
I can check but a question about iTunes: Are their files actually mp3 files, easily used anywhere (like a non-apple mp3 player, memory card to put in the car, etc.) or do they use a specific file only used for apple products, which you can (or can't?) turn to mp3 with some hassle? I'm asking because I know there are some issues with file types when tranferring from regular mp3/computer to iPod.
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Author: Chris J
Date: 2010-03-04 06:49
tTracks from iTunes are not mp3, but once downloaded you can now right click a collection of tracks and you get the choice to create an mp3 of them. That is with the latest few versions of iTunes anyway.
Previously, the work around was to buy the tracks, make a playlist of the tracks, burn an audio CD of the playlist and then making sure iTunes was set to rip to mp3, rip the created audio disc back to iTunes as mp3
Chris
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Author: BobD
Date: 2010-03-04 12:08
There is an Amazon uk. Can't you access it and establish an account there?
Bob Draznik
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2010-03-04 13:09
I'm the ITunes guy - Now their files are not encoded with copy protection anymore so you can freely create mp3 files from inside the program (just right click the file and you will have the option).
Tons of Clarinet works on Itunes
http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com
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Author: Simon Aldrich
Date: 2010-03-04 15:13
I have bought a number of clarinet-related albums recently through iTunes (the Stamitz 5 clarinet quartets and two albums I highly recommend: Eric Hoeprich's recordings of the Mozart clarinet quartets and his new release of the Weber Quintet - both on period instruments).
Everything I have ever bought on iTunes downloads as a 256 kbps MP3 (on a Mac).
I cannot find a preference or setting to choose this file type. The files always download as MP3s.
Simon
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2010-03-06 06:46
BobD, see my first post, I tried amazon.co.uk and it is exactly the same problem.
I tried iTunes now and it also doesn't let me buy from here.
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Author: Chris J
Date: 2010-03-06 08:22
I have just opened my iTunes, and looked at "my account" page.
On that page there is an option to change countries, and Isreal is there as an option.
Are you, by any chance, showing an account country there other than the country you are in - as if you are, then the ISP connection will detect your location and not allow a purchase.
Chris
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2010-03-06 08:54
iTunes allows me to create an account and choose Israel as the country. It doesn't allow buying music and from searching the internet the reason is it's impossible to buy from Israel. It was also strange that it didn't allow to choose the real post code and instead insisted on a type of post code that doesn't exist here.
I found that there might be a way to buy from iTunes here but it is a big hassle (get a different address through a website, then buy gift cards from Apple and use those to buy from iTunes).
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Author: Chris J
Date: 2010-03-06 09:20
How frustrating!
Oh the delights of cyberspace.
You can a few other UK sites that might allow international purchase via a good price comparison site:
http://www.tunechecker.com/
It lists iTunes, but there are others it will come up with. No idea if any woud work for you, though.
Then there is always the ability to rip a tune from youtube straight to mp3 if that helps (using free software from dvdvideosoft) This often used to download youtube videos to iTunes compatible format, but you can set it to rip straight to mp3
Chris
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Author: xzer
Date: 2010-03-07 07:50
I always use YouTube to get my mp3's. They have probably the worlds largest music archive. Just search for the right videos and copy the links to this converter, they will create a mp3 file that contains the audio from the video.
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