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  • Bouncing Account needs new email address

    April 29, 2006 at 1:07 am

    “iTunes Music Store” selections and FCP are not directly compatible.
    This is by design for copyright protection.

    iTunes CAN convert “NON iTunes Music Store” selections to 48 kHz AIFF files (I do this every day), but iTunes will not convert “iTunes Music Store” selections to another format.

  • Peter Wiggins

    April 29, 2006 at 1:22 am

    Actually Itunes can convert Itunes purchased music to be used in FCP, and (wait for it) I do this every day.

    I am working under a blanket music licence with a broadcaster (see below) and everybody gets paid beacuse I have a 2 PA’s that file music returns, publisher & composer details etc.

    Now, If i told you how to do it, that would be illegal 😉

    Peter

    Editing the World Championship Snooker
    on FCP for the BBC

    Free Motion Templates

    https://www.peterwiggins.com

  • Zander

    April 29, 2006 at 1:32 am

    oh, now thats just mean, it’s like saying “hey every one can get free marshmellows, but their in a solid steel box, and i have the key

    i want my free 48Khz marshmellows,

    on a side note theres a really awsome tutorial about how to make an aiff converter in compressor to take all those files that you will be converting and put them into a folder

    read all about it over at lafcpug.org

    Aaron Zander-Student editor
    If it’s out there and it does somethign to something,
    teach me how to use it
    Powerbook g4 1.5 GHz (it might not be big, but i can take it on set
    fcp 5, ae 6.5pro adobe cs2

  • Bouncing Account needs new email address

    April 29, 2006 at 1:36 am

    “iTunes Music Store” selections and FCP are not directly compatible.
    This is by design for copyright protection.

    iTunes CAN convert “NON iTunes Music Store” selections to 48 kHz AIFF files (I do this every day), but iTunes will not *DIRECTLY* convert “iTunes Music Store” selections to another format *for FCP EDITING*.

    * Added these extra words just for YOU, Peter.
    Are you happy?

    😉

  • Bret Williams

    April 29, 2006 at 2:42 am

    Well, assuming one has a blanket license, etc…. highlight track, burn cd, drag file from CD onto hard drive. Drag file to bin. I assume that’s not the secret, because it’s hardly a very convenient workaround and people have discussed it here numerous times. Apple themselves advertise you can burn the songs you guy to CDs all you want.

  • Bouncing Account needs new email address

    April 29, 2006 at 3:00 am

    Gee, I wish I’d thought of that.

    And that blanket license, that’s a cool idea too!

    Can I get one on eBay or just from iwanteverysongeverwritten.com ?

  • Nick Toth

    April 29, 2006 at 4:52 am

    I have a licensed music library (Killer Tracks). Put the disc in the drive. “Get CD Track Names” from the advanced menu. Most of Killer Tracks are on CDDB. Set import format to aiff 48K. Import track or tracks into iTunes. Preview music in iTunes. Right click (control click) on chosen clip in iTunes. Choose show in Finder. Drag chosen clip from finder to project bin. Drop clip from bin to timeline. Bob is your uncle.

  • Peter Wiggins

    April 29, 2006 at 8:52 am

    Maybe, but they haven’t got the DRM that Itunes purchased music has.
    Matte, thanks for being my unpaid copy checker, but I stand with my original sentence.
    A bit vague, possibly but you know the law!

    How long before this thread gets axed??

    Peter

    Editing the World Championship Snooker
    on FCP for the BBC

    Free Motion Templates

    https://www.peterwiggins.com

  • Ben Holmes

    April 29, 2006 at 9:43 am

    [Peter Wiggins] “I am working under a blanket music licence with a broadcaster (see below) and everybody gets paid beacuse I have a 2 PA’s that file music returns, publisher & composer details etc.

    Now, If i told you how to do it, that would be illegal ;)”

    I work under Sky’s blanket agreement, and spend my life burning CDs. Can you tell me?!

    Since there are lots of legal circumstances where you might need to do this, why do we always have to tiptoe around this topic? The music industry earns millions of pounds/dollars a year from licenced music and blanket rights agreements. My 3000+ music library is the reason I ALWAYS take my PB to all jobs – so useful when a well-meaning AP turns up with a track you just HATE. I’m not even copying the track if all I do is convert it, surely?

    I reckon Coldplay at least owe me a christmas card by now – I must have bought them a new car each from the royalties they got last summer from me. I’m SO sick of ‘fix you’…

    Ben

    Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
    EVS and FCP specialists
    Current Mac systems All Dual 2.7Ghz with Kona 2 and Digital Voodoo cards, 6Gb Ram, Sapphire, SCSI320 Medea and Huge Arrays.

    FCP projects include Sky TV coverage of the Ryder Cup and US Open Golf – Live OB specialists. Edit/slomo vehicle.
    http://www.editec.co.uk

  • Bouncing Account needs new email address

    April 29, 2006 at 2:31 pm

    [Peter Wiggins] “Matte, thanks for being my unpaid copy checker, but I stand with my original sentence”

    I didn’t change YOUR sentence, I changed MY sentence.

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