Itunes downloads

I wasn't aware iTunes offers lossless downloads. I do not think they do....

Coffee1, Why MP3 and not Apple AAC (native to Ipod, Ipad etc.) that sounds better. The only decent MP3 encoder I remember was "Lame Mp3". Mp3 can be played on any DVD player but other than that AAC is better (not to be confused with lossless ALAC that produces same extension). I used to rip into 256kbps with variable bit rate option set on to use with MiniDisc but now I use ALAC for my main system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding

Joncourage - you're right, you can't buy lossless downloads through the iTunes store but the iTunes application can store and play lossless files that have been created by ripping discs or downloaded from other sources.

Kijanki - thanks for the chance to make a correction. The process I described for producing smaller files by converting during download from iTunes creates AAC files, not mp3. It does accomplish what Coffee1 is after, files that will easily fit on an 8Gb player, but does that by creating AAC files rather than mp3.