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Geeks’ Nook: File Formats<br />

It’s a chronic headache in the modern age: There are just too many file formats<br />

for digital audio and video. Only Apple players can play the songs you<br />

buy from the iTunes Store. Conversely, you can’t play the copy-protected<br />

songs from any other music store on an iPod or <strong>iPhone</strong>, although you can<br />

play unprotected MP3 songs from, for example, Amazong.<strong>com</strong> and Rhapsody.<br />

<strong>com</strong>.<br />

So what, exactly, can the <strong>iPhone</strong> play? Anything iTunes can play.<br />

Which means:<br />

• Video formats like H.264 and MPEG-4 (files whose names end with .m4v,<br />

.mp4, and .mov).<br />

• Audio formats like MP3, AAC, protected AAC (that is, iTunes Store<br />

songs), Audible (formats 1, 2, and 3), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV.<br />

A free software program called Handbrake (http://handbrake.m0k.org/), available<br />

for Macintosh or Windows, can convert DVD movies into the .mp4 files that can<br />

play on your <strong>iPhone</strong>. And a $30 Apple program called QuickTime Player Pro, also<br />

for Mac and Windows, can convert dozens of other formats into iTunes/<strong>iPhone</strong><strong>com</strong>patible<br />

ones.<br />

TV, Movies, and Movie Rentals<br />

iTunes hasn’t been just about music for years. Nowadays, you can also buy<br />

TV episodes ($2 apiece, no ads), movies, and music videos. You can also rent<br />

movies from iTunes for $3 to $5 apiece. That is, once you download a movie,<br />

you have 30 days to start watching—and once you start, you have 24 hours<br />

to finish before it turns into a pumpkin.<br />

You have to do your renting and buying using the iTunes software on your<br />

Mac or PC—the direct-to-phone video downloading era hasn’t yet dawned.<br />

But once it’s on your <strong>com</strong>puter, you can sync this stuff to the <strong>iPhone</strong> following<br />

the steps on page 263.<br />

iTunes for <strong>iPhone</strong>rs 241

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