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iTunes song bitrate
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 8:12 am
by FireGryphon
I can't find the answer to this, but it still feels like a stupid question: how can you tell the bitrate of a song on iTunes before you buy it?
Re: iTunes song bitrate
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 8:39 am
by cjcerny
Everything is currently 256 AAC. They switched over to that about 2 years ago.
Re: iTunes song bitrate
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:43 am
by just brew it!
Everything released since the switchover, or everything period?
Re: iTunes song bitrate
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:46 am
by cjcerny
Believe everything downloaded since the switchover is 256. Everything downloaded before the switch is 128. There was a period of time when Apple was charging to upgrade files purchased in 128 to 256, but I'm not sure if they are currently doing that.
Re: iTunes song bitrate
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:59 am
by derFunkenstein
Almost "everything period" with a few exceptions. Anything you bought before the switch that has been re-released as "iTunes Plus" was upgradeable to the higher bitrate for some number of pennies per song. Only really obscure stuff wasn't converted. In my collection I have maybe 5-6 songs that never got "upgrades" available and that was out of a couple hundred. I think it cost me like $35 to get the iTunes Plus versions.