can you put music from a streaming audio service on an ipod?

[mhk87]

I use a streaming service called rhapsody... Its 9.99 a month for unlimited songs that you dont download; the songs just 'stream' off of the website when you are online. Anyway I was wondering if this music could somehow be transfered to an ipod. I wouldnt think streaming music would work, but isnt iTunes the same way? Thanks for any info... If iTunes is a streaming service then how do you get the music on your ipod?

[smaceab]

There are a few programs out there that record and compressed streamed audio. The problem is finding them, there's a Mac application called Audio Hijacker that allows you to do this. As for windows, i'm unsure.

[gleffler]

No, you can't take Rhapsody songs onto your iPod.

The music you download from ITMS is downloadable music that the iPod can play (protected AAC files) - the music that Rhapsody streams are protected WMA files, which the iPod can't play at all. You could save them with a stream ripper, then transcode them to AAC/MP3 and play them on the iPod, but that sounds like too much work for not enough reward to me. :)

[mhk87]

agreed. thanks :)