JAL to Tokyo iTunes - Japan

[TheBang]

Originally Posted by charleswise

I assume the card takes the place of the credit card. However, I have not yet tried the process.

No, it doesn't. You can try it. AFAICT, you need an actual Japanese credit card to create the account.

Originally Posted by charleswise

My concern now is will an song purchased through Japanese iTunes play on the US iTunes?

Yes. There is only one iTunes program. There is no Japanese iTunes and no U.S. iTunes. There is a Japanese iTunes Music Store and a U.S. iTunes Music Store. But those are just 2 different Store portals, accessed through the same iTunes program. The tracks will still play, independent of which portal they were purchased from.

Originally Posted by charleswise

I know the encryption is tied in to a specific email address (or at least I believe it is.)

Yes, that is correct. But it will play fine, as long as you authorize your computer for that specific e-mail address (aka Apple ID, i.e. the Apple ID you created specifically for the Japanese iTunes Music Store, distinct from any other Apple ID's you might have for other countries' iTunes Music Stores).

[charleswise]

Well, I tried to create an account at iTunes Japan and ran into the credit card problem. One would think there would be a way around this, as plenty of Americans live there for a short time, being in the military and such. If I discovery a way around this, I'll be sure to post.

[charleswise]

I think I got it now. No need to create an account if you click on the iTunes Music Card link.

So here is my dumb question #2. When I go to the Underworld forum, I only see 3 pages of threads. When I was searching for this iTunes question, I assumed incorrectly that older threads must get deleted after a period of inactivity and I visually searched the 3 pages I could "see" for this topic. Obviously if I had used the search feature, I would have found the older thread. My question is this: Is there any way to "see" all of the older threads or are they available only through a search?

Sorry for wasting anyones time if you find my questions dull...

[charleswise]

nevermind.....found it as soon as I asked. I'm an idiot.

[TheBang]

Well, this procedure worked great. Just used a random Japan address for the address.

Listening to the full version of Ancient Phat Farm Coat now. It's great, as I knew it would be.

BTW, rather than going the Jlist route, which only has ¥2500 (and up) gift cards, I found a seller on eBay who sells ¥1500 gift cards; perfect for the JTT EP. Just do a search for "iTunes Japan"

[verbal]

There is no way to save these outside of iTunes, is there? Aside from burning and ripping them.

[negative1]

Originally Posted by verbal

There is no way to save these outside of iTunes, is there? Aside from burning and ripping them.

depending on what system, and software you use..

you can run another software that captures the
sound while you are playing it, and then write
that to an mp3/wav file...

but its easier to write a cd and re-rip it..

later
-1

[stimpee]

Writing to a CDRW is your best bet