Itunes 7 - What Do You Think?

genuinely frightening.

 

I've recently been having issues with it . . distortion, problems with the graphical interface. It does not like running as a background application.

I don't have any memory problems though, it consumes about 9-10MB normally.

 

Its been working fine so far for me. I like the new interface a little bit more than the older one too

 

itunes in general sucks. when i get my new phone i wont have to use it anymore, i'm quite happy about that

this is just my opinion, no one freak out on me

 

I heard Apple is working on a patch for Itunes 7, hopefully that will fix most current problems.

 

itunes 7 album covers are neat... but i still use winamp for my mp3s...

 

I don't understand the point of installing iTunes when you have WMP player incorporated into XP.

Unless you've got an iPod, iTunes is a waste of install.

I prefer sorting my own music in folders rather than iTunes sorting my music out for me. I prefer Winamp to iTunes.

 

Well, that's what personal preferences are all about, right?

Personally, even if I didn't have an iPod I would still use iTunes. I personally love the Smart Playlists features in it in particular, and aside from that I just think it works well for me as a music player. The whole thing with iTunes sorting your music library into folders can be disabled, as well - I personally leave it on since it works pretty well for me..

Just because WMP is incorporated into XP doesn't mean some people wouldn't prefer another player.

Just as you prefer WinAmp, I prefer iTunes.

Do you understand now?

-Zadillo

 

I like it. Works nicely on XP and Vista. I mainly use it for playing via playlist.
I don't associate files with it. I leave association to winamp since it's smaller & faster to startup.

I hate the QuickTime intergation tho. It's the main reason I'm not able to install in on Linux. I had to try an old version/hack of Itunes without the Quicktime. But it sucked.

 

Yeah. The sort of "hidden secret" about QuickTime is that aside from being a media framework, etc. it also essentially has a lot of the Mac OS X APIs in it, and is part of how iTunes was "ported" to Windows. I'm not totally sure if this is still the case though.

 

Wait was there a change in GUI? It looks exactly the same as every other version the "Brushed aluminum/metal" theme right?

 

Actually, iTunes 7 no longer has the brushed metal theme; it's replaced with something that is more like just a smooth "grey" color that isn't specifically trying to replicate the look of actual metal. Changes were also made to the shape and color of the scrollbars, and some other minor GUI changes.

 

Question about iTunes 7. I'm currently importing all my CDs to my D hard drive and so far every CD has imported except for my Crow: OST disc. It plays fine in Winamp, but for some reason, iTunes won't read it. Has this happened to anyone else regarding importing CDs? Thanks in advance.

 

I don't know, that does seem odd. I've never had a problem where a CD that my computer recognizes and can play doesn't load up or play in iTunes.

I guess the only solution I could see would be to rip the MP3's of it from another program and then load those mp3's into iTunes.

-Zadillo

 

Up to two CDs now. The Crow Soundtrack and the recent Mission of Burma compilation. Really strange. Wonder if there's an issue with the optical drive on my laptop?

 

I don't know, it definitely seems odd. It seems like if it was a problem with the drive itself, the CD's wouldn't work in any application, not just iTunes. At the same time, if there was something wrong with iTunes, it seems like it would not recognize any CD's, not just a couple.

It's not a copy protection issue is it? I've had a few CD's where the actual audio tracks don't show up, but only some protected WMA files show up when I use them in my computer. I wouldn't think the Crow soundtrack would have that (or a Mission of Burma compilation for that matter) though. I can imagine iTunes not recognizing something like that though.

Either way, only thing I can really think of is to use another app that does recognize the CD's and import them as mp3's and then copy them to your iTunes library.

 

Yeah, I think that's what I'll have to end up doing. Shame, since I was trying to put my desktop out to pasture. So far, iTunes won't recognize the new Shins album, Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie..., Green Day's Dookie, among a few others that I can't remember off the top of my head. The thing that threw me was the new Shins CD. Shouldn't iTunes be up to date with stuff that's being released after the invent of iTunes?

 

There isn't anything specific about iTunes that would make it "up to date" with newer CD releases, nor that would prevent it from dealing with older albums.

Just to clarify, when you say it doesn't "recognize" the album, do you mean that it doesn't even show up as a CD in iTunes that you can import music from, or just that it doesn't get the track names, etc.?

Either way, if I understand correctly, this is just in iTunes, right? I.e. if you load up Windows Media Player or something, the same CD you have inserted shows up fine? Does the Audio CD show up in "My Computer"?

And this is only with some CD's, not others?

The only thing I can think of that might otherwise explain it is copy-protected CD's; in those cases, the audio tracks themselves aren't mounted, and instead it mounts a special Windows CD with WMA versions of the files, etc. I can see iTunes not showing you anything in those cases.

Also, you mentioned "trying to put your desktop out to pasture"; I didn't quite get that; what would this particular issue have to do with not using your desktop any more. I'm not sure what your desktop would do that the laptop isn't doing.

 

Basically, the discs just spin in the DVD drive without even loading. However, when I used these discs on my desktop, they load up fine. It's just that I'm using an older version of iTunes on my desktop, so I just figured it was iTunes 7 that wasn't recognizing them. Am I correct in this assumption?

 

iTunes itself might not be the issue here. Do these discs show up in "My Computer" at least on your notebook? Or in other music playing apps? Or do they not load up at all? That would indicate potentially an issue with the drive itself.

Technically iTunes is just a music player, and will play whatever CD is mounted on your computer. iTunes itself shouldn't prevent a CD from loading, etc. otherwise (the big question would be what it does if you don't have iTunes launched).

 

I'll stay with Winamp.

 

iTunes isn't that good - there is room for improvement -, but it is the best right now. WMP 11 just gives with headaches with how it organizes songs and other music players are same. Eventually, they have to change name "iTunes" to "iMedia". The latest release isn't so much for music as it is for video. Apple hopes to get into the video market with the new iPhone, Video iPod, and Apple TV. It's a battle to the death with MS's Zune and xBox 360. The winner gets to dominate the new frontier (your living room). Since they are diversifying, I would not expect Apple (or MS) to upgrade the "music" part of their software.

 

I ike media center better way cool interface but feel like my arm is twisted to use itunes due to the fact I have an ipod and DRM management doesnt let MCE playback itunes purchased videos and even though i can play music with a fiter in MCE, I lose all library information. There is a program to fix this but it no longer works as it is written with an older version of Microsoft Net framework and seems incompatable.

 

I would guess the solution to the video issue would be to not buy videos through the iTunes Store.

Regarding music, why do you need a special filter or something? It seems like as long as your library is accessible on your hard disk, there's no reason any other program can't play music from it as well (and i'm not sure why that would affect any library information).

Technically speaking it seems like you could use iTunes just for synching, etc. and otherwise use whatever else you wanted to play the music on your hard drive (as long as you keep your music in mp3 format). Or did you mean iTunes purchased music as well?

-Zadillo

 

Itunes = Best Playlist since OLD versions of MusicMatch. It's too bad MusicMatch sucks now. I use Itunes for Playlists mostly.

Winamp = The best player EVER to associate music files too. Loads instantly. I also associate it with most Video files, even tho older versions of Winamp handle vids better than newer versions. Thats my experience.

Windows Media Player = The best CD Ripper IMO. So easy and flawless. The quality of rips are also better than most rippers I have tried even on the same codec settings.

I rarely used Music Player Apps to burn so I can't really call that. I use NTI or Sonic to burn music. Both are great. I like NTI the best.