iTunes 7.6 Released

[badtzmaru]

It's out. I don't know what it does but I downloaded it for my Mac and PCs.

For Mac users, there's also updates for Quicktime, FrontRow, and iMovie.

[Canerican]

It has support for movie rentals. I don't actually see any other changes. UI is exactly the same, sort fields are the same. ITL looks the same in finder.

[hikeNM]

I"m being stupid here, but I can't find the rent button. I've got iTunes 7.6, but not rent button.

Any advice?

[safetyobc]

I don't see a rental option either. I don't think they have put it in yet.

[MacRumors]

http://www.macrumors.com/images/macrumorsthreadlogo.gif (http://www.macrumors.com)

iTunes 7.6 is available in Software Update or via direct download (http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/). The update adds support for Apple's new movie rental (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/01/15/apple-announces-itunes-movie-rentals/) service.

Rent and download your favorite movies with iTunes on your computer or directly to your living room on Apple TV. Enjoy rented movies in sizes up to 720p HD with surround sound on your Apple TV and sizes up to DVD-quality on your computer. Transfer your rented movies from iTunes to your iPod or iPhone and enjoy them on the go.

Also, purchase and download your favorite TV shows, music, and more directly on your Apple TV. Effortlessly transfer purchases made on Apple TV back to your computer with iTunes.

Article Link (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/01/15/itunes-7-6-released/)

[Slip]

Woop, movie rental ftw

Oh yeah, Im in the UK :|

[Eidorian]

Looks like iTunes still stops when you switch in and out of Front Row. :(

[dr_lha]

Why do you need an AppleTV do rent HD movies I wonder?

[Spades]

Enjoy rented movies in sizes up to 720p HD with surround sound on your Apple TV and sizes up to DVD-quality on your computer.

So...
a) You can't buy HD quality movies.
b) You can't rent HD quality movies on your computer.

Pathetic.

[Eric Lewis]

CANADA? anything?

[dambro1978]

anyone having problems?
it says to me unable to connect to the update server..

[dizastor]

anyone having problems?
it says to me unable to connect to the update server..

same here (with iphone, not iTouch). came to the forum to ask...

anyone have the direct download link?

[bilbo--baggins]

Woop, movie rental ftw

Oh yeah, Im in he UK :|

So the Apple TV remains crippled in the UK?

[kimguroo]

same here (with iphone, not iTouch). came to the forum to ask...

anyone have the direct download link?

same problem.

[lawclerk]

I"m being stupid here, but I can't find the rent button. I've got iTunes 7.6, but not rent button.

Any advice?


I just saw an icon in the top for "Live Free or Die Hard" "available to rent!" then it passed and I haven't seen it or anything else related to rentals yet. It was on the front page in the top left of iTunes.

[dambro1978]

same here (with iphone, not iTouch). came to the forum to ask...

anyone have the direct download link?


I guess servers are too busy, everybody wants the update now..

I'll try later!!

[Asar]

finally! i can manage my music manually with my iphone :)

[Ha ze]

So...
a) You can't buy HD quality movies.
b) You can't rent HD quality movies on your computer.

Pathetic.

Agreed.
Talk about a little confusing too, so I can get HD content, but not on my all my iTunes devices? Makes no sense.

[imac/cheese]

I don't really care about the HD quality, but it would be nice to be able to rent movies with surround sound with my computer. My iMac is hooked up as a home theatre and I would like to hear all the sound for $3.99.

[zedsdead]

So...
a) You can't buy HD quality movies.
b) You can't rent HD quality movies on your computer.

Pathetic.

I am pretty pissed about this myself...I do want to rent as well, but I want to own some movies, and I want them in HD...

As for why the HD can't be played on a computer...that makes no sense at all.

[Dagless]

Does anyone know if this fixes the video kind smart playlist bug? That killed my iPod's video playback. damn thing!

[markrich]

After all the nonsense written to explain away the bug in the last version of iTunes/Quicktime, it's good to feed my collection with CBR at 256Mbs again with the CD's.

My iPod is happy with the new version!

[nhborn57]

Since upgrading to 7.6, I get the following error box when trying to load iTunes.

"The iTunes application could not be opened. There is not enough memory available."

I've repaired permissions and repaired the HD, Shutdown and logged in, still I get this error message. Does anyone have any idea why iTunes is displaying this error message? iTunes 7.5x was working fine before I upgraded to 7.6.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[Doctor Q]

Since upgrading to 7.6, I get the following error box when trying to load iTunes...You could try trashing file /Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist. I don't know if that will help. It's just one of the standard tricks when an application misbehaves.

[blilly]

Or am I missing the obvious?

[MatthewStorm]

Twould be nice to know what has happened to the iTunes Rental service.....

[conradabowman]

I was able to download itunes with no issues. But the first time I tried to up date my iphone I got an error 1602. I reconnected and it looks to have gone through with no issues.

Let just hope 1.1.4 has landscape keyboard everywhere.

[j33pd0g]

I saw a side-rail (right) that was labeled "Top Rentals" clicking on the links or the label was taking a long time... so I bailed and starting looking elsewhere on iTunes... "Top Rentals" has since disappeared from existence.

BTW, Zoolander was in the "Top Rentals" list and the list was maybe only 10 titles deep.

[nhborn57]

You could try trashing file /Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist. I don't know if that will help. It's just one of the standard tricks when an application misbehaves.

Thanks for the tip, tried it but I finally had to drag iTunes to the trash, use Permanent Eraser to empty the trash. Logged out and in, reinstalled iTunes 7.6 and let it find my library and import all the m4p's I've purchased. Now it seems to be working will have to wait and see what happens next time I decide to upgrade.

cheers,
nhborn57 (MacDeviant)

[The Toon Master]

This might just be me, but I think the update also hasn't made any provision for the Fox Digital Copy DVD, as I have tried 5 different times with an error coming up

And i also see no rentals..

[lawclerk]

This might just be me, but I think the update also hasn't made any provision for the Fox Digital Copy DVD, as I have tried 5 different times with an error coming up

And i also see no rentals..

I clicked on "Movies" and top rentals appear on the right. MEan Girls is the top right now, but there is no "rent" option.

[apsterling]

The store is messed up. There's a block for Pole Position Remix, but it's not available.

Way to go Apple.

[thegman1234]

Agreed.
Talk about a little confusing too, so I can get HD content, but not on my all my iTunes devices? Makes no sense.

I don't think that's what they mean. I've been checking out the HD podcasts on my G5 with an ACD and they're definitely in HD.

I think what they mean is DVD quality on MOST computers depending on the display and graphics capabilities. They don't want to say HD on your computer because many people don't have the ability to watch HD on their computer.

But they can say it about the AppleTV because it's intended to for HDTV's.

I can't see Apple uploading two of the same movie, one in HD and one in DVD.

Seriously though, check out the Podcasts.

[Schmoe0013]

not sure if it has been mentioned, but you have to upgrade itunes before you can update your iphone / ipod touch

[thegman1234]

not sure if it has been mentioned, but you have to upgrade itunes before you can update your iphone / ipod touch

Not true actually, I didn't. Unless of course they changed it. I did the upgrade right after Macworld ended, so they may have made a change since then.

[hesdeadjim]

not sure if it has been mentioned, but you have to upgrade itunes before you can update your iphone / ipod touch

I updated my iPhone without iTunes 7.6

[trainguy77]

i am wondering what type of front row/itunes change they did as they had a front row update as well. The front row update mentions itunes.

[matrixmodz]

I ran Software Update and it never gave me the option to update Front Row while it did have quicktime and itunes.

like everyone else, i can see the top rentals section in the movie store but can not see anything relating to rentals besides that.

what were the updates to front row? is there a direct link?

[trainguy77]

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/frontrow212.html

[matrixmodz]

thanks!!! any word on these mysterious rentals? or do we have to wait till february to see the first one?

[twoodcc]

already installed it. couldn't connect to nike+ though

[Stridder44]

Movie rentals on iTunes?


YAWN.

[Bern]

This update makes no difference to us in Australia we don't have access to the movies :(

[CANEHDN]

The best thing about the update is 64-bit support for Vista. No more errors. Yipee. My work computer can now run it beautifully.

[thegman1234]

I just realized something, the rentals can't be watched on 5 and 5.5g iPods can they?

[doctajay]

I don't think that Apple has turned on the rental option yet, as no button is visible. That's a poor move to announce it and not have it ready.

[r.j.s]

I just realized something, the rentals can't be watched on 5 and 5.5g iPods can they?

Why not? They support video correct? Support for it probably came in the last firmware update, just unannounced.

[switchhitter007]

Rogers on demand perhaps?

CANADA? anything?

[thegman1234]

Why not? They support video correct? Support for it probably came in the last firmware update, just unannounced.

Well, Jobs said that it worked on all current iPods. The 5 and 5.5g aren't really current. Even though I most likely won't use the rentals, and if I do I have my iPhone, I still hope they'll work on the 5 and 5.5g just incase I want to use one on my 5.5g.

[r.j.s]

I think it should still work, as ipods do as they are told by itunes, it should know when the file expires.

[dvkid]

I can't see Apple uploading two of the same movie, one in HD and one in DVD..

Odds are that since they'll be getting two different rates for the different sizes I think they might just make the effort.

As far as I can tell all HD content is slated only to be available for the ATV Take 2. That said, when the ATV update software drops in February we might just see them released for everybody else. Its highly likely the HD delivery mechanism isn't really in place just yet and won't be until the software is ready to drop.

[Zoboomafoo]

Ratatouille is available for renting at 3.99. Selecting the rent button will ask you to confirm if you really wanna do that (with an option to disable this warning).

Not sure if any others are for rent tho. Was hoping to try but i own Ratatouille!

Check that. Ice Age is rentable for 2.99 as is The Artistocats and Garfield. It's a little spotty, figuring this out, but I can see from the list view of the store that some movies have 2.99 prices. I had thought that anything with no price next to the "view movie" button was rentable now, but it turns out i lucked out with Ice Age.

I'm working on pics, but I might get too lazy! :)

[tammy418]

Ratatouille is available for renting at 3.99. Selecting the rent button will ask you to confirm if you really wanna do that (with an option to disable this warning).

Not sure if any others are for rent tho. Was hoping to try but i own Ratatouille!

Ratatouille was the only one I actually saw the rent button for. The other titles in the "top rentals" list don't have them yet.

[Wes Jordan]

So much for available today :rolleyes:

[aznkid25]

Rentals are now available. In the itunes store, click movies, and on the right hand side beneath the menu for "Quick Links" should be "Top Rentals".

[Zoboomafoo]

well *I* am about to go rent 300.

what i'm curious to know is how the library is going to change. it really is tiny right now. maybe about 1000 titles in all. maybe.

[chubad]

Rentals are now available. In the itunes store, click movies, and on the right hand side beneath the menu for "Quick Links" should be "Top Rentals".

No rental option as of yet. Ratatouille is the only one I see with a rent button. The rentals apparently not done yet.

[lawclerk]

No rental option as of yet. Ratatouille is the only one I see with a rent button. The rentals apparently not done yet.

Live free or die hard is up now. Catalogue on movie page looks to be updated with movies that are available to rent.

[Chundles]

- It separates the TV Shows out by season now.

Nothing else I can see.

[janitorC7]

I just realized something, the rentals can't be watched on 5 and 5.5g iPods can they?

can anybody confirm?

[bacaramac]

If you guys would watch the keynote it says 1000 by end of feb. Probably very few now.

[musicpenguy]

Finally!!!!

Multitrack Audio Films come to iTunes in 7.6!!

You can now select different audio tracks such as director commentaries within iTunes and don't have to launch Quicktime and deselect and select the new track !!!

This is a long needed feature!!!!

TV shows are seperated out I noticed but in Front Row doesn't really help with seasons as they are titled the same - perhaps Front Row update with Apple TV 2 update coming out will fix this ?
!!

[Zoboomafoo]

If you guys would watch the keynote it says 1000 by end of feb. Probably very few now.

sweetness. i just watched mean girls and it really worked as well as i couldve hoped. just watched on laptop so no idea how video quality's working. but worked flawlessly and instantly. me likes.

[pellucidity]

Can anyone confirm that GarageBand custom ringtones still work?

No reason why they wouldn't but the 7.4 saga has made me gunshy.

[igazza]

movies great but pointless feature if you live in australia same with iphone software.

please :apple:

[thegman1234]

Can anyone confirm that GarageBand custom ringtones still work?

No reason why they wouldn't but the 7.4 saga has made me gunshy.

I don't use GarageBand so I can't confirm that, but I have confirmed that the long way to do it (Audacity, convert to AAC, change to m4r) does still work.

And apparently iToner works as well.

[javaGuru]

Why do you need an AppleTV do rent HD movies I wonder?

The only reason I can think of is that there are not many HD computers out there. It would seem like about the only way to stream HD movies to your TV wouldl be via Apple TV. Since this is the case it would only make since to download the movie straight to the Apple TV.

[Fukui]

The only reason I can think of is that there are not many HD computers out there. It would seem like about the only way to stream HD movies to your TV wouldl be via Apple TV. Since this is the case it would only make since to download the movie straight to the Apple TV.
Well, not to mention, iPod and iPhone can't playback hd video, so it would have to re-encode when syncing, which would take............................................... forever.

[Nagooya]

The only reason I can think of is that there are not many HD computers out there. It would seem like about the only way to stream HD movies to your TV wouldl be via Apple TV. Since this is the case it would only make since to download the movie straight to the Apple TV.

Didn't they say that the Apple TV Take 2's output was still only 720 and not full HD yet?

[cvahl]

Is the new iTunes version working for you? On my laptop (Macbook SR 4GB RAM), it is constantly crashing...
Hopefully, there will be 7.6.1. soon

[Yuppi]

I just wanted to download the new iTunes on http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ and I noticed the following:

Starbucks

Walk into Starbucks and buy what’s playing from your laptop, iPod touch, or iPhone.

Was that available before or is that new?

[ltldrummerboy]

This version fixed a bug where when you play a video full screen, it now displays ASCII characters in the chapter menu.

[ltldrummerboy]

Is the new iTunes version working for you? On my laptop (Macbook SR 4GB RAM), it is constantly crashing...
Hopefully, there will be 7.6.1. soon

I have a SR MacBook with 4gb of RAM, and iTunes seems to work fine for me.

[cvahl]

What happens when you switch between iTunes and Safari often (with Spaces running)?

I have a SR MacBook with 4gb of RAM, and iTunes seems to work fine for me.

[Slip]

What happens when you switch between iTunes and Safari often (with Spaces running)?

I have the 2.0GHz SR MB and all's fine when I use Safari in space 1 and iTunes in space 2

[Spades]

The only reason I can think of is that there are not many HD computers out there.

The monitor hooked to my computer is higher resolution than an HD TV. Most monitors are.

[cvahl]

I found the reason for my problem, iTunes was just superslow, it sometimes takes 20 s after my click till it starts to play a song, and in that time, it also is not able to show the window. So it was still running, but computing something.

Did iTunes also update your library after you installed the update? At that moment, I didn't have my external harddrive with my library plugged in, so it couldn't do that. Do you know what it is doing at this point? Maybe, that might be a reason for my problem, but I don't know how to give iTunes a second chance to update the library...

[La Curandera]

On mine it didn't import from scratch but certainly rebuilt the library, I had my external HD plugged in though so no problem.

Also, they've FINALLY fixed the CD import bug under Leopard. Thank you thank you thank you...

[denz455]

can itunes get any better?

[cvahl]

In the iTunes forum of apple.com, there are a lot of people who have the same problem than me. At least, I'm not the only one. Hopefully, they'll address it soon...

[CoachCranston07]

:(:(


I recently upgraded to iTunes 7.6.0.2.9. I love renting movies and wanted to give iTunes a try.

iTunes is 0-2. :(:(

I’ve rented two movies “Blades of Glory” and “Transformers” and I wasn’t able to watch either of them.

I’ve used iTunes to watch TV shows, music videos, etc. I’ve even WATCHED purchased movies on iTunes!

But, I’m not able to watch the rentals. :(:(

After the movie successfully downloads, I click PLAY. A dialog box opens and says I have “24 Hours” to watch the movie.

Then.. another dialog box opens to “play” the movie (like normal) but all I get is a giant black screen. Then....My iTunes FREEZES.

My Laptop does NOT freeze.

iTunes only freezes on Movie Rentals and not movie purchases. So, this is an obvious bug….


I’m out $8.00.

[TuffLuffJimmy]

:(:(


I recently upgraded to iTunes 7.6.0.2.9. I love renting movies and wanted to give iTunes a try.

iTunes is 0-2. :(:(

I’ve rented two movies “Blades of Glory” and “Transformers” and I wasn’t able to watch either of them.

I’ve used iTunes to watch TV shows, music videos, etc. I’ve even WATCHED purchased movies on iTunes!

But, I’m not able to watch the rentals. :(:(

After the movie successfully downloads, I click PLAY. A dialog box opens and says I have “24 Hours” to watch the movie.

Then.. another dialog box opens to “play” the movie (like normal) but all I get is a giant black screen. Then....My iTunes FREEZES.

My Laptop does NOT freeze.

iTunes only freezes on Movie Rentals and not movie purchases. So, this is an obvious bug….


I’m out $8.00.

Complain to apple, there's a report a problem thing in itunes and they normally refund for genuine errors.

[imbored]

Another release without FLAC support, itunes should offer alternatives for lossless audio.

Although I doubt it will ever happen

[~NeonFire372~]

Another update? iTunes seems to get more bloated and a larger file each time. I think I'm sticking with 7.5 for now... what are the new updates/features?