Maybe youre missing something? This is a value add. It doesnt replace the local file you get to download from iTunes.
Theres no way this will be ready for next weeks announcement. Maybe theyll have it ready by September.
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Apple Tapping Lala Media Team for Cloud-Based iTunes?
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Maybe youre missing something? This is a value add. It doesnt replace the local file you get to download from iTunes.
Theres no way this will be ready for next weeks announcement. Maybe theyll have it ready by September.
Having just recently subscribed to Crashplan which has been furiously uploading my 600GB+ of media and other documents during the past month, I have already been hit with extra bandwidth charges from my ISP.
It's a good idea, but in my opinion this could get very expensive!
It's a good idea, but in my opinion this could get very expensive!
I have a hard time believing that the music companies would get on board with a solution like this. And if they do, it will be so encumbered with strict copy protections that it will be more trouble than it's worth. I know people that do this already with their music by setting up media servers, so I can definitely see the value in it, but with a setup like this it's all too easy for people to share it with friends and families, even if they are restricted to the 5 computers like iTunes is now.
Plus cloud computing is great for urban areas, but there are huge chunks of the world where the internet is garbage still and outages are frequent. I for one would not want my media library to only live somewhere where I had to have wifi to get to it.
Plus cloud computing is great for urban areas, but there are huge chunks of the world where the internet is garbage still and outages are frequent. I for one would not want my media library to only live somewhere where I had to have wifi to get to it.
Exactly what I was thinking. While it all sounds nice, this upload of several GB of data would rape my internet bill. I don't feel like paying extra for going over my bandwidth. Damn you Rogers!
Exactly. Somebody must think there is some upcoming technology to facilitate all this.
Reminds me of an article in an old science magazine. It predicted that we would have atomic powered 200mph cars and that there would be a separate, dedicated super-duper ultra freeway system built all around the country to handle those cars and speeds.
The point is that all this could have been done, but wasn't.
Did anyone else almost read it as "Amanda Tapping?"
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Stuck in Australia on crap broadband that has small upload/download limits, I wouldn't be happy about a 100GB+ upload of my music library in the background!
And if it was just iTunes purchased music it's still a sizeable chunk, and really holds less value to me.
Stuck in Australia on crap broadband that has small upload/download limits, I wouldn't be happy about a 100GB+ upload of my music library in the background!
And if it was just iTunes purchased music it's still a sizeable chunk, and really holds less value to me.
Over time I've probably lost 100-150 songs purchased through iTunes (many of them free from Pepsi, Single-of-the-Week promos, etc.). I'll be curious to see if this new service would essentially allow me access to those songs acquired through iTunes but no longer in my library -- even if just for streaming purposes.
I recently signed up for Lala and ran a similar experiment by uploading tracks from my library and deleting a few from my hard drive & local library. Pleasantly, Lala still showed them as long as they'd either been previously scanned by their downloader or purchased from Lala.
I recently signed up for Lala and ran a similar experiment by uploading tracks from my library and deleting a few from my hard drive & local library. Pleasantly, Lala still showed them as long as they'd either been previously scanned by their downloader or purchased from Lala.
I think a lot of you are missing the point here. Apple is not uploading your music files to their servers. That would be ridiculous. Can you imagine the massive amounts of bandwidth and storage space that would be involved?
Apple will simply upload your library file. i.e. the XML file that holds a list of the files in your library. Then, the files that you own that are in the iTunes catalog will then be available for you to stream. Your iTunes purchased tracks as well as ripped tracks that iTunes carries will be available. Apple may also have acquired Lala's online catalog to add to the list.
Those of you wanting to stream your more esoteric original or indie tracks will most likely be out of luck.
EDIT:
After reading this post:
and also reading from the Lala FAQs
Apple will simply upload your library file. i.e. the XML file that holds a list of the files in your library. Then, the files that you own that are in the iTunes catalog will then be available for you to stream. Your iTunes purchased tracks as well as ripped tracks that iTunes carries will be available. Apple may also have acquired Lala's online catalog to add to the list.
Those of you wanting to stream your more esoteric original or indie tracks will most likely be out of luck.
EDIT:
After reading this post:
and also reading from the Lala FAQs
I must acknowledge that it's possible Apple will actually allow uploading of portions of your library if the tracks aren't already in their catalog, however it wouldn't surprise me if Apple omitted this part of the service. That's still talking about quite a bit of storage. I guess we'll see.
I strongly believe Apple will allow you to store and stream your entire multi-100 GB itunes library online, whether songs are purchased through the iTunes Store or not; however, they will charge you for additional storage. I would expect the storage charges would be competitive with other online backup services.
They’ll more to it than that. It would be super easy to pad the XML file with fake audio tracks.
I think it’ll involve “Genius” and may even be limited to iTunes purchased tracks only.
Yes, because Apple’s current online storage is such a deal. An extra 40GB of iDisk/Mobile Me storage is $99 per year. There’s no way Apple will be storing whole libraries. Mine consist of nothing but iTunes Store content and it’s almost 300GB. That’s well over $700 at Apple’s current iDisk upgrade pricing.
A very easy solution that would make lots of money for the music industry for very little effort: You tell them what music you rightfully own. You sign a form where you confirm that you are the rightful owner of that music, and pay a _small_ amount of money so your ownership is registered and you have access to the music without uploading anything. If you gain access to music that you don't have the rights to, that would be fraud.
So I have 200 LPs. Lets say I pay $200 for the rights to download the music in 256KBit AAC and the right to stream it. That's $200 dollars in their pocket which they wouldn't get otherwise. Now even if I lie and pretend that I have 200 more LPs, that's still another $200 for them without any effort.
Good point. Then they'll use the proprietary iTunes Library file instead of the XML version to make counterfeiting difficult.
In any case there will be no massive multi-GB uploads involved. Mark my words.
Did anyone else almost read it as "Amanda Tapping?"
...................................... anyone?
YES!! LOL
But mostly because I just got a huge Stargate marathon on Hulu... Watched all of SG-1 and SGA...
iExtra
And what about an iExtra replacing iDVD ?
Now you can make the menu of your own personal video like iDVD did, but digital like the extras in the iTunes films. Then you can organize virtually, all your event with gorgeous menu in your apple TV and see it on you iPhone as well.
And what about an iExtra replacing iDVD ?
Now you can make the menu of your own personal video like iDVD did, but digital like the extras in the iTunes films. Then you can organize virtually, all your event with gorgeous menu in your apple TV and see it on you iPhone as well.
This will work for me. Nearly 98% of my library is iTunes purchased music. The rest is from the few CDs that I owned or in some cases cassettes converted from analog to digital that I couldn't purchase on iTunes.
I hope I can stream all my movies and TV shows too.
I hope I can stream all my movies and TV shows too.
Haha! Awesome.
How do you like SGU so far? I'm really liking it so far, can't wait till it comes back... sometime this month I think?
True, but if the rumors are true then AT&T won't have to worry much longer about that.
Here in Germany, there are tens of thousands of iPhones on networks other than T-Mobile, because they are all GSM.
Single Instance Storage (SIS)
When estimating the storage that Apple would need, note that many (or even most) tracks in
people's libraries are exact duplicates.
Apple wouldn't need to store (or even upload) each person's copy of a file - once one copy is in
the cloud all other references would simply point to the single instance.
SIS would greatly reduce the storage and upload bandwidth needed for a service like this.
When estimating the storage that Apple would need, note that many (or even most) tracks in
people's libraries are exact duplicates.
Apple wouldn't need to store (or even upload) each person's copy of a file - once one copy is in
the cloud all other references would simply point to the single instance.
SIS would greatly reduce the storage and upload bandwidth needed for a service like this.
For those of you who have used Lala, I am sure you are with me when I say I hope Apple doesn't ruin the service. I like being able to enjoy an entire song one time before purchasing... none of this 30-sec crap. Lala is fantastic in its current form... hint hint, Apple.