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Hopes for iTunes 5

I thought this one sounded interesting: # 9 "Provide an alternate browsing interface. The column interface of iTunes’ Browse mode is nice, but why not go further and provide an icon-based interface (using folders, or even album art to indicate specific albums) and a list-based interface as well? Or why not offer additional columns other than simply Genre, Artist and Album? Classical music might like to be able to use a Composer column in Browse mode, and DJs might like to browse by BPM."

From iPodlounge
 
iTunes QuickTime questions

alex_ant said:
- add AltiVec acceleration to playback for <1% CPU usage on any G4
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Questions:

Does iTunes use QuickTime as a playback "engine?"

Is QuickTime accelerated/optimized for AltiVec?

:confused:
 
jhomayne said:
that is to say to be able to have one file listed in 2 places in my library. For example, if a track appears on a film soundtrack that i already have on an album in my library i could just tell itunes to link both songs to the same file.
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I want the opposite - to link two (or more) different files, in different albums, to have the same metadata. Why? For precisely the same situation as you.

In your case, let's say the album is fairly old but the movie soundtrack is brand new. Chances are the movie soundtrack was mastered so the sound levels are much higher than the original album. Even if not, you can be sure that it was mastered so that it presents a consistent sound level from one song to the next. Therefore the album version and the soundtrack version will be different volume levels, even if they came from the same exact mix. If you use the album file in the soundtrack, then that song will sound quieter than the rest of the soundtrack. If you use the soundtrack version in the album, it will sound louder than the rest of the album. I hate discontinuity like that, which is one reason why I don't shuffle songs very much.

If my wish comes true - and let's face it, it won't; 0.001% of users might agree with me, which isn't enough for Apple to pay any attention to that detail. Urg. But IF it comes true, then I keep the original files in both cases, both mastered to be at the appropriate level to blend in with the rest of the CD they came from. But when I play the album file, the soundtrack's play count and last played time update. Same for vice versa.

I have numerous songs in my library that are "the same" (from the same original tapes) except for mastering targeted to their respective albums. One that comes to mind is Van Halen's Dreams. The studio recording appears on the original album (5150) and remastered on Best Of, Volume 1. The remastered version sounds way better, but if I used that file in place of the album version of 5150, it would lose all continuity. Likewise if I were to go the other way around. Thus I end up keeping both versions, but to get a true count of how many times I've listened to that song, I have to add the play counts of both. And therefore my "200 Most Played" Smart Playlist is flawed! :eek:

Yeah, I'm picky. But that's just because unlike Steve and co, I'm actually a music lover! :p I know there isn't a chance in a million years that this will be implemented... :( :rolleyes:
 
The auto-conversion feature found on the Shuffle. I want to be able to turn all my 192-320Kbps MP3 into 128Kbps AAC when it gets shoved onto my 6GB Mini! :cool:

Remove iTunes' tendency to add proprietary ID3 tags whether you want it to or not ;)
 
As for general discussion of other desired features, let me just beat the drum again and say GAPLESS PLAYBACK!! :mad: :mad: :mad: This "feature" should have been in iTunes by version 2.0 at the latest. Gaps in playback of albums is due to a major design flaw that Apple has had plenty of time to fix. Yes, compressed audio file formats often leave a gap at the end of the file, but there are numerous ways around this. It's not difficult, especially when you consider that a CD player made in 1985 can do what iTunes still can't, 20 years later: play tracks seamlessly and skip around among tracks. iTunes (and iPod) gives you one or the other, not both. It's a testament to the fact that 99% of consumers don't listen to albums straight through that Apple has gotten away with this major flaw for so long. The few of us who care are a very tiny minority, so why should Apple bother? Not because they're known for paying attention to detail or anything like that... :rolleyes:

</rant>

Sorry. It just bugs me. If I don't say anything, that's one less voice demanding it, and one less reason for Apple to actually do it. Back to your regularly scheduled thread... :D

HE-AAC also sounds interesting, and I was a bit surprised it wasn't released at the same time as the iPod shuffle. I guess we'll see what's the deal there soon enough.

Smart Playlist folders might be nice.

Make the iTunes visualizer into a standalone screensaver, please!! :cool:

That's about all I've got!
 
FOR THOSE WHO WANT SMOOTH PLAYBACK IN BETWEEN SONGS

Go to Preferneces>Audio, and select Crossfade playback and set the slider to 0, and there ya go. :) :cool:
 
nightdweller25 said:
Go to Preferneces>Audio, and select Crossfade playback and set the slider to 0, and there ya go. :) :cool:
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it dosent work, there is a slight overlap, it is definatly noticable on mixed (by djs) cds

i dont care if you cant tell the differance, i can :D

i'll measure exactly how big the overlap is sometime
 
iTunes can be much better

nightdweller25 said:
Go to Preferneces>Audio, and select Crossfade playback and set the slider to 0, and there ya go. :) :cool:
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Altho' that can help, I concur with others in that it is not 100% smooth and gapless. I agree that Apple needs to figure this out and implement "gapless playback" immediately.

Does any other MP3 player do that gap thing between songs? As I remember Audion did not.

Actually Audion had many good and better features that iTunes still does not have. Apple should buy Audion from Panic and implement Audion's better features into iTunes.
 
1. A level meter.
I don't trust the Automatic volume levelling and it would be easier to boost the levels of my older CD rips with a visual display.

2. A "Big" interface option.
I want to be able to see current / next song info from the other side of the room, for use with Airport Express and a remote.
 
What do I want?

I'd never thought of multiple tags, but it's a great idea! C'mon Apple. You know you wanna...

I also want to be able to make, for example, five different playlists and be able to burn them all to a single MP3 CD. Then when I put that CD in my car, I don't have 150-200 songs in one biiiiiiig unorganized mess. As it stands, if I want that I have to do it all manually with Windoze. Seriously. iTunes should be doing this by now. It's just obvious.
 
Maxicek said:
1. A level meter.
I don't trust the Automatic volume levelling and it would be easier to boost the levels of my older CD rips with a visual display.
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You can adjust volume manually.

Click on a song, then get info (right click, get info, or +i)
Then click options and viola!, volume adjustment.


If you want to do multiple songs at once, select every song you want to edit.
Follow my instructions about getting info.

Now this time the volume adjustment bar is at the bottom of the window that opens up.

Hope that helped.
 
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