Wasn't iTunes 10 already a ground-up rewrite? Can't see them doing it again so soon. Would love it if I didn't have to re-add iTunes Match every day, though.
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iTunes 11.3 Expands iTunes Extras as Apple TV Finally Adds Support and Apple Plans for iOS 8
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Wasn't iTunes 10 already a ground-up rewrite? Can't see them doing it again so soon. Would love it if I didn't have to re-add iTunes Match every day, though.
I only have about 20 of 50 movies with iTunes Extras. Check your movie in iTunes Store to see if it has Extras to verify.
iTunes Revamped in OS X Yosemite
I believe it will in OS X Yosemite. They didn't seem to do anything to it in the Developer's Preview.
I believe it will in OS X Yosemite. They didn't seem to do anything to it in the Developer's Preview.
iTunes Extras: I hope this means that iTunes will now offer all of the extras available on blu rays going forward. Digital pricing is very close to blu ray and dvd prices as it is.
I still buy both, but if the extras are lackluster, I stick with the digital release.
I still buy both, but if the extras are lackluster, I stick with the digital release.
Nope they have been around. Some have been rather slick. More and more major titles have been doing it, making the iTunes version a content dupe of the disks which is great. Especially now if they are HD
I wish TV shows would do the same. Finding their behind the scenes stuff, if there is any, is hell.
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What is Ping?
I'm going to assume you aren't being facetious.
Ping was an attempt to socialize iTunes. It was roughly based on some aspects of a web service called Lala that Apple bought in late 2010. The idea was that you could follow artists and get updates of new releases, concerts etc.
Trouble was that they started it, added a few big label artists, then dropped it. They never moved into the indie music, movies, TV shows etc. They never added other features like following other members, one time full play of a song, etc.
It was a half baked effort that sat in a 'beta' for maybe six months before Apple dropped it like Wyle E Coyote off a cliff
FINALLY!!!!!!
God i've been waiting on this forever! iTunes movie extras are really made for TV viewing. And never made sense to me that I had to get up from the living room and go to a computer to see the extras. This now makes my apple TV worth even more....as old and outdated as it is
God i've been waiting on this forever! iTunes movie extras are really made for TV viewing. And never made sense to me that I had to get up from the living room and go to a computer to see the extras. This now makes my apple TV worth even more....as old and outdated as it is
It's kind of hilarious that every time there's an Apple TV update, I see comments complaining that iTunes Extras don't work on the Apple TV, and then when they release an update that adds that functionality, everyone gets angry and demands to know what kind of ancient, backwards person would dare to even use such a feature... sheesh.
I have not been one of those clamoring for it, by the way, and I've seldom watched the iTunes Extras (mostly because they were SD and looked awful, ha), but I will probably use them a lot more now.
I know we're all waiting for a major overhaul, but can't we just be glad for once when they add features that yes, a lot of people HAVE been asking for?
I have not been one of those clamoring for it, by the way, and I've seldom watched the iTunes Extras (mostly because they were SD and looked awful, ha), but I will probably use them a lot more now.
I know we're all waiting for a major overhaul, but can't we just be glad for once when they add features that yes, a lot of people HAVE been asking for?
Exactly. I loved all the extras that came with DVDs and Blu Ray.
Would love commentary tracks. Always feels like I'm getting slightly ripped off with digital downloads.
remember anything dealing with movies is really controlled by the Studios. If they say no extras with SD purchases.... guess what? No extras with SD purchases. Apple does not really have that much control over content they do not own.
Finally! Not having access to these extras was one of the main/only reasons I've been still buying blu-ray's.
I have to imagine this is coming, too. It's the same file format as iTunes Extras, so there's no reason NOT to have it, too.
It looks like they let you get a preview of the iTunes Extras content before buying on the store too. It's interactive and you can click through some of it.
True for many of us.
My home theater setup has a home theater PC as my main "live TV, DVR, and disc-based" media device, plus an AppleTV for "internet video, and iTunes." (plus a couple game systems and an old VCR.)
Yet I was finding that I was more likely to watch iTunes movies by leaving my HTPC interface, and use a keyboard and mouse to launch iTunes on the HTPC so I could use iTunes Extras. Now I'll be able to do away with that - which will make me more likely to buy movies in iTunes than on disc.
Now if only I could plug my EyeTV and Blu-ray drive in to my AppleTV and ditch the HTPC altogether. (I would love it if I could plug my EyeTV in to the AppleTV, and use my Time Capsule as the storage for DVR usage...)
Podcasts
Maybe it won't automatically delete all my podcasts at random now.
Does it download video podcasts again? It stopped with the last update.
Maybe it won't automatically delete all my podcasts at random now.
Does it download video podcasts again? It stopped with the last update.
Ah, I thought it was a rewrite when they added 64-bit support. Well now I definitely think it needs to be rewritten. COME ON APPLE. Haha
Looks like song previews have gone back to 30 seconds...?
EDIT: only certain songs have a 30 second preview while others have 90 seconds.
EDIT: only certain songs have a 30 second preview while others have 90 seconds.