I think Steve Jobs himself is responsible for this - he used his inside iTMS access to rig the votes for his own iMix. Shame on him if this is true!robsworld said:
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iTunes 4.5 Released
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Chaszmyr said:
I just tryed, after finally finding a .wma (none on my computer, but there was one of my brother's band on his computer) but I don't have wmp9 so it didn't work
as much as it pains me to, I'm downloading it now to try
it amuses me that it needs wmp9 to work, its like apple are using MS's own program against them
edit : works brilliantly
Macrumors said:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I'm going to have to rerip my entire collection again arent I?!?!
Is this what is known as a good PITA!?!?!
What I would really like to know is what Apple did to my music library on install of iTunes 4.5. It said "updating library" and had a progress bar that lasted about 30 seconds. I wonder if they did dbase tweaks under the hood?
And if there are any Apple reps out there reading the boards THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for the extra systems that can be activated. I can Now activate all my computers with one to spare. Anyone who has been bitching about Apple's DRM has just lost any complaint, well other then Linux and PDA users but that's another topic.
This is encouraging, if nothing else...Even if Apple's not ready to launch the Europe iTMS, at least the language porting process is (partially? fully?) done.TheT said:
TheT said:
Are you sure that this has changed within the version 4.5 or has it changed between 4.2 and 4.5 ? Maybe they are just preparing a later launch.
robsworld said:
That's Steve Jobs' playlist and was referenced in post #11 by adamberti.
For those saying WMA->AAC doesn't work, make sure you've got WMP 9 for Mac on your machine.
MatMistake said:I just tryed, after finally finding a .wma (none on my computer, but there was one of my brother's band on his computer) but I don't have wmp9 so it didn't work
as much as it pains me to, I'm downloading it now to try
it amuses me that it needs wmp9 to work, its like apple are using MS's own program against them
WMA conversion only works with the Windows version of iTunes 4.5.
SiliconAddict said:
I wouldn't do it. Check out the difference in file size. One previous poster showed the 128 aac was about 5 meg and the lossless was 33 meg. Not sure if it's worth it in my opinion.
Chaszmyr said:
Well, I honestly doubt many Mac users have any WMA files anyway was their thinking. I assume it also has to do with the crappy version of Windows Media Player 9 for Mac not including something that is required in order to do this. Since virtually all Windows XP/2000 machines have WMP 9 installed, this isn't a problem on Windows machines.
You might just have to download and install the latest Windows Media Player for Mac OS X on your computer and live with the fact that you are going to encounter Windows Media files on the Internet, I guess.Chaszmyr said:
amichalo said:
It does say that, but it also says:
"The iTunes Music Store features a new free single every week. On Tuesday of course."
In the main text, second paragraph on the page you linked.
Not that I'd complain if they give away something new tomorrow!
Now if the iTMS would allow for downloads in the Apple Lossless format then I would purchase more songs off of it. I still only purchase CDs because the 128kb/s AACs off the iTMS are not that great sounding..
Unfortunately, the "Apple Lossless" appears to use AAC at a high bitrate to compress it ... so I wonder if it is truly a lossless format, since AAC is lossy?
Unfortunately, the "Apple Lossless" appears to use AAC at a high bitrate to compress it ... so I wonder if it is truly a lossless format, since AAC is lossy?
Er.....Steve's mix is "interesting". Not my taste in music but on the bright side it isn't country. I do like Hold On! I'm Comin' Good song.
On a side note. Microsoft is going to have to work their *** off to catch up to iTMS. The features iTMS is providing borders on outstanding. I just wish they would do wishlists.
On a side note. Microsoft is going to have to work their *** off to catch up to iTMS. The features iTMS is providing borders on outstanding. I just wish they would do wishlists.
wishlists
They do have a "wishlist" feature now.
Simply drag a song from the iTMS to a playlist on the left.
The track will then show up in your playlist with the 30 second sample and a "Buy" link!
SiliconAddict said:
They do have a "wishlist" feature now.
Simply drag a song from the iTMS to a playlist on the left.
The track will then show up in your playlist with the 30 second sample and a "Buy" link!
SiliconAddict said:
you can put previews in a playlist. so just create a playlist called 'wishlist' or whatever, select a song you want to download in the future from the store, and drag it to the playlist you just created. you even get a 'buy song' button in the playlist.
lossless Dead on iTMS. flac and shn support?
I would have prefered support for the FLAC and SHN formats rather than creating yet another lossless music format. I have so much music (hundreds of gigabytes) in FLAC and SHN form and i have to use a third party player to listen to them all (MacAmp). Which is actually a cool player besides the fact that they are no longer developing the software (because of iTunes popularity). I NEED FLAC & SHN ON iTUNES!!! anyways......
If that Grateful Dead on iTunes rumor is true, hopefully this update is a sign that Grateful Dead music will be offered in a lossless format on iTMS. This will ensure far more purchases. Dead heads require a lossless format or they will not be interested.
I would have prefered support for the FLAC and SHN formats rather than creating yet another lossless music format. I have so much music (hundreds of gigabytes) in FLAC and SHN form and i have to use a third party player to listen to them all (MacAmp). Which is actually a cool player besides the fact that they are no longer developing the software (because of iTunes popularity). I NEED FLAC & SHN ON iTUNES!!! anyways......
If that Grateful Dead on iTunes rumor is true, hopefully this update is a sign that Grateful Dead music will be offered in a lossless format on iTMS. This will ensure far more purchases. Dead heads require a lossless format or they will not be interested.
Feature I'd like to see in 5.0
There have been times when I've downloaded a single track or two tracks from a CD and then later wanted to buy the whole CD. I'd like to see a way to credit previously purchased tracks to the cost of downloading a CD.
For example, if I downloaded "Karma Police" from Radiohead's "OK Computer" on Monday for 99 cents, I'd like to be able to download the entire CD on Tuesday for $9.99 with a credit for 99 cents, or $8.99 for the "rest" of the CD.
This would certainly give me the incentive to try more single tracks with the possibility of buying the CD down the road.
There have been times when I've downloaded a single track or two tracks from a CD and then later wanted to buy the whole CD. I'd like to see a way to credit previously purchased tracks to the cost of downloading a CD.
For example, if I downloaded "Karma Police" from Radiohead's "OK Computer" on Monday for 99 cents, I'd like to be able to download the entire CD on Tuesday for $9.99 with a credit for 99 cents, or $8.99 for the "rest" of the CD.
This would certainly give me the incentive to try more single tracks with the possibility of buying the CD down the road.