I'd like to see easier ways to organize my music. Especially when it comes to changing titles, taking out unnecessary info in the artist category, doing batch changes. Finding album art for CD's that don't have an album title attached..I'd just like to see iTunes get smarter about organization.
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iTunes 8, Playlist Recommendations, Visualizations
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HD Tv shows is a step in the right direction, the more HD content the better itunes will be for me at least!
1) That's not going to happen, since different companies own the rights to different songs in different countries, prices being uniform would be smart.
2) DRM all comes down to the owner of the rights to the music.
TEG
Personally I think iTunes 8 will be released with a new interface. Something along the lines of the iPhone/iPod Touch interface. It's a lot easier to use and looks freaking great. Coverflow's been in iTunes since before the iPhone was released and it still doesn't have the option to flip albums around in full screen mode to change songs and rate them.
As far as genius playlists goes if it only uses BPM then it's going to be crap. I have yet to use a BPM analyzer that actually works. Here's hoping that it works well.
As far as genius playlists goes if it only uses BPM then it's going to be crap. I have yet to use a BPM analyzer that actually works. Here's hoping that it works well.
Yes. I don't scroll through albums using it, but it makes the whole interface a lot nicer, and I generally like to see the album art from the album I'm playing. Who knows, there might be a pub quiz question asking who's album art it is and you'd know because you got it!
I don't in iTunes because it's fairly useless but on the iPhone it's bloody brilliant.
I really can't wait for a Mac Tablet that uses multi-touch because after using the iPhone's multi-touch interface I really dislike mice and trackpads. It's just more natural to touch something and the interfaces are a lot more versatile.
I guess I could rephrase that. I could use it as a visualisation, I like seeing my albums fly by when I'm shuffling. On the iPhone I never use Coverflow (the turning to landscape flow). I do use the double tap album cover feature a lot though.
Ya know, re-writing iTunes in Cocoa might actually reduce the filesize by A LOT on the Mac side, and maybe Apple has some wily Windows coders who are rewriting iTunes for Windows in Java for both Windows AND Linux. Ya never know.
But I'd certainly like to see an iTunes size reduction via the move to Cocoa, it'd give developers hope that they, too, can create Cocoa apps with smaller filesizes for all Mac users.
BJ
But I'd certainly like to see an iTunes size reduction via the move to Cocoa, it'd give developers hope that they, too, can create Cocoa apps with smaller filesizes for all Mac users.
BJ
Removal of the monochrone header?
I'm sure this has been said, but I'm thinking iTunes 8 will have the removal of the monochrome header that has been in iTunes from the start and add eirther an iphone style header or even a style that matches one of the other iLife apps. ilife 2009 will all have matching UI's to blend in with one another....
The rest of the iTunes UI will remain mostly the same just cosmetic updates. More Leopard like on mac, and on windows, may be more aero like? (I know keep dreaming)
I'm sure this has been said, but I'm thinking iTunes 8 will have the removal of the monochrome header that has been in iTunes from the start and add eirther an iphone style header or even a style that matches one of the other iLife apps. ilife 2009 will all have matching UI's to blend in with one another....
The rest of the iTunes UI will remain mostly the same just cosmetic updates. More Leopard like on mac, and on windows, may be more aero like? (I know keep dreaming)
iTunes is a huge resource hog though. On my last pc, which was pretty fast, it would consume 100% cpu regularly just to download some podcasts. My current setup is a quad core, and I don't get the bog down like before, but still there is no way a music manager program should consume the resources that iTunes does.
another idea.
Quick Time and iTunes will merge (100%) in to one program. The name will still be iTunes, but it will also have all Quick Time features bulit in. I know It has Quick Time format built in now, but I'm talking about the entire Quick Time program being bulit in with out the need for additional resources. All Quick Time features will be added to iTunes. Quick Time viewer will be with in the current iTunes UI and can be accessed from an "Videos" tab. The removal of the Quick Time Movie Trailers as you can view and download them in the iTunes Store.
When you view a Quick Time file it will bring up a mini iTunes video player that will alow you to view the videos with out the need to open the entire iTunes program.
Quick Time and iTunes will merge (100%) in to one program. The name will still be iTunes, but it will also have all Quick Time features bulit in. I know It has Quick Time format built in now, but I'm talking about the entire Quick Time program being bulit in with out the need for additional resources. All Quick Time features will be added to iTunes. Quick Time viewer will be with in the current iTunes UI and can be accessed from an "Videos" tab. The removal of the Quick Time Movie Trailers as you can view and download them in the iTunes Store.
When you view a Quick Time file it will bring up a mini iTunes video player that will alow you to view the videos with out the need to open the entire iTunes program.
Merging QuickTime and iTunes would not be a good idea because not everyone likes using the other.
I briefly browsed through these posts so hopefully my ideas haven't been posted before, but here's what I'd like to see:
1 - Enable more metadata editing for movies.
2 - Have a seperate "Music Videos" tab like the do for Movies and TV Shows.
3 - I think I saw this mentioned but be able to sync video playlists with iPhone/
TV.
4 - Stream songs/videos via 3G/Edge from home library (ie - Simplify).
I think theres more but I'm too tired to try and remember them...
1 - Enable more metadata editing for movies.
2 - Have a seperate "Music Videos" tab like the do for Movies and TV Shows.
3 - I think I saw this mentioned but be able to sync video playlists with iPhone/
TV.4 - Stream songs/videos via 3G/Edge from home library (ie - Simplify).
I think theres more but I'm too tired to try and remember them...
re read my post. There are key reasons to make it work.
I hate it when people just read a few words and they go off with out reading the rest..
Im not to excited about a new nano or an Itouch. My phone does what I need. But What I am really hoping for is an Apple Buffet "All You Can Eat" at the Itunes store. I would love it they had a subscription service! Throw in an eggroll im there.
re read my post. There are key reasons to make it work.
I hate it when people just read a few words and they go off with out reading the rest..
I did read your entire post. It doesn't change the fact that some people just do not like the QuickTime format and don't want it on their computer, nor should they be forced to install it (even if its behind the scenes in iTunes) just because they have an iPod.
iPod Touch & iTunes
iTunes already has Quick Time formats. this will just add the entire program to iTunes but make it a lot smaller..
No chance. QuickTime is used in other Pro App's like Final Cut Pro, and merging it into iTunes would be a recipe for disaster.
A mini iTunes video player without the need of opening the entire iTunes app? Basically keeping it as it is?