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iTunes 9 to Include Blu-ray Support and iPhone App Organization?

Uh? Didn´t the rumors said also the iMac will see a price drop like the MBP. Right, then built in a BD drive and charge $100 more than now with cheaper hardware? Oh yeah... So we stick with old Core 2 Duo for another year, but hey, we can waste time then not waiting for video converting forever but with watching BDs. Hooray!

Seriously, can I exchange BD drive to quad core CPU pls? Anyone? :D
 
Just give me an iTunes server and I'll be happy.

If Apple is going Blu-ray in iTunes, it should mean that their entire line will have to go with the new drive. What is the point of adding the feature to a consumer program without having the hardware support available to as many people as possible?

Cave Man said:
If the Blu-ray is true, then Apple will have to enable audio over DisplayPort for the HD audio.
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The Mini DP spec Apple made doesn't carry audio (wikipedia) and you'll need a 3rd party USB/MDP adaptor to HDMI.
 
What would iTunes do with a Blu-Ray disc anyway? Wouldn't Blu-Ray support being added to DVD Player (which would then need to be renamed, I guess) make more sense?

Unless DVD Player is being merged into iTunes. I don't see any new DVD Player features or refinements listed for SL, so I guess it's always possible that in the final release, once iTunes 9 has been released, DVD Player will be discontinued.

I hope not though.
 
Yes yes yes! Finally iTunes is going to supply one of the two things I want badly for the iPhone.

If the organization of apps is what I think it is, I finally organize my home screen without touching my screen.

The last thing I really hope to get implemented is to be able to assign ringtones through the Mac's address book.


Can't wait. Oh, and bluray, yeah whoopie
 
Brien said:
Or at least rename it and split the music playback parts of it to QTX.
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I have a feeling because Mac OS X Snow Leopard is pretty much API stable (still more work to be done though - API stable doesn't mean RTM) that maybe iTunes 9 will be Cocoa based using Quicktime X for compressing audio and will also be 64bit as well :)

I wonder whether Quicktime X will make its way onto Windows - personally what I'd sooner see is Apple utilise Windows Media Player instead and create a plugin for their iPod so that Windows users have a decent music player instead of the horrible situation they have now. Quicktime on Windows is a horrible abomination which drags Apples name down into the mud.
 
macintoshtoffy said:
what I'd sooner see is Apple utilise Windows Media Player instead and create a plugin for their iPod
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That's never gonna happen. Apple makes TONS of money through the iTunes Store, and iTunes itself helps sell Macs. Not to mention the fact that the majority of iTunes users are using it on Windows.
 
I think they are going to release the obvious like new iPods but I also think they are going to release Snow leopard and iTunes 9 which will have support for bluray I also think they will completely rewright iTunes in cocoa and make it 64bit for snow leopard. I also think that the next time they update the iMacs that they will make the 20" also 1920x1080 in res and put in quad core processors ( which will play nicely with the Snow leopards features ) and add a bluray drive to the imac to take advantage of the new iTunes 9 support for bluray. What do you guys think?
 
Isn't September when SL is slated for release? I wonder if maybe they rewrote iTunes in Cocoa... And even have some ways of taking advantage of SL APIs?

BJ
 
Here's what I see coming:

1. Blu-Ray support along with all new Macs coming with Blu-Ray as an option.

2. App organization.

3. Rewrite in 64-bit Cocoa, maybe. Definitely for X.

Nothing else. If there is any social networking in there I will be writing my own app to do what I want, how I want it to.
 
Doesn't make sense. Why would iTunes have blu-ray support? It makes more sense for Frontrow of the "DVD" Player to have blu-ray support. iTunes don't even have plain DVD video support.
 
pika2000 said:
Doesn't make sense. Why would iTunes have blu-ray support? It makes more sense for Frontrow of the "DVD" Player to have blu-ray support. iTunes don't even have plain DVD video support.
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To burn things.

I also see for 10.6 DVD Player being redone as "Blu-Ray Player" or "BD Player."
 
If we were getting Blu Ray support it would have been announced at the 2009 WWDC.

We aren't getting it.
 
dukebound85 said:
but will this mean i can play blu ray movies with a bluray drive?
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itunes doesn't play DVDs now. so either someone is mixed up or they are ditching the DVD player app and adding that function to itunes. which really ought to be renamed to something like iMedia since it's not just tunes anymore.

Sedulous said:
Glad to hear apps can finally be organized.
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yep. a drill down system would be very handy.

although what I would love to see just as much is a way to split music videos and movie trailers into their own subcats. cause having them in the music and movies libraries can be a real pain

syklee26 said:
this probably means new iMac resolution will be bumped to 1920 x 1080.
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for the 20" yes. but the 24" is already higher.

TheSilencer said:
Uh? Didn´t the rumors said also the iMac will see a price drop like the MBP.
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key word is Rumor. although I would pay the same for a desktop processor (if they worked out the heat issue) and a large harddrive. I'd even be willing to tack on a few hundred more for a solid state HD, a matte screen and a blu-ray burner. even if just custom online ordered.

sammich said:
Just give me an iTunes server and I'll be happy.
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I think a lot of folks would love to see a media server type app/version of itunes. spec bump the mini a bit and make it capable to run as a HTPC/media server.
 
Exactly, what would iTunes do with BR? It doesn't do anything with DVDs now. Unless Apple were to start including BR's "Managed Copy" scheme that would allow people to rip BR movies into some other protected format (fairplay DRM) for use on an AppleTV, iPhone, etc, iTunes really has no use for BR.

The movie studios however would love to charge $$ for this*, and linking it to Apple's payment system would allow them to easily monetize Managed Copy as an additional revenue stream, users would be able to make quick copies of their BR movies (quick depending on CPU speed of course**), and Apple can take a cut for being the platform that makes it happen. It would be difficult to monetize Managed Copy any other way - you'd have to get the user to install some software on their computer, put their CC info into some app they might not trust, and have an otherwise inconsistent experience if all five studios were to release five different apps for managed copy and downrezzing.

The MPAA would never allow this on DVDs however (its too easy to rent/rip/return), and it would only be on new BR titles because the rental channel (BB, Netflix, Redbox, etc) would get specially coded BR titles that wouldn't allow managed copy.

* Yes I know, if it weren't for the DMCA it would be legal (and free), but as long as the DMCA is still around then the movie studios can charge us to exert what used to be our Fair Use rights under the Copyright Act of 1973. **** the MPAA!

** Ripping BR movies down to iPhone res takes me 3 hours on my really fast Quad Core CPU, maybe this would get faster with OpenCL, but Apple's H.264 encoder sucks ass compared to x264 at the same bitrate.
 
charlituna said:
I think a lot of folks would love to see a media server type app/version of itunes. spec bump the mini a bit and make it capable to run as a HTPC/media server.
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The mini already is a capable HTPC/media server. I use a 733 MHz PM G4 to serve iTunes with music throughout the house.

Here's a guide to making an iTunes server.
 
syklee26 said:
this probably means new iMac resolution will be bumped to 1920 x 1080.

I would personally love the iPhone app org. right now organizing iPhone apps is a nightmare. I would love to set one page as productivity app, one as game app, etc.
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Maybe or maybe not. I have noticed smaller displays hitting the 1920x1200 res (you've got a TV res for yours), but Blu-ray playback doesn't require that. I'd bet most HDTVs are 720p, which is about what the 15" notebook screens are (13xx by 768 on my TV).

The people on the MacBook forums don't seem to understand the concept of hooking up an external monitor at all, not to mention just the ability to play your Blu-ray movies on the go.
 
Michael CM1 said:
Maybe or maybe not. I have noticed smaller displays hitting the 1920x1200 res (you've got a TV res for yours), but Blu-ray playback doesn't require that. I'd bet most HDTVs are 720p, which is about what the 15" notebook screens are (13xx by 768 on my TV).

The people on the MacBook forums don't seem to understand the concept of hooking up an external monitor at all, not to mention just the ability to play your Blu-ray movies on the go.
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The iMac is already 1920x1200. Know why? To fit the menu bar while still being able to use 1080p video.

To really appreciate the difference between Blu-Ray and DVD, you need 1080p. And FYI, 720p is 1366x768.
 
Redesign?

could we also see a redesign of the player it self? Removal of the monochrome bar on top. The itunes store getting a visual cosmetic facelift etc?
 
that's interesting. first time, itunes has been started for music. then it has added radio, videos, itunes store, app store, genius feature. now, it will be tried to combine with social networking? I can see very amazing future that itunes will be developed to entire social networking with every multi contents you can enjoy through the internet. I think that Blu-Ray support is needed because most PC maker added it to every computer today. of course, Apple is still depending on itunes download mostly. anyway, just imagine near the future. you don't need various apps to works. what you need is itunes. that's all you need. it works with multiple solution. who know?
 
Shake 'n' Bake said:
The iMac is already 1920x1200. Know why? To fit the menu bar while still being able to use 1080p video.

To really appreciate the difference between Blu-Ray and DVD, you need 1080p. And FYI, 720p is 1366x768.
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actually 720p as the name suggest is 1280x720 though most 720p tv's actually are 1366x768. but if 1366x768 was a res it would be 768p not 720p thats why most 720p's offer 1080i which the tv down reses to 1366x768 which is slightly higher then 720p.
 
archurban said:
that's interesting. first time, itunes has been started for music. then it has added radio, videos, itunes store, app store, genius feature. now, it will be tried to combine with social networking? I can see very amazing future that itunes will be developed to entire social networking with every multi contents you can enjoy through the internet. I think that Blu-Ray support is needed because most PC maker added it to every computer today. of course, Apple is still depending on itunes download mostly. anyway, just imagine near the future. you don't need various apps to works. what you need is itunes. that's all you need. it works with multiple solution. who know?
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is there really a need for the name iTunes? After all like you said, it doesn;t just play music anymore.
 
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