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An online movie store is going to happen for sure, it's just a matter of time. The challenge is for Apple to pull it off with the technology we have today, and with the greedy bastard studious that own the rights to the movies that would be sold.

Now, this is all very exciting, but it's almost certain that the films would be released on the store once available on DVD. Now, if Apple could swing it so you could watch box office flicks (streaming or whatever), on demand, then that would be so huge it's just silly.
 
I've lost track of what free and what we have to pay for these days. Is iTunes free, or is it part of iLife? Will I have to pay for the new version (due within 60 days) or will it be a free download. I feel like I've spent enough on Tiger and iLife recently so hopefully this will not cost me. I'd like to be able to manage podcasts, especially as BBC are getting into this more and more with their radio shows.
 
dobbin said:
I've lost track of what free and what we have to pay for these days. Is iTunes free, or is it part of iLife? Will I have to pay for the new version (due within 60 days) or will it be a free download. I feel like I've spent enough on Tiger and iLife recently so hopefully this will not cost me. I'd like to be able to manage podcasts, especially as BBC are getting into this more and more with their radio shows.
In answer to your first question - the answer is both, actually. It's part of iLife, yet it's available to download for free - the only part of iLife that can be freely downloaded. iTunes 4.9 should be as free as any previous version was, since Apple would rather give iTunes away if doing so means more sales at the iTMS.
 
Okay, okay, this is all very important discussion, but the really big questions is this:

Will iTunes 4.9 have folders?

With all those podcasts in there, we're really going to need them now (unless of course they make another category like the store, radio, party shuffle or whatever, which I actually think I read somewhere they did). Does no one have a screenshot or photo of the presentation or anything? I need to know about those elusive folders...
 
agentkow said:
Okay, okay, this is all very important discussion, but the really big questions is this:

Will iTunes 4.9 have folders?

With all those podcasts in there, we're really going to need them now (unless of course they make another category like the store, radio, party shuffle or whatever, which I actually think I read somewhere they did). Does no one have a screenshot or photo of the presentation or anything? I need to know about those elusive folders...


What about just making a smart playlist and have it look for any file with 'podcast' as the genre, that works well for me now
 
ariza910 said:
What about just making a smart playlist and have it look for any file with 'podcast' as the genre, that works well for me now
It works to a certain extent, but it's not the best solution.
Many Podcasters give little or no info with their files, while others list all the important features. So you wouyld have to do it yourself, not an easy way to do it in the long run.

btw. Does anybody know if it's possible to make "chapters" in a Podcast file (mp3 file) just like you can with a QT movie. So you can fast forward or rewind in your long mp3s.
 
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