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Quicktime Update Pending... iTunes? iPods?

Originally posted by iJon
then on the downside all the ladies at school couldnt use my ipod as a mirror.

iJon
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Do you let them take it to the toilet with them?

Now this would be a perfect oportunity to bring the P800 - which apple should of released as thier "iPhone" - into play with possibley remote recording capabilites and streaming straight to your mac via BT (if ya v close to the toilets or maybe hidden in a cubicle) if not broadcast it with AE & QT straight to your .Mac acc and then the world.

Er. Maybe i should find another forum to expel my fantasies, or just stick to HL.
 
Ya too much info 😛

Mike

However, it would be funny if it was like the movie "Detroit Rock City" when the chearleader blows ass.
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: bleh

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
like i said before im not saying it is the best but dont bad mouth it by making stuff up. qt does play divx. 3vix isnt needed. its that simple.
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AL, I gotta say... as far as my experience goes. Divx files do not consistently play under Quicktime with Audio with the latest Divx 5 codec.

And those at the official DIVX forum agree:

Most DivX/AVIs will use mp3 for the audio stream which, when played in Quicktime untreated will be choppy if audible at all. This is a longstanding bug in Quicktime. There is several remedies for this:

DivX Validator (delivered with the DivX codec)
DivX Doctor II (from 3ivX, repaired files require the 3ivX 4 PR1 codec)
DivX Tool
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arn
 
Just thought I'd chime in. I went and downloaded mPlayer, and, while its compatibility immediately impressed me, I find that its functionality is rather disappointing. Ease of use is something that is definitely lacking. So, for any files that QT can handle, I'm much more inclined to use the QT Player, as it has such a wide array of better controls (such as Loop, various size options which are easily accessible, a progress bar).

And when I want even more options, including editting capabilities, I can open up my version 4 QT Player (which I bought a Pro license for), and then I have the added controls of Present Movie, Play All Frames, Play Selection Only, Loop Back and Forth, and so on.

I guess my 2 cents would be that QT is a lot more than just a player, and my experience is that it does an excellent job.
 
Hopefully they finally fix that annoying MP3 audio bug 😡 I am sick and tired of having to fix my AVIs with DivX Doctor 2 all the time to watch them in Quicktime, how difficult can that be??? 😕

Cheers,

Ahmed
 
Re: Re: iPods

Originally posted by Squire
When the first iPod rumors were circulating, somebody (can't remember who) made the following observation:

iMac -> PowerMac
iBook -> PowerBook
iPod -> PowerPod (?)

(Again, my apologies for not knowing the "author" of that post but I don't feel like going through 282 posts to find it.)

Anyway, for that reason, I think the iPod should remain white while the new "PowerPod"- if such a critter exists in Cupertino- could have the silver look to it.

Any takers?

Squire
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Excellent train of thought. I'd love to see it...some magical Tuesday, perhaps? 🙂 My credit card's ready...
 
I used to hate DRM in all forms since I had a really bad experience with a Sony MP3 player some time ago.

I'm OK with some type of DRM as long as it is totally invisible to me. Let me rip, burn, backup, play the music I bought on any device I want without any intervention, and I don't really care if they watermark the music and stop me from uploading it to a P2P network.

The obvious problem is you can't really let me do the former while stopping the later. I hope the folks at Apple have figured out a way, because if this is the beginning of some type of Paladium-like sell-out to the music companies, Apple will lose a lot of customers.
 
Audible.com uses a form of DRM that is very transparent to the user (and secure). Your license allows you to play content on multiple devices & burn to CD. If and when an Apple music service is rolled out, I'd imagine the DRM will be similar to what audible has implemented.
 
lets hope the music files come with full tags. my biggest complaint with p2p music is that you rarely find songs that have any tags let alone full tags.

i dont know how many of you know this but quicktime supports karaoke files. i wonder if they could bundle lyrics with all songs using aac encoding. not so much to sing along but so you gain a little bit of what you lose from not having the actual cd with cover art.
 
Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
i wonder if they could bundle lyrics with all songs using aac encoding. not so much to sing along but so you gain a little bit of what you lose from not having the actual cd with cover art.
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Embedding lyrics and/or jpeg of album cover is a REALLY cool idea! I don't think it would be very hard for them to do this (although it would increase download size).
 
Yes audio files need to be full featured

I agree with Ambitious Lemon on this.

Files should have.

  • Full Tagging
  • Lyrics
  • thumbnail of CD Art

I wouldn't be too worried about the speed if users are on Broadband because for once we'll have HUGE Servers spitting out files quickly unlike the hodge podge of P2P. We haven't seen something like that since Napster. A refreshing change indeed.
 
I would like to see iTunes intergrate with Safari
like view your iTune's playlist in Safari. I play my MP3 files mostly while I am srfing the web.
 
If the files come with lyrics and/or CD booklet material and art, and have user-friendly DRM policies, I'll be quite happy to start paying for online music. Does anyone know how adding lyrics and image content fits with AAC as a file format? Do any audio formats support this sort of thing? I almost think I've heard of one, but I have no idea where...
 
Re: Re: iPods

Originally posted by Squire
When the first iPod rumors were circulating, somebody (can't remember who) made the following observation:

iMac -> PowerMac
iBook -> PowerBook
iPod -> PowerPod (?)

(Again, my apologies for not knowing the "author" of that post but I don't feel like going through 282 posts to find it.)

Anyway, for that reason, I think the iPod should remain white while the new "PowerPod"- if such a critter exists in Cupertino- could have the silver look to it.

Any takers?

Squire
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No that's stupid. There is no need for a "PowerPod". And where does this "system" place the eMac? Will they make an ePod too for the education market? No.
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: bleh

Originally posted by boobers
Sure it will play it, but not with audio! Quicktime really is useless for DivX. I just tried it on 5 divX movies and not a single bit of audio on any of them and one crashed QT6. So there ya have it folks, real world facts...cold hard facts about Quicktime 6.
No divx playback
Pay for Fullscreen? (what planet are you on Steve?)
Pay for Mpeg2
Until Apple fixes these things i can do with out QT in the dock.
If you can tell me otherwise Lemon i'll just assume your not in the know.
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I agree 100% with you, QT can't play divx movies. I only have 3 movies on divx, but there where no sound on any of them (in QT). On my PC they played perfectly.
 
QuickTime and DivX

Originally posted by sparks9
I agree 100% with you, QT can't play divx movies. I only have 3 movies on divx, but there where no sound on any of them (in QT). On my PC they played perfectly.
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until Apple fix this DivX thing, I recommend using the simple and neat solution of MPlayerX. it allows full screen viewing too. Find out about it (and download from VersionTracker.com). Here's the LINK:
http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=16623&db=mac
 
Finally

I have just recieved money from my wonderful grandparents for my birthday today. This amount puts me at the mark to buy a current 10GB iPod.
I want an iPod update ASAP so I can finally buy one. I have been waiting to get one for the longest time and I want it right away. A new iPod OS update must also arise because it was never drastically updated. I also want something besies breakout on there because believe it or not, it gets boring after a while.
Along with a new iPod pricing or HD space sizes, I would also like an iTunes update because I can't remember when the last time it was updated was. AAC audio encoding right from a CD would be nice to go along with a new iPod OS that supports MP4 audio.
I am still waiting.
Please update very soon.
iWant my new iPod oh so badly
 
Originally posted by robotrenegade
How much longer till the new ipod?
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Look into your crystal iPod and tell me what you see......

I think Jobs is waiting for at least two more Tuesday predictions by Macwhispers, Looprumors, Think Secret, and this esteemed site. Then he will have f'ed with the rumor sites enough.
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: bleh

Originally posted by arn
AL, I gotta say... as far as my experience goes. Divx files do not consistently play under Quicktime with Audio with the latest Divx 5 codec.

And those at the official DIVX forum agree:

arn
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Well you must remember that people only post on forums when they are having trouble and are seeking help. If you based MacOS performance by these boards you might think it crashed often, was slow, and was very hard to use, simply because you see so many threads asking for help.

I am not the kind of person to use an app just because it is apple (only apple apps i use are mail and quicktime). but i use quicktime because it works. you drop the codec into the folder and you don't have to think about it anymore.

i try mplayer and vlc when i see updates, and i continually find them lacking. vlc has persistant audio sync problems. and both mplayer and vlc have severe interface limitations that i am not willing to make. this is not to say that i do not find the projects worthwhile and interesting. i continue to check up on them because i am hoping to find something better.

use whatever works for you. i don't think any one app will work for everyone — we all have our own needs and tastes. but simply feel that if someone is going to point out flaws in an app that they should at the very least be accurate. the original poster who started this whole tangent was saying that quicktime is incable of playing divx files. this is wrong no matter how he wants to twist his facts. even if an occasional divx file needs some doctoring the fact is, that quicktime does indeed play the file. i agree with the poster about most of his complaints about quicktime (pay for fullscreen is idiotic), but you make a stronger case when you stick to the facts.
 
Re: Re: Re: iPods

Originally posted by sparks9
No that's stupid. There is no need for a "PowerPod". And where does this "system" place the eMac? Will they make an ePod too for the education market? No.
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The "ePod" could be a fancy scientific calculator that doubled as a voice-recorder for recording lectures.

Just kidding.

Squire
 
Help

Hi can anyone tell me when he first ipod was released? that is the first mac only 5gb one (not to sound patronising). thanks alot
 
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