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Series: App improvement discussion - App: iTunes
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wrldwzrd89 said:
I believe I read on some website, not sure which one right now, that they said this was a high possibility according to their sources that this will be a feature of iTunes 5.
cluthz said:
The version of iTunes shouldn't make a difference.
Here's what you want to do.
1. Start with an already created library, preferably using the account of whoever has the larger selection.
2. Go to ~/Music/iTunes and select all the files and folders.
3. Create aliases for all files and folders by right-clicking and choosing Make Alias.
4. Drag the originals to a shared location, accessible to all users. You may have to modify the permissions settings to ensure all user accounts will be able to resolve the aliases to the shared locations.
5. Rename the aliases to the original name (remove the ' alias' ending on the file name)
6. Copy alias files to all users accounts.
Converting files to Audble format
I need this! Anybody remember how to do this? Specifically I have AIFF files of programmes I've recorded from the radio which I want to transfer to my wife's iPod, but as they're long, she will want to be able to bookmark them.
Kyle? said:
I need this! Anybody remember how to do this? Specifically I have AIFF files of programmes I've recorded from the radio which I want to transfer to my wife's iPod, but as they're long, she will want to be able to bookmark them.
enclave said:
This may be external to iMovie, as iMovie relies heavily on Quicktime and the parts of Quicktime it may be using may not be savvy to files larger than 2GB. I think the 2GB limit has been at least partially addressed within Quicktime but I may be mistaken.
I don't want to shut this thread but the new one is here: This time it's iPhoto
But feel free to add more to this thread if there are more suggestions.
And as always let Apple know.
But feel free to add more to this thread if there are more suggestions.
And as always let Apple know.
iPod Sharing!
I've got an ibook in my living room, and a PC upstairs. I don't have the space to keep my music library on my ibook, so I keep it on the 'pod, and plug it in when I want to listen to it through itunes. But if I'm upstairs, playing poker on my PC, the ipod library isn't shared! So I'm stuck either buying a cable or a card for my PC to be able to hook it up there (boo!), or bring my ipod and headphones, or another set of speakers (boo again!).
If there's some hack or utility to be able to do this, PLEASE let me know
. Or make it happen for itunes 4.8.
And don't get me started on the hoops you have to jump through to copy music off your ipod. Since I don't keep my music library on my laptop, the last time my ipod music database took a dump on itself, I had to copy the music off and re-import it so the database would rebuild. Go f%^ yourself RIAA, if that isn't legit, I don't know what is.
I've got an ibook in my living room, and a PC upstairs. I don't have the space to keep my music library on my ibook, so I keep it on the 'pod, and plug it in when I want to listen to it through itunes. But if I'm upstairs, playing poker on my PC, the ipod library isn't shared! So I'm stuck either buying a cable or a card for my PC to be able to hook it up there (boo!), or bring my ipod and headphones, or another set of speakers (boo again!).
If there's some hack or utility to be able to do this, PLEASE let me know
. Or make it happen for itunes 4.8.And don't get me started on the hoops you have to jump through to copy music off your ipod. Since I don't keep my music library on my laptop, the last time my ipod music database took a dump on itself, I had to copy the music off and re-import it so the database would rebuild. Go f%^ yourself RIAA, if that isn't legit, I don't know what is.
i would like collapsable playlists. that way i could sorta archive some and not have them viewable all the time.
i'm a geek so more stats would be cool... like listening trend graphs or in the browse window a number by the album and artist that shows total playcounts... things like that
i'm a geek so more stats would be cool... like listening trend graphs or in the browse window a number by the album and artist that shows total playcounts... things like that
That's the same thing I requested (minus the stats), in a different sort of way. Anyway, did you read the earlier post about these things making it into iTunes 5? If that's true, both of our wishes will be granted! I'm a statistics person too - more stats would be nice.howard said:
Mustafa said:
I couldn't find it in my macworld's, but I checked online and found a site that gave instructions for doing this (google bookmark m4a to find such sites). Basically convert the file to aac (.m4a) then change the extension to .m4b (book) and reimport into itunes. I haven't really tried working with it yet, so report back if you get it to work.
I want to be able to set the equalizer to automatically match the genre.
So if I'm listening to an R&B track the equalizer will be R&B.
You don't need many tracks before setting the eq becomes a real (but valuable) chore.
I keep my library under Mac HD/Library/Music/iTunes that way all users have access. However whenever a song is added it has to be manually added in the other users libraries. Any easy workarounds?
It irritates the hell out of me that we have to run other apps (3 in my case but synergy is the daddy) to get Album art.
Amazon are incredibally accomodating frankly with the hits they allow on their servers with no cash gain for them. Somehow I doubt (sadly) that Apple will allow the same sort of access to the data within the iTunes music store but I think they should.
Having just spent the best part of 3 days getting Art for all my tracks an automatic dearch and load within iTunes would a huge addition.
(I need all the art for the impending arrival of an iPod photo)
Many great ideas in the thread but its clear an 'Apple' solution is needed for sharing.
So if I'm listening to an R&B track the equalizer will be R&B.
You don't need many tracks before setting the eq becomes a real (but valuable) chore.
I keep my library under Mac HD/Library/Music/iTunes that way all users have access. However whenever a song is added it has to be manually added in the other users libraries. Any easy workarounds?
It irritates the hell out of me that we have to run other apps (3 in my case but synergy is the daddy) to get Album art.
Amazon are incredibally accomodating frankly with the hits they allow on their servers with no cash gain for them. Somehow I doubt (sadly) that Apple will allow the same sort of access to the data within the iTunes music store but I think they should.
Having just spent the best part of 3 days getting Art for all my tracks an automatic dearch and load within iTunes would a huge addition.
(I need all the art for the impending arrival of an iPod photo)
Many great ideas in the thread but its clear an 'Apple' solution is needed for sharing.
Yet nobody has mentioned tabs, itunes is a damn browser without tabs!
Surfing in the store is so linear these days.
Would be nice to play songs from an album in one go rather than go through clicking them all every 30 seconds, yes there is an applescript but I don't use them.
Surfing in the store is so linear these days.
Would be nice to play songs from an album in one go rather than go through clicking them all every 30 seconds, yes there is an applescript but I don't use them.
To share your songs on a network... you need two computers here, one a server and one the client. The server holds ALL music. The server must always be running, too. So, here goes.
On the server:
1. In the Shared (Macintosh HD->Users->Shared) folder, make a folder named "Network iTunes Library"
2. Tell iTunes that that is your new library folder. Preferences, under the Advanced tab.
3. If you need to, move your music across to the new Library. Make sure that you have placed the original songs in the library, and not aliases. This means that you need to check the "Copy Music into iTunes Library" check under the Advanced tab in Preferences. After all your music is in the Library, go on to the client section.
Once you have the server running with all your music, do this on the client:
1. Open iTunes.
2. Go to Preferences, then Advanced
3. Make sure the "Copy Music into iTunes library" checkbox is checked.
4. Choose a new default location for the iTunes library. When that little window pops up, navigate to your Network. Choose the server, and connect to it. You can mount a network share through an "Open..." dialog box or you can connect to the server in the Finder and then just follow that network share in the Open dialog box. You will need to mount the "Macintosh HD" network share. And that requires a valid password to the server. Assuming you do... open the Shared folder on the server and then select the "Network iTunes Library" folder.
5. You should be good to go!
[EDIT] Read the rest of the the thread to see what some people thing is wrong... how dare they.... It might be worth your time to do so, to save many hours of work for naught.
I have not actually tried doing the above, but I think it would work. You just need to repeat the client instructions for each client. If you have a computer that is always on and not asleep, use that computer as the server. Or, if you have a spare Xserve laying around the house like 5300cs does you can use that...
On the server:
1. In the Shared (Macintosh HD->Users->Shared) folder, make a folder named "Network iTunes Library"
2. Tell iTunes that that is your new library folder. Preferences, under the Advanced tab.
3. If you need to, move your music across to the new Library. Make sure that you have placed the original songs in the library, and not aliases. This means that you need to check the "Copy Music into iTunes Library" check under the Advanced tab in Preferences. After all your music is in the Library, go on to the client section.
Once you have the server running with all your music, do this on the client:
1. Open iTunes.
2. Go to Preferences, then Advanced
3. Make sure the "Copy Music into iTunes library" checkbox is checked.
4. Choose a new default location for the iTunes library. When that little window pops up, navigate to your Network. Choose the server, and connect to it. You can mount a network share through an "Open..." dialog box or you can connect to the server in the Finder and then just follow that network share in the Open dialog box. You will need to mount the "Macintosh HD" network share. And that requires a valid password to the server. Assuming you do... open the Shared folder on the server and then select the "Network iTunes Library" folder.
5. You should be good to go!
[EDIT] Read the rest of the the thread to see what some people thing is wrong... how dare they....
It might be worth your time to do so, to save many hours of work for naught.I have not actually tried doing the above, but I think it would work. You just need to repeat the client instructions for each client. If you have a computer that is always on and not asleep, use that computer as the server. Or, if you have a spare Xserve laying around the house like 5300cs does you can use that...
Winston Smith said:
Select the songs/genres you want to have an eq for, hit apple+i for info and select the eq preset you want. It doesn't get much simpler than that.
How about a one-click way to play songs within a particular genre, say "jazz", without having to use the keyboard? I'm constantly ripping CDs, so it's inconvenient to have to put each genre in its own playlist.
Winston Smith said:
Read the thread. I already posted a detailed description of how to do this.
Mechcozomo, I do not think he was looking for network sharing, just for users on one machine. And you missed the crucial part that is causing his problems. Each user has a library file apart from the library. The library file is an index to the library. The library file must be shared between users as well, otherwise the songs added by one user will be effectively invisible to another user. I outlined the process for sharing the library and the library index earlier in the thread. And I have done it before, so I know it works.