Actually it works just fine. Select a flac file in the finder. Press Space-bar, listen to the file play.
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Why iTunes 9 Sucks...
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Actually it works just fine. Select a flac file in the finder. Press Space-bar, listen to the file play.
are you sure its not the apple losslessActually it works just fine. Select a flac file in the finder. Press Space-bar, listen to the file play.
This can be a problem that isn't limited to Macs. Each thing running off of a USB port uses up resources. The solution is a powered extension - which could include one that is designed for your iPod.
The USB ports on the keyboard aren't powered, so this is no surprise.
^ Agreed.
He's probably running a .flac plugin for QuickTime.
I don't use Apple Lossless. I only use FLAC, so yes I'm sure it was a FLAC file. To the best of my knowledge I have not installed any sort of FLAC plugin for Quicktime. I deal with FLACs a lot, so it's possible that another program installed something, though I doubt it? xACT, Max, and XLD are my go-to programs and I can't imagine any of them would add a quicktime plugin.
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Yeah it's certainly not a memory hog, I noticed also that it loads a lot faster on my MacBook than iTunes 8 did.
Wow, mine is way up on the virtual mem...
165 MB real memory
1.28 GB virtual memory
But I have to say that iTunes 9 has been pretty smooth for me so far...
Well there's your control then. None of those programs utilize installers so any plugin should just be in the application package. Unless someone can tell me where to find out what plugins are installed in Quicktime, I'm skeptical that such a plugin is installed.
And iTunes does not support FLAC, for the record. I was lamenting that fact that it still does not.
I'm guessing at some time you installed FLUKE to get FLACs to play in iTunes. FLUKE installs a QuickTime component somewhere that delivers the playabiity in the finder etc...
I know this because I have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out why my laptop could play FLACs in the finder and my desktop couldn't. I installed FLUKE in the desktop, and voila - FLACs playing in the finder (and in the quickview pane).
Good call with Fluke. I've got it on my machine, but never really gave it an honest effort. I didn't even consider it since I never use it.
check out:
http://blowintopieces.com/fluke/
there are some limitations to this SW, it saves the FLACs as MOVs to play them in iTunes. I much prefer to play them natively in Cog (or even Toast) and stream them to an airport express using Airfoil to play them on the Stereo.
Vox YES!!!! been using that for 6 months to play me flacs, still no itunes support
anyways cant see anything wrong with 9, it looks sexy, love the new bevelled layout and design, it's tidy and still as straight forward as the old one,
no ram issues either, but i think i've got more then i actually need anyways haha
is this some secret then?
i got a ipod nano 2nd gen delivered this morning and my keyboard usbs are the only ones free on my machine, so i plugged it in and got the silly " low power " notice on me desky
mines the aluminium keyboard and nothing else is plugged in the other sockets
Actually, they're not. They're /passive/ ports, not /active/ ports.
If they were active, you'd have an AC adapter for your keyboard.
That's what I'd like, a powered keyboard with an iPod dock and at least 4 powered USB ports.
Why not use the keyboard you have and buy a powered USB hub from someone like Belkin?
That's what I did. Actually I have two powered hubs, one a Belkin with an iPod dock.
But I'd rather clean things up and have USB ports on my keyboard that could actually run things such as iPods and portable drives.
I upgraded right away and have had a few crashes, and a few inconsistencies while searching on the iTunes Store (searches not showing up).
I've had a few spinning balls of death, absolutely DESPISE the white background on Grid View, and wish I had a bit more control while doing Genius Mixes - which by the way, I really like.
Using up 109.3 MB of Real Mem, and 98.4 MB of Virtual Mem.
I wonder if the size of the iTunes library has anything to do with the amount of RAM that iTunes uses...
Other than the few nuisances mentioned above, iTunes 9 is a decent upgrade which seems a bit rushed out the door. Hopefully they'll polish some things with future updates.
I've had a few spinning balls of death, absolutely DESPISE the white background on Grid View, and wish I had a bit more control while doing Genius Mixes - which by the way, I really like.
Using up 109.3 MB of Real Mem, and 98.4 MB of Virtual Mem.
I wonder if the size of the iTunes library has anything to do with the amount of RAM that iTunes uses...
Other than the few nuisances mentioned above, iTunes 9 is a decent upgrade which seems a bit rushed out the door. Hopefully they'll polish some things with future updates.
iTunes is using 134mb for me, iTunes Helper is using 4mb. What does the helper do anyway?
I really do wish iTunes wasn't such a resource hog, however I have noticed it is faster than iTunes 8.
