Apple gave a little bit on this...but still has a long way to go.
...at least they did something.

 

^^

they were set against it to prevent the transfer of illegally downloaded music. but with the DRM kit that's out right now for iTunes7 it doesn't matter either.

http://blog.wired.com/music/index.blog?entry_id=1556053

 

i will purchase the new 80gb and sell my current 60gb video on ebay.

 

i'm thinking about that too. but idk if i want to because i don't use all of the memory in my 60gig. maybe i'll just wait a while before i start to do that. i need an external hard drive for all of my music and videos now.


and the new version 7 of itunes is sweet. alot better then 6. just downloaded it now.

 

Do the click wheels in England work in reverse, like how cars have the steering wheel on the other side?

 

Just buy all of your electronics from costco and return it whenever you want

 

My friend is doing that he is getting the 80gb asap, problem is Im going to have to be the one loading up 80gb of shit he wont listen too

 

I've been having issues with itunes 7
It won't recognize my nano 90% I hook it up and then when it does, it won't update the firmware.
I've been without my ipod the past two days and I'm being reminded how much commercial radio sucks.

 

Apple has to keep up with the competition...

You can get a 8GB Sansa e280 (Sandisk) player with metal case, FM tuner, video playback, more space, plus a battery you can replace for a lot less $$... Regardless of how many people have swallowed the apple kool-aid, they will lose market share if they don't start making competitive products.

 

if the ipod came with a built in fm tuner that would suite

 

Yeah, that's why I'm waiting until 7.1 or 7.0.1 or whatever it is. Hopefully all or most of the bugs will be worked out by then. After all the trouble I had updating to 6.0, I'm not taking any chances.

I've been eyeing a new iPod, too. I currently have a 20 gig 4th gen clickwheel.

 

itunes 7 is slooooooow but cool

 

i had to go back to 6 because 7 refused to recognize my ipod after several hours of troubleshooting yesterday and today. i've been browsing the apple forums and lots of people are having the same problem. lots of people are having lots of problems actually. it's too bad... i really needed the multiple libraries feature.

 

Hopefully most of the issues will be fixed in the next release. I'm waiting for that before I upgrade. It's really too bad that they don't have better support.

 

I have a question that maybe some of you pros can help me out with...
Ive been modding my phone and whatnot and I need my song files to be less than 192kb or whatever for the bit-rate... Is there a way to convert all my music to those specs? Ive alredy changed my importing pref's to 192... any pointers?

Thanks in advance!

 

I don't know if it's still around but you could use bladeenc to do a batch processing of all your mp3 down to 192kb.

Back in the day when mp3s were first starting to hit the market, I used to convert my cd's to wav using creatives audio ripping program. And then I used bladeenc to convert those to mp3 automatically. it was very simple to do.

 

Is anyone else getting crazy crackling playback from ITunes 7? Mine starts to wig out, then upon shutdown and restart, its fine. Makes it hard importing CD's and knowing whats scratched and whats not... :-(

 

Yes I am having this as well. I am using nforce2 which commonly has problems depending on which audio output the program uses. I wish there was some way to choose between directsound1/2/waveout/ and kernel streaming and such but no dice . Also, because it changed its default audio output it only comes out of the front 2 channels instead of putting those channels onto their respective rear channels.

 

anyone got a link to "official" upgrade instruction ?
current : 6.0.1.3

 

...so, I don't know how this happened... but after I upgraded to iTunes7... it transfered some porn over

 

So does anyone that went to Itunes 7 think that it's worth it?

 

I think it was worth it. The only things I use iTunes for though are (a) conversion from lossless to m4a and (b) adding album art. I use anapod to actually work with my iPod.

 

I played with a 8 GB Nano at the mall.....Pretty suite...It will be mine.

 

Mine came in this morning. Pretty sweet. I like the new finish alot better (more like anodized and more duable). I look forward to seeing what else is new.

 

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...amily=iPodnano

Yeah, the 8 gig flash drive Nano for $249.00 is the one Ive been waiting for. Sign me up

 

i'm just curious, why pay $249 for an 8GB when you can get a 30GB with video is the physical size of the iPod that buyers are after? just a thought

 

for me, it is about the size... and since there are no moving parts... it's safe to say that the battery life would be A LOT longer (on a single charge)... the new Nano is claiming 24 hours!

 

When I went skiing last year, at the top of the mountain it was pretty cold and everyone commented on the chairlifts about how their ipods or mp3 players weren't working but mine was. I had a shuffle I got for free and I never had a problem with it. I feel the other solid state ones (nano, mini) would have done fine as well. That one experience makes me strongly consider getting a solid state over my current, failing rio karma (failing due to hd issues). So I guess for me it is the durability, but at the same time the appeal of 30 gigs is making this a hard decision.

 

Size and solid state.

 

See, this is why I need to buy one here in the US.....
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...%2Bplayers.htm

169 pounds = about $330

 

Question: When I "tag" my videos (tv shows that I recorded---not purchased from iTunes) as TV shows, in iTunes they automatically move from the "movies" section to the "tv show" section.....................BUT.............on my iPod they completely disappear! They don't show up in movies or TV shows. Anyone know a way around this?

 

My wife just came back from a business trip and brough me home an 8GB nano....Loading it up now....

 

itunes 7 is pretty slow. I would stick with 6 until they come out with another release which is hopefully faster.

 

I really hated the original Itunes....hopefully this one is better. I would rather use something else, idk what though.

 

Im downloading 7 now because of this thread. I hope its worth it or I will be forced to bitch about it here later.

 

...btw I solved this problem.

 

I updated to 7 and now my ipod is "updating" and re downloading 1,300 songs from my itunes. Stupid updates.