kerri miller answered: > > --- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Does anyone else hear use Itunes extensively? > > I do I do!
Me too! Not only to play music on the PC, but as my interface with my iPod. > First, are you using this on mac or winders? > WindowsXP Pro (not SR2, yet) > > 1. Shuffle. While I think that over a long time span the shuffle is > > essentially random, I've noticed that over a shorter period it seems to > > emphasize certain albums/artists (I'm working with a 4-5 thousand song > > database). > > Me too (4637 to be exact) I /think/ it weights towards highly > rated/listened to tracks, and then further within the genre of such > "popular" tracks; this is actually a really interesting thing to me, given > my job :) Haven't noticed the problem; data base is about 8000 with almost 7000 on my iPod. > > > 2. Clipping songs. Sometimes songs are cut off before they finish > > playing. I'm pretty sure the same songs are effected time and again - in > > other words it's not a random problem, but I have no idea why these > > particular songs have problems. I am careful when I record my albums to > > refrain from all other activity on the computer so I don't think that > > I've corrupted the files, but I suppose that automatic stuff could be > > interfering. > > I've not noticed that, but you may want to turn on the option for "cross > checking" or somesuch within the burning preferences. > > Is your crossfade setting maybe on, with a wierd attack/retreat value? > Havn't notice this either. I did have a problem with "409" by the Beach Boys; turns out the problem is on the CD too. Go figure! > > 3. Categorizing. The program has a real problem categorizing albums as > > compilations. It almost never categorizes the real compellations > > properly > > but often categorizes regular albums as compilations. Very irritating! > Compilation support is teh suck. FREX, any box set (like, oh, Eric > Clapton, Crossroads... or any techno album!) gets sorted as individual > albums, even when marked as a compilation. Major annoyance. When I sort > by artist, I want it to sort by artist, but keep compilations silo'd > together. I wish I had more control over this, but I'm not as annoyed as you seem to be. > > 4. A friend of mine records his songs in m4A format and has a problem > > with > > the albums and song titles being automatically named in Itunes - he has > > to > > go through and name them one by one, but the folder and file names are > > correct. When I copy some of his stuff, I have the same problem, but I > > never have the problem when I record albums (using mp3) > > I don't use m4A, but you know you can select entire albums and change their > names, yes? > > I wonder if iTunes just doesn't read the equivilent id3 tags on m4a files? Think of switching to m4a for better compression and therefore more music on the iPod, but I may get myself a new 60 gig for Christmas I use my iPod more than I use iTunes to play music on the PC. George A _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
