Hi,
This is analogous to having .txt files open in an application that's
not your primary text application. I have solved this issue with
iTunes by having iTunes not be the default program for any* file type.
You can do this by selecting a document file in the finder of a
particular type, and using get info to set the default application
for all files of this type. I use Quicktime Player, but use whatever
you like.
If you want to import the file into iTunes, use the Open with...
Finder menu or Import from within iTunes.
Best,
Scott
Eric, I'm an iTunes user, but am definitely not in love with the
program for many of the reasons you mention. My big gripe is just
needing to play a file and not wanting that file to be sucked into
the iTunes library where I may never find it again until Party
Shuffle decides I should hear it. I didn't really even understand
that iTunes was doing this until over dinner one night, i started
hearing a voicemail I received over two months back.
Although the solution is far from elegant, I've found that I could
create a smart playlist which gathers up all the voicemails. I then
go and delete everything in the list. OK, ideally I could disable
iTunes from auto importing everything it plays, but the smart
playlist seems to be the best solution for now. VLC is great, but I
can't lower the volume far enough -- I know that seems silly, but as
I'm almost always on the phone and have VO babbling at me, I like to
keep my music turned down very low. In iTunes, I can do this very
well, but VLC seems to mute the music if I go below a certain
threshold.
Maybe this is fixable, VLC has tons of preferences that are way
beyond me, but I haven't figured out how.
Certainly it's frustrating, but I don't think iTunes should be
totally written off yet. I miss the ability to play a specific
folder VS a playlist though, so if I could figure out my VLC volume
problem, I might use it as my primary player. Winamp is the only
Windows app I really really miss since moving to the Mac.
Steve
On Jun 6, 2008, at 3:37 PM, erik burggraaf wrote:
The vm messages are my latest itunes nucence. For some reason they
don't preview in quicklook, which would be wonderful. I usually
only just need to right down a date or time or ocasionally a phone
number, then I want the message to disappear. This saving, opening
in itunes, adding it to my library, listening, deleting, and
removing from library, it's the long way around.
I'm home this weekend, and one of my projects is going to be to sort
out my media. I need to burn a tonne of stuff, and i'm going to
move all my albums onto the macbook so I can take them back to
Toronto with me. I've decided I don't want 1200 albums librafied,
but what really sparked me off was when I accidentally hit the rong
button on the buss the other day and over 600 audiobook tracks got
slammed into my itunes library. Oh my goondness it was rather a
large mess, and only myself to blaim.
Best,
Erik
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On 6-Jun-08, at 8:58 AM, Babcock, Michael Alex wrote:
you know you could do what i do for voicemail messages, that's
save the vm messages, and not open them yet just press space to
listen to them in the quick look. Also you could select all files
in audiobooks, and do command I and tell it to skip tracks. I am
cool with vlc, but one thing i use it for is .avi files and also i
dont know how to set up play lists in it.
On Jun 4, 2008, at 8:48 PM, erik burggraaf wrote:
Well guys, it's byebye itunes for me. I will probably use it as
a pod catcher, since it works quite well in that regard, but it's
VLC for me from now on. I'm sick of it importing my voice mail
messages and audiobooks into my music library, and all the other
rediculous clouning around it does just to listen to music.
Glad that's over... Fwew!
erik burggraaf
Certified Technician
Assistive Computing LTD Support and training
Sales department: 888-828-2445
Support and Training: 888-255-5194
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website coming soon
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--Scott
