iTunes store

2009-07-27 Thread F . W . Hänel
Hi Wamuggers, I used to be able to listen to samples of songs for sale in the music store. Now a message comes up: There are no speakers connected to the AirTunes device ... My own playlists are not affected, internal speakers are selected for sound output. What has to be changed ?

Re: iTunes store

2009-07-27 Thread Adrian Skehan
Go to System Preferences Sound Output and check that Internal Speakers (Or other that you have connected and wish to use) selected. Regards, Adrian On 27/07/2009, at 9:07 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote: Hi Wamuggers, I used to be able to listen to samples of songs for sale in the music

Re: iTunes store

2009-07-27 Thread Craig Bruce
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Re: iTunes playback gap?

2009-04-21 Thread Ronda Brown
On 21/04/2009, at 11:19 AM, Paul Weaver wrote: Thanks for the suggestions. What would be nice is an easy way to tell iTunes to insert a delay of choice between tracks rather than a crossfade. I'm one of those people who appreciates a few seconds of silent contemplation and anticipation

Re: iTunes playback gap?

2009-04-21 Thread Paul Weaver
Thanks for the suggestions. :) Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au

iTunes playback gap?

2009-04-20 Thread Paul Weaver
Is there a way to adjust the gap between tracks during ordinary playback on iTunes? I know this can be done when burning a disk. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au

Re: iTunes playback gap?

2009-04-20 Thread Ronda Brown
On 20/04/2009, at 3:03 PM, Paul Weaver wrote: Is there a way to adjust the gap between tracks during ordinary playback on iTunes? I know this can be done when burning a disk. Cheers, Paul. Hi Paul, When playing back tracks in iTunes you can disguise this gap to a degree by switching

Re: iTunes playback gap?

2009-04-20 Thread James Devenish
Hi Paul, Do you want to increase or decrease the gap? Decreasing is easy, and there are several methods. As Ronda mentioned, your first port of call is the crossfade feature. The other two options inlcude the gapless album checkbox and end time options for each track in iTunes. The gap refers

Re: iTunes playback gap?

2009-04-20 Thread Paul Weaver
Thanks for the suggestions. What would be nice is an easy way to tell iTunes to insert a delay of choice between tracks rather than a crossfade. I'm one of those people who appreciates a few seconds of silent contemplation and anticipation between music tracks. Maybe one day someone at Apple

iTunes 8.1 problem

2009-04-06 Thread Andrew Symington
Hi all, Just went to start up iTunes tonight and it hangs from the get go : ( I've repaired permissions, dumped the prefs for it and reinstalled it and it still hangs right from the start. The first time it happened, only a few of the cover art showed, the next time a few more

Re: iTunes 8.1 problem

2009-04-06 Thread Steven Knowles
Weird. iTunes tells me that there is a new version of iTunes available (8.1.1), yet when I click 'Download iTunes', Software Update tells me there is nothing new. The update may fix your problem Andrew - if you get it. Cheers, Steven On 06/04/2009, at 5:36 PM, Andrew Symington wrote: Hi

Re: iTunes 8.1 problem

2009-04-06 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Steven, After Opening iTunes, the iTunes 8.1.1 downloaded and installed fine for me through Software Update. iTunes 8.1.1 adds support for renting HD movies and provides a number of bug fixes, including addressing issues with VoiceOver and syncing with iPhone or iPod touch. Hi

Re: Itunes stops playing after one song

2009-03-15 Thread Ronda Brown
Hello Bill, To check the boxes for all songs : Command + a keys to select your entire library. Then control click or right click and choose Check Selection. Cheers, Ronni On 15/03/2009, at 2:42 PM, William Crabb wrote: Hello WAMUGGERs, Itunes stops playing after one song, the cube next

Re: Itunes stops playing after one song

2009-03-15 Thread William Crabb
On 15/03/2009 3:04 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@wn.com.au wrote: Hello Ronni and Wamuggers, thanks for the reply.When I press Check Selection the spinning ball appears.I have tried several times. Does this mean Itunes 8 is corrupted, and if so how do I delete it and keep my library? Thanks

Itunes stops playing after one song

2009-03-14 Thread William Crabb
Hello WAMUGGERs, Itunes stops playing after one song, the cube next to the song has lost their ticks.I have looked at the Itunes help page but cant see any mentions. I'm sure its easy if you know how. Any advice appreciated, Bill -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http

Re: iTunes Library in a Spreadsheet

2009-03-08 Thread Stuart Breden
' around with Numbers '09 today, and I got thinking perhaps I could do a Spreadsheet of my iTunes Library. (Ok Daniel, I couldn't find anything more constructive to do) ;-) This is what I did: 1. In iTunes click Music Library 2. Edit Select All 3. Edit Copy 4. Open Numbers (or another

using itunes store

2009-03-08 Thread Chris Burton
Hi Muggers I was speaking with a friend yesterday who is just so wrapped with itunes and the store for finding songs and albums, listening to samples of tracks then buying what he wants from the itunes store. And he uses a PC to do this then loads his tracks onto a small ipod and plugs

Re: using itunes store

2009-03-08 Thread rkor...@iinet.net.au
Hi Chris I have been using iTunes since it was released and find it a great system for my needs. Remember it also has movies, video music clips of a lot of bands and also pod casts and some of those are great. I have had no problem with given them my credit cards details but some people do

Re: using itunes store

2009-03-08 Thread Robin Belford
If you don't want to use a credit card, buy yourself one of the iTunes gift vouchers and redeem it at the iTunes Store into your account (that you will have to create). No credit card worries and recharge when you need more music, apps, movies etc. r On 08/03/2009, at 9:16 PM, rkor

Re: using itunes store

2009-03-08 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 8/3/09 9:09 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote: Hi Muggers I was speaking with a friend yesterday who is just so wrapped with itunes and the store for finding songs and albums, listening to samples of tracks then buying what he wants from the itunes store. And he uses a PC to do

Re: using itunes store

2009-03-08 Thread Chris Burton
Hi Dan, Robin and Rodger and fellow muggers thanks very much for your advice in regards to itunes, both voucher and credit card sound very do-able. Do you know what 'authorise computer' in the Store menu means? kind regards chris On 08/03/2009, at 9:46 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: On 8/3/09

Re: using itunes store

2009-03-08 Thread Ronda Brown
not yet been authorized, iTunes asks you to enter the Apple ID and password you used to purchase the song. Authorization helps protect the copyrights on the content you buy. You can use your digital rights management (DRM)-protected music purchases1 from the iTunes Store on up to five different

Re: iTunes Library in a Spreadsheet

2009-03-07 Thread Ronda Brown
. Austin wrote: Thanks for this Ronni.I really like it when you have nothing constructive to do Wendy On 06/03/2009, at 1:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: I was 'fiddling' around with Numbers '09 today, and I got thinking perhaps I could do a Spreadsheet of my iTunes Library. (Ok Daniel, I

Re: iTunes Library in a Spreadsheet

2009-03-07 Thread Reg Whitely
Ronni Does that mean you have taken over from Cloe on WAMUG again? I was beginning to enjoy her posts ;-) Reg On 07/03/2009, at 5:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Get out of here! I thought it was pretty useful actually ;-) I'm out of here now, its time for a glass of Champagne on the balcony,

iTunes Library in a Spreadsheet

2009-03-06 Thread Ronda Brown
Hello WAMUGers, I was 'fiddling' around with Numbers '09 today, and I got thinking perhaps I could do a Spreadsheet of my iTunes Library. (Ok Daniel, I couldn't find anything more constructive to do) ;-) This is what I did: 1. In iTunes click Music Library 2. Edit Select All 3. Edit

Re: iTunes Library in a Spreadsheet

2009-03-06 Thread Ronda Brown
Hello Mark, Have you done this in Numbers '09? It does not hold the same format as in the Library in iTunes when exported this way dropped into Numbers. The way I gave instructions below, holds all format exactly as it is in iTunes Library. Cheers, Ronni On 06/03/2009, at 6:20 PM, Mark

Re: iTunes Library in a Spreadsheet

2009-03-06 Thread Wendy S. Austin
Thanks for this Ronni.I really like it when you have nothing constructive to do Wendy On 06/03/2009, at 1:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: I was 'fiddling' around with Numbers '09 today, and I got thinking perhaps I could do a Spreadsheet of my iTunes Library. (Ok Daniel, I couldn't

iTunes capacity?

2009-03-05 Thread Paul Weaver
I'm wondering if there is a limit to how much music can be stashed in iTunes, and how to I get a number for the total of Albums accumulated so far? I've created a playlist for each one. I think someone asked similar question a few years ago, but I couldn't locate it. Cheers, Paul. http

Re: iTunes capacity?

2009-03-05 Thread Eugene
Hi Paul, I don't know if there is a limit. To be honest I think it is only limited by your hard drive. To find the number of Albums you can go to the iTunes folder and each album occupies its own folder, the number of folders is displayed on the boottom of the main folder. To find

Re: iTunes capacity?

2009-03-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Paul, Eugene is correct, iTunes is limited by two things: the size of the Hard drive that holds your library and your processing power. There used to be a 32,000 limit, but as Apple's article on the matter states, this is no longer in effect as of 4.0. http://support.apple.com/kb

De-Authorize iTunes Computer

2009-01-30 Thread Rod Blitvich
Hi WAMUGers I seem to have now authorized 5 computers with my iTunes. I think at least 2 of them no longer belong to me. Question 1 ­ Can I de-authorise all and then go back and individually authorise the macs I am now using? Question 2 ­ Does an iPod and an iPhone count in that 5 machines I am

itunes transfer

2009-01-26 Thread Peter Fowler
downloaded the latest iTunes to his new laptop but when you try a sync the iPhone to it, it says it will replace all the information on the iPhone with what's on the new laptop, which is empty I understand he may have to de-authorise the old one (iTunes) authorise the new one, but how does he

Apple drops copy protection on iTunes

2009-01-07 Thread Neil Houghton
Just one more thing ;) http://business.smh.com.au/business/apple-drops-copy-protection-on-itunes-2 0090107-7bck.html Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http

Re: itunes and airport for new years eve

2008-12-31 Thread Ronda Brown
access for specific services and applications. Cheers, Ronni On 31/12/2008, at 3:16 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi wamuggers Silly me has prepared some itunes playlists with the view to use my airport express base-station to connect with my stereo. However there is no sound. I have done

itunes and airport for new years eve

2008-12-30 Thread Chris Burton
Hi wamuggers Silly me has prepared some itunes playlists with the view to use my airport express base-station to connect with my stereo. However there is no sound. I have done this previously with my older powerbook and not my newer macbook pro. I can pick the airport network up on my

Re: itunes and airport for new years eve

2008-12-30 Thread David
Silly me has prepared some itunes playlists with the view to use my airport express base-station to connect with my stereo. However there is no sound. I have done this previously with my older powerbook and not my newer macbook pro. I can pick the airport network up on my top menubar. I recall

Re: itunes and airport for new years eve

2008-12-30 Thread Ronda Brown
has prepared some itunes playlists with the view to use my airport express base-station to connect with my stereo. However there is no sound. I have done this previously with my older powerbook and not my newer macbook pro. I can pick the airport network up on my top menubar. I recall

Re: itunes and airport for new years eve

2008-12-30 Thread Chris Burton
is configured to block UDP traffic or is not configured to Set access for specific services and applications. Cheers, Ronni On 31/12/2008, at 3:16 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi wamuggers Silly me has prepared some itunes playlists with the view to use my airport express base-station to connect with my

Re: Importing movie files into itunes

2008-12-23 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Andrew, Once you install the plugin, http://perian.org/ 1. Open the avi file in Quicktime Pro. 2. Click File Export 3. Select “Movie to iPod” from the export pull down Menu. 4. Click Save. save it to your Desktop. Then double click the converted .m4v and iTunes will open and import

Re: Importing movie files into itunes

2008-12-23 Thread Andrew
Thanks, Ronni. I'll give that a try. I was previously saving them to desktop as a Quicktime movie, importing to iTunes then creating iPod version. Andrew On 23/12/2008, at 5:16 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@wn.com.au wrote: Hi Andrew, Once you install the plugin, http://perian.org/ 1. Open

Printing iTunes playlists?

2008-12-23 Thread Paul Weaver
I'm wondering if there is a way to print iTunes playlists? Cheers, Paul. http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml

Re: Printing iTunes playlists?

2008-12-23 Thread Paul K
Hi Paul Do you mean aside from selecting print from the File menu? You can also copy and paste a playlist into Word etc, not pretty but comprehensive. Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: Printing iTunes playlists?

2008-12-23 Thread wyvern
Weaver wrote: I'm wondering if there is a way to print iTunes playlists? Cheers, Paul. http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist

Re: Printing iTunes playlists?

2008-12-23 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Paul, Select your library or a playlist and choose File Print , choose your options. Cheers, Ronni On 23/12/2008, at 7:17 PM, Paul Weaver wrote: I'm wondering if there is a way to print iTunes playlists? Cheers, Paul. http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- The WA

Re: Printing iTunes playlists?

2008-12-23 Thread Paul Weaver
What I want to do is print my list of playlists which are in the main column on the left side of the main window. I've created a playlist for each CD, so in effect I wish to print a list of my CDs. Cheers, Paul :) http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- The WA Macintosh User Group

Re: Printing iTunes playlists?

2008-12-23 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Paul, In your Library - Music Use File Print Under Print you can choose Song Listing or Album Listing. If you choose Album Listing, you can then use the pulldown to either print just the album names, or albums with their songs. Cheers, Ronni On 24/12/2008, at 5:56 AM, Paul Weaver wrote:

Importing movie files into itunes

2008-12-22 Thread Denise Williams
Hi all, I recently downloaded some movie files from Vuze (a new Azureus), but they won't drag into my itunes. I can play them easily with Quicktime, but want to play them with itunes so they can be put on an ipod. They are in the .avi format, maybe this is the reason why they won't import

Re: Importing movie files into itunes

2008-12-22 Thread Dark1
into my itunes. I can play them easily with Quicktime, but want to play them with itunes so they can be put on an ipod. They are in the .avi format, maybe this is the reason why they won't import into itunes?! Do I have to convert the file type to something else? TIA Denise Williams

Re: Importing movie files into itunes

2008-12-22 Thread James Green
when you convert a compressed file (avi) into another compressed file (mp4). Ruben Hi all, I recently downloaded some movie files from Vuze (a new Azureus), but they won't drag into my itunes. I can play them easily with Quicktime, but want to play them with itunes so they can be put

Re: Importing movie files into itunes

2008-12-22 Thread Mark Heeler
... -Original Message- From: James Green pal...@tpg.com.au Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:24:26 To: WAMUG Mailing Listwamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Importing movie files into itunes I also like iSquint for this: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19769/isquint . Very simple to use, and never had

Re: Importing movie files into itunes

2008-12-22 Thread Travis Hansen
I've had some success with DivX Doctor II. If the avi creator has created it a certain way (as are about 80-90% of them in my experience) DivX Doctor converts it to a .mov file with zero loss a quality and only takes about 5min for a 700mb file. iTunes plays these no probs, but don't know about

Re: Importing movie files into itunes

2008-12-22 Thread Ronda Brown
On 23/12/2008, at 11:05 AM, Denise Williams wrote: Hi all, I recently downloaded some movie files from Vuze (a new Azureus), but they won't drag into my itunes. I can play them easily with Quicktime, but want to play them with itunes so they can be put on an ipod. They are in the .avi

Re: Importing movie files into itunes

2008-12-22 Thread Andrew
Does that method make them appear in iTunes movie section and are they converted or does that still have to be done by iTunes? Andrew On 23/12/2008, at 2:47 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@wn.com.au wrote: On 23/12/2008, at 11:05 AM, Denise Williams wrote: Hi all, I recently downloaded some movie

Can't see Apple TV in iTunes ?

2008-11-14 Thread Steven Knowles
I'm running latest MacOS, and Apple TV has latest software installed. Anyone have any clue as to why I can't see Apple TV under Devices within iTunes ? I can see Apple TV from iTunes as a speaker option for streaming iTunes music, so presumably that tells me the Apple TV is within range

Re: Can't see Apple TV in iTunes ?

2008-11-14 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Steven, First I would try: Go into iTunes-Preferences and de-select 'Look for Apple TVs' Quit iTunes Restart iTunes Go into iTunes-Preference and select 'Look for Apple TVs' If that doesn't work, have a look at this support document. http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1453?locale=en_AU Cheers

Re: Can't see Apple TV in iTunes ?

2008-11-14 Thread Steven Knowles
Thanks Ronni. Problem solved! Regards, Steven On 15/11/2008, at 6:52 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, First I would try: Go into iTunes-Preferences and de-select 'Look for Apple TVs' Quit iTunes Restart iTunes Go into iTunes-Preference and select 'Look for Apple TVs' If that doesn't work

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

2008-11-10 Thread Ronda Brown
On 10/11/2008, at 6:27 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni, Do you have a link for where you saw this solution? Not too sure Neil as I spent a lot of time looking at lots of websites to try and find out a solution, so I don't have it off the top of my head. I'd need to go back through the

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

2008-11-10 Thread Kyle Kreusch
Hi Neil The Previous iTunes Libraries Folder can be found Macintosh HD -- Users -- Music -- iTunes -- Previous iTunes Libraries OR Where ever your iTunes Library is Located Kyle -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

2008-11-10 Thread Neil Houghton
OK, Thanks for that, Kyle. As I thought, I have no Previous iTunes Libraries in my user folder - which makes sense as I have only just started creating my first library on a clean installation. My iTunes library is in the usual spot - it is just the iTunes Music folder which is on a separate

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

2008-11-10 Thread Neil Houghton
No worries. Thanks again for all the help. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/11/08 7:28 PM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/11/2008, at 6:27 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni, Do you have a

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

2008-11-09 Thread James / Hans Kunz
data track is holding the audio James On 10/11/2008, at 9:17, Alex Dawson wrote: Hi Neil, I've had issues like this with hybrid audio/data CDs. If it isn't, I'd start suspecting something amiss with the optical drive.. On 08/11/2008, at 3:14 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi all, (Itunes 8

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

2008-11-09 Thread Neil Houghton
, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/11/08 12:47 PM, Neil Houghton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ronni, Sorry for the previous premature reply - put it down to a senior moment ;) - Yes, I'm using iTunes 8.0.1. - I hadn't thought of the preferences

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

2008-11-09 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Neil, OK, one last try to correct this problem of Importing CD's unmounting in iTunes 8.0.1. ;o) From what I can find out searching the Internet, It seems that cleaning of the Previous iTunes Libraries is the solution. Download install Onyx v.1.9.9 for Leopard OSX 10.5. or later

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

2008-11-09 Thread Alex Dawson
Hi Neil, I've had issues like this with hybrid audio/data CDs. If it isn't, I'd start suspecting something amiss with the optical drive.. On 08/11/2008, at 3:14 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi all, (Itunes 8, Leopard 10.5.5, 24 2.4 GHz iMac, 4GB RAM) Anybody else getting this problem

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

2008-11-09 Thread Neil Houghton
suspecting something amiss with the optical drive.. On 08/11/2008, at 3:14 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi all, (Itunes 8, Leopard 10.5.5, 24 2.4 GHz iMac, 4GB RAM) Anybody else getting this problem: - insert CD - queries Gracenotes CDDB correctly gets track info - asks me if I want

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

2008-11-09 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Ronni, Sorry for the previous premature reply - put it down to a senior moment ;) - Yes, I'm using iTunes 8.0.1. - I hadn't thought of the preferences because it wasn't a problem that occurred and then stayed - sometimes lots of discs seem to unmount, then sometimes it imports first time

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

2008-11-08 Thread Neil Houghton
Yes on 8/11/08 4:20 PM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Neil, Are you using iTunes 8.0.1? Try - Quit iTunes. Then move com.apple.iTunes.plist and com.apple.iTunesHelper.plist from your Home Library/Preferences folder onto the desktop. Restart iTunes see if you can

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

2008-11-08 Thread Wendy S. Austin
I am glad you mentioned this Neil because I had this exact problem yesterday and thought it must have been a problem with my drive. I had ten music cds to import, the first four worked fine and after that I had the same problem you did. I am on iTunes 8.0.1. Wendy On 08 Nov 2008

iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

2008-11-07 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi all, (Itunes 8, Leopard 10.5.5, 24 2.4 GHz iMac, 4GB RAM) Anybody else getting this problem: - insert CD - queries Gracenotes CDDB correctly gets track info - asks me if I want to import CD to iTunes (as per my prefs) - I hit yes button OK to this point, consistent and as it should

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

2008-11-07 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Neil, Are you using iTunes 8.0.1? Try - Quit iTunes. Then move com.apple.iTunes.plist and com.apple.iTunesHelper.plist from your Home Library/Preferences folder onto the desktop. Restart iTunes see if you can import a CD without any problems. You will probably get the iTunes

Re: Best format for importing music to iTunes?

2008-11-02 Thread Neil Houghton
on 1/11/08 11:02 PM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip An Apple Lossless (ALAC) file not only doesn't contain any audible loss - it doesn't contain any loss at all. It will reproduce exactly, bit for bit, the same audio data as the AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) file. Hence

Re: Best format for importing music to iTunes?

2008-11-02 Thread Ronda Brown
the same waveform as the original from less data) is not an industry standard and may not be here for ever. Apple Lossless (ALAC) only works with iTunes iPods. I feel if I am going to rip my CD's to archive, going with AIFF, probably, will greatly reduce the need for me to ever re-rip them

Re: Best format for importing music to iTunes?

2008-11-02 Thread Neil Houghton
, or something else? Given your previous comparisons of formats/bit rates, I assume you go 192 for the MP3s? Also, when you say: (Of course my iTunes Music Library is included in my weekly backups to another External FW Drive.) are you talking about the AIFF files on your external FW drive

Re: Best format for importing music to iTunes?

2008-11-02 Thread Ronda Brown
to play in my Car. Put one disc in my Car's CD player I have about 9 hours of music for a long trip ;-) Given your previous comparisons of formats/bit rates, I assume you go 192 for the MP3s? Yes, definitely 192 Kbps Also, when you say: (Of course my iTunes Music Library is included in my

Best format for importing music to iTunes?

2008-11-01 Thread Neil Houghton
What are peoples thoughts on the best format to import music into iTunes? Having originally got one of the first 5GB iPods (special 50th birthday pressi!) I was used to using mp3. When I first became aware of other options, I stuck to mp3 as I thought it was best to be consistent and (I think

Re: Best format for importing music to iTunes?

2008-11-01 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Neil, On 01/11/2008, at 8:32 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: What are peoples thoughts on the best format to import music into iTunes? If you mean Highest Quality, AIFF or Apple Lossless (ALAC) An AIFF/WAV file is a high-quality, uncompressed music file typically used by audio professionals

Re: iTunes Authorisation

2008-09-28 Thread Wendy S. Austin
Thanks for this bit of information Les. It would be cheaper to buy the four iTunes songs again that are playing up .. sadly. Wendy On 28 Sep 2008, at 07:16, Les Standish wrote: Wendy, Please be aware that Apple do now charge for their help The last phone in I did cost me over $60

iTunes Authorisation

2008-09-27 Thread Michael Kane Taylor
I have just restored (with Super Duper) to a new machine and am encountering problems in iTunes authorisation. Many of my playlists will function normally but for all iTunes purchased music I get the message This computer is not authorised to play. (title of tune). To play this song you

Re: iTunes Authorisation

2008-09-27 Thread Wendy S. Austin
Michael, I know this won't help, but I have this exact same problem with four iTunes songs, it goes round in circles asking for reauthorisation etc etc. All other iTunes songs play with no problems, it is just with these four. A friend of mine had a similar problem a couple of years

Re: iTunes Authorisation

2008-09-27 Thread Ronda Brown
Hello Wendy Michael, Have you tried fully de-authorising the iTunes application and then reauthorising it, so the program goes through a full cycle of changing the authorisation settings. Then Quit iTunes and restart iTunes. If you've hit the five-authorisation limit so that when you try

Re: iTunes Authorisation

2008-09-27 Thread Michael Kane Taylor
for advice Michael On 28/09/2008, at 7:36 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Wendy Michael, Have you tried fully de-authorising the iTunes application and then reauthorising it, so the program goes through a full cycle of changing the authorisation settings. Then Quit iTunes and restart iTunes

Re: iTunes Authorisation

2008-09-27 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Michael, I imagine that you did not de-authorise your old Mac that iTunes was authorised on before bringing everything onto your new Mac. You have to de-authorise the old machine before you can authorise the new machine. If your work around is working ok ... that's good. Ronni On 28

Re: iTunes Authorisation

2008-09-27 Thread Michael Kane Taylor
did not de-authorise your old Mac that iTunes was authorised on before bringing everything onto your new Mac. You have to de-authorise the old machine before you can authorise the new machine. If your work around is working ok ... that's good. Ronni On 28/09/2008, at 9:06 AM, Michael Kane

Re: iTunes Authorisation

2008-09-27 Thread Les Standish
Wendy, Please be aware that Apple do now charge for their help The last phone in I did cost me over $60. Les On 28/09/2008, at 1:34 AM, Wendy S. Austin wrote: Michael, I know this won't help, but I have this exact same problem with four iTunes songs, it goes round in circles asking

Re: Locking an iTunes playlist

2008-09-17 Thread Ronda Brown
On 17/09/2008, at 10:55 AM, Paul Weaver wrote: I'm wondering if there is a way to lock an iTunes playlist or toggle on a delete warning. I've accidentally deleted a couple entirely when I've been changing the contents. Arghhh! Talk about sudden death. Hi Paul, You should get a warning

Re: Locking an iTunes playlist

2008-09-17 Thread Paul Weaver
Thanks Ronda. Spot on. Another 'victory' for humans. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Locking an iTunes playlist

2008-09-16 Thread Paul Weaver
I'm wondering if there is a way to lock an iTunes playlist or toggle on a delete warning. I've accidentally deleted a couple entirely when I've been changing the contents. Arghhh! Talk about sudden death. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http

iTunes 8 available

2008-09-10 Thread Steven Knowles
Check software update -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: iTunes 8 available

2008-09-10 Thread Steven Knowles
Oops...and I thought I'd scooped...I see it's old news :-( On 11/09/2008, at 12:04 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Check software update -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: Movies on iTunes

2008-08-15 Thread Rod Blitvich
List Subject: Re: Movies on iTunes Can it be watched on TV without an Apple TV ? Yes but it would require a video capable iPod Or you can use DVI to S-video adapter plug. I use one for my eyeTV (of course it helps if your computer is in the same room as a TV). Ruben -- The WA

Re: Movies on iTunes

2008-08-14 Thread Jude
I dunno abou the 48 hours thing - maybe that's older movies? I just finished watching the one I rented and it says there are 21 hours left on the meter. I thought it did say 48 hours somewhere too... -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Movies on iTunes

2008-08-14 Thread Rod
Apple lie! :-) http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2666?locale=en_AU Even their own support document for Australia and New Zealand says 48 hours. Might be worth a few of us sending Apple a feedback sheet highlighting that rentals here should be 48 hours. Seeya Rod! On 14/08/2008, at 2:39

Re: Movies on iTunes

2008-08-14 Thread Dark1
Can it be watched on TV without an Apple TV ? Yes but it would require a video capable iPod Or you can use DVI to S-video adapter plug. I use one for my eyeTV (of course it helps if your computer is in the same room as a TV). Ruben -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives

Re: Movies on iTunes

2008-08-14 Thread Roger Kortas
Hi Guys I have an Apple TV and there is no option to rent or buy movies!! but there is in iTunes does anyone have any ideas? regards Roger On 14/08/2008, at 1:07 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: So how does that work Rod ? Does it download to your Mac or do you stream it while watching ? Can

Re: Movies on iTunes

2008-08-14 Thread Rod
Check your updates on the Apple TV. You will need to run the update for the movies to appear. Seeya Rod! On 14/08/2008, at 9:05 PM, Roger Kortas wrote: Hi Guys I have an Apple TV and there is no option to rent or buy movies!! but there is in iTunes does anyone have any ideas

Re: Movies on iTunes

2008-08-14 Thread Alex Dawson
/2008 6:34 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Movies on iTunes Can it be watched on TV without an Apple TV ? Yes but it would require a video capable iPod Or you can use DVI to S-video adapter plug. I use one for my eyeTV (of course it helps if your computer is in the same room as a TV

Re: Movies on iTunes

2008-08-14 Thread Rod Blitvich
Subject: Re: Movies on iTunes Can it be watched on TV without an Apple TV ? Yes but it would require a video capable iPod Or you can use DVI to S-video adapter plug. I use one for my eyeTV (of course it helps if your computer is in the same room as a TV). Ruben -- The WA Macintosh

Re: Movies on iTunes

2008-08-14 Thread James / Hans Kunz
or use the dvi to vga adaptor, most newer plasma/lcd screen have a vga connection, works fine for me during video editing /large screen viewing, you can buy 5m vga male to female cable in most electronic shops like altronics or jaycar James On 14/08/2008, at 18:34, Dark1 wrote:

Re: Movies on iTunes

2008-08-14 Thread Daniel Kerr
. -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List on behalf of Dark1 Sent: Thu 8/14/2008 6:34 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Movies on iTunes Can it be watched on TV without an Apple TV ? Yes but it would require a video capable iPod Or you can use DVI to S-video adapter plug

Movies on iTunes

2008-08-13 Thread Rod
Hi All! FYI there are now Movies on the iTunes store. $5.99 seems to be the going price for new rentals and $3.99 for oldies. The pricing is quite good in comparison with a dvd rental store, especially if you are with iiNet (free downloads from iTS). The quality is okay (I have rented

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