Re: iTunes 7

On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:34:40 -0700, Snit <SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

"Donald L McDaniel" <orthocross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
oi2jg2d8b3cbhd4389vj1pl1a3eumjn81u@xxxxxxx on 9/14/06 10:10 AM:

Can't play them using Microsoft Digital Rights management, of course.
And Apple won't release "PlayFair, now, Apple" for Windows.

You can play Apple media on Windows.

Zat so? Then why won't Windows Media Player import iTunes protected
files?

Why change the topic to *that*? You *can* play Apple media on Windows...
with a free player even.

You seemed to have changed the subject yourself. You know as well as
I that I was referring to my iTunes purchases, not the various types
of Apple media which is not protected by "PlayFair, now, Apple" Media
Rights.

But at the time, I was aware that something was wrong with iTunes 7.
Which is what I WAS complaining about.

Anyway, it's moot, now.


Hell, man, why won't WMP import ANY Apple meda? Could it be that Microsoft
doesn't want to pay the license fees for "Play fair, now Apple"? (or the other
way around, for that matter. I can't play my Windows media files (protected
or otherwise) because Apple refuses to allow Microsoft Digital Rights in OS
X.)

Your double standard is funny.

How can my standard be "double", when I plainly wrote about the
inability of BOTH systems to play protected content from the other.

Or did you fail to notice my side bar?.

Apple has protection. They provide a player, for free, for Windows users.

MS has protection. They do not provide a player, at any price, for Mac
users.

And they never will, as long as Apple refuses to allow Microsoft DRM
in OS X.

But, actually, Microsoft DOES provide a player (albeit a vastly
inferior one) for free to Mac users (Microsoft Media Player). Sadly,
they never added the library features which WMP has. In addition,
they won't be continuing work on the last version for Mac. I guess
Microsoft just threw in the towel when iTunes was released.

Let's face it, iTunes is simply a superior player for Macintoshes.
(Note that I wrote "for Macintoshes".


You vilify Apple.

So I am different than all the others in here how?

The fact is, we all vilify the other's platform from time to time. But
you will have to admit (if you are an honest man) that I DO admit
Apple's good qualities. Something which VERY FEW MacDroids will do
about Microsoft (Hell, man, they refuse to even admit there ARE any
good qualities of Windows).

While I may come down hard on OS X, I love Apple machines, and prefer
them over any Wintel.

Though I do like the Dell keyboards.


Do you see the humor in that?

You know how humourless I tend to be.

I could play my Apple media in iTunes for Windows, if it were WORKING (maybe,
since Apple changed the format of its media when they released iTunes 7).
However, iTunes 7 screws up my sound something fierce, as I've said three
times, now. I could reinstall iTunes 6.0.5, but iTunes has gone and CHANGED
the format of its files on the iTunes store, and they are UNPLAYABLE in
anything but iTunes 7.

Your anger does not change the above facts.

Just a little update, so you won't continue thinking I am biased
against Apple:

1) My ONLY PC is an Apple Intel PC.
2) I have since found a simple fix for iTunes 7 (Windows) which clears
up the distorted sound:

Open QuickTime 7 Preferences and set Sound Out (in the Audio tab) to
16bit, rather than 24bit. Then restart iTunes 7. Your music will now
play without distortion. So I guess the problem was my own ineptness
with the technicalities of audio properties in general. I simply set
audo properties to their highest levels, no matter what program I am
using. Normally, this causes no problems. It did with QT 7.1.3 and
iTunes 7.

3) My ineptness with looking at the changed interface of iTunes 7
caused me to overlook the fact that it IS still possible to view your
library heirarcharically. Simply click on "View" in the Menubar, and
click on "Show Browser". Ouila! the old view is restored.

So I apologize in sack-cloth and ashes.

But I STILL think OS X is a piece of ***.

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