In the search function, could someone mind telling me what the "booklets" feature is. Is this something they might be coming out with for digital music - or does it already exist and I just never noticed? Can I buy digital "booklets" for my CDs I already own? ...or download them?
In the search function, could someone mind telling me what the "booklets" feature is. Is this something they might be coming out with for digital music - or does it already exist and I just never noticed? Can I buy digital "booklets" for my CDs I already own? ...or download them?
NOPE! that is the beauty of the entertainment cartel^H^H^H^H^H^H ponzy scheam^H^H^H^H^H business! look at DVDs the first DVD of a movie sucks...then 2 weeks later the special edition with a fair amount of extras hits then a weeek aftter that, the super-mondo-7,000,000 disc platinum collection comes out for $5 less than the original DVD...it is the labels - not apple that screw people over.
To actually answer the question, booklets can be downloaded from the iTunes Music Store with the purchase of select albums. You can only get them with albums, and the amount of albums that contain the booklets are growing all the time.
To actually answer the question, booklets can be downloaded from the iTunes Music Store with the purchase of select albums. You can only get them with albums, and the amount of albums that contain the booklets are growing all the time.
That doesnt really anwer the question - if I buy an album tonight, or bought it last year, and the booklet (or video for that matter) is added on Monday and the album is the same price, is there a way to get the new content without repurchase? there should be
That doesnt really anwer the question - if I buy an album tonight, or bought it last year, and the booklet (or video for that matter) is added on Monday and the album is the same price, is there a way to get the new content without repurchase? there should be
it's usually on new additions to the Music Store so this is unlikely to happen.
No, it's new to iTunes 5. I am excited. Quicktime 7 has had it, and now it's finally in iTunes. I don't know why they didn't have AAC VBR with AAC's introduction.
No, it's new to iTunes 5. I am excited. Quicktime 7 has had it, and now it's finally in iTunes. I don't know why they didn't have AAC VBR with AAC's introduction.
One of my favorite new features is "Remember playback position" under the Options tab of Get Info. Anyone remember if podcasts behaved that way automatically before 5.0? It's already become quite handy for some video files I've started managing with iTunes simply because of that feature since (afaik) QuickTime Player doesn't have that capability. I might even like a global preference for setting it, toggling it off for tracks I don't want it set on. Or maybe the ability to set/unset it (and other options?) based on Smart Playlist criteria, thought I doubt Apple wants to let us be that clever.
Hmm, I wonder if it can be toggled with AppleScript ...
One of my favorite new features is "Remember playback position" under the Options tab of Get Info. Anyone remember if podcasts behaved that way automatically before 5.0?
It varies the bit rate in the encoding so that when music requires more detail, it increases the bit rate, when there is less, it lowers it. Depending on the emphasis placed by the encoder this can give you better sounding encodings in less space.
From reports though, it appears Apple have put the emphasis on increasing quality rather than lowing file sizes as a VBR encoded AAC is slightly larger than a non VBR song. Most other encoders produce smaller files.
The disadvantage is that it requires more time to encode VBR songs and more CPU to decode them. I've not personally ran tests so I've no idea if those would be significant disadvantages.
It varies the bit rate in the encoding so that when music requires more detail, it increases the bit rate, when there is less, it lowers it. Depending on the emphasis placed by the encoder this can give you better sounding encodings in less space.
From reports though, it appears Apple have put the emphasis on increasing quality rather than lowing file sizes as a VBR encoded AAC is slightly larger than a non VBR song. Most other encoders produce smaller files.
The disadvantage is that it requires more time to encode VBR songs and more CPU to decode them. I've not personally ran tests so I've no idea if those would be significant disadvantages.
Since quality is the issue compared to other codeks from MS, Real, and others, if true, Apple did the right thing.
It does take more "oomph" to encode, but decoding can't be much of a problem or an iPod couldn't do it.
Apparently what I was seeing was possibly detritus from the Windows code, which *DOES* require QT7.0.2. The Mac version only requires 6.5.2.
Nevermind. mel, you're right, I haven't a clue why they bumped it to 5. This should have been 4.10 from a feature point of view.
We might both be right. I said that if Apple added the ability to sell video into the program that could be worth a "5", and you said that perhaps "under the hood" changes might do it.
We might both be right. I said that if Apple added the ability to sell video into the program that could be worth a "5", and you said that perhaps "under the hood" changes might do it.
iTunes 5.0 does have an annoying feature though - I don't know what they've done to the search but if you add a song it doesn't turn up in the search for quite a while. iTunes 4.9 was much more responsive.
iTunes 5.0 does have an annoying feature though - I don't know what they've done to the search but if you add a song it doesn't turn up in the search for quite a while. iTunes 4.9 was much more responsive.
The search is broken.
Sometimes it says you're searching all items but it's actually remembered that last search you did and is only searching the album titles or whatever you last clicked. You have to click off 'All' on something else and then back again on All.
Just one of the many crappy badly done changes in iTunes 5.
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Originally posted by iShawn
In the search function, could someone mind telling me what the "booklets" feature is. Is this something they might be coming out with for digital music - or does it already exist and I just never noticed? Can I buy digital "booklets" for my CDs I already own? ...or download them?
NOPE! that is the beauty of the entertainment cartel^H^H^H^H^H^H ponzy scheam^H^H^H^H^H business! look at DVDs the first DVD of a movie sucks...then 2 weeks later the special edition with a fair amount of extras hits then a weeek aftter that, the super-mondo-7,000,000 disc platinum collection comes out for $5 less than the original DVD...it is the labels - not apple that screw people over.
Originally posted by a_greer
...it is the labels - not apple that screw people over.
Excessive consumerism is arguable (but not here) the core issue.
Originally posted by CosmoNut
To actually answer the question, booklets can be downloaded from the iTunes Music Store with the purchase of select albums. You can only get them with albums, and the amount of albums that contain the booklets are growing all the time.
That doesnt really anwer the question - if I buy an album tonight, or bought it last year, and the booklet (or video for that matter) is added on Monday and the album is the same price, is there a way to get the new content without repurchase? there should be
Originally posted by a_greer
That doesnt really anwer the question - if I buy an album tonight, or bought it last year, and the booklet (or video for that matter) is added on Monday and the album is the same price, is there a way to get the new content without repurchase? there should be
it's usually on new additions to the Music Store so this is unlikely to happen.
Originally posted by SS3 GokouX
No, it's new to iTunes 5. I am excited. Quicktime 7 has had it, and now it's finally in iTunes. I don't know why they didn't have AAC VBR with AAC's introduction.
yeah it's a very cool addition - about time
Originally posted by jasenj1
As you wish.
See how tight the top margin is? That's just wrong, IMHO. And the window controls are dinky.
And the titlebarless paradigm falls apart the second you enter a dialog box - like preferences - those are standard Windows UI components.
- Jasen.
That's just sick. The Windows version has round corners, the Apple version square corners!
Hmm, I wonder if it can be toggled with AppleScript ...
Originally posted by sjk
One of my favorite new features is "Remember playback position" under the Options tab of Get Info. Anyone remember if podcasts behaved that way automatically before 5.0?
Yes, yes they did.
Originally posted by iShawn
What is the benefit of a VBR?
It varies the bit rate in the encoding so that when music requires more detail, it increases the bit rate, when there is less, it lowers it. Depending on the emphasis placed by the encoder this can give you better sounding encodings in less space.
From reports though, it appears Apple have put the emphasis on increasing quality rather than lowing file sizes as a VBR encoded AAC is slightly larger than a non VBR song. Most other encoders produce smaller files.
The disadvantage is that it requires more time to encode VBR songs and more CPU to decode them. I've not personally ran tests so I've no idea if those would be significant disadvantages.
Originally posted by aegisdesign
It varies the bit rate in the encoding so that when music requires more detail, it increases the bit rate, when there is less, it lowers it. Depending on the emphasis placed by the encoder this can give you better sounding encodings in less space.
From reports though, it appears Apple have put the emphasis on increasing quality rather than lowing file sizes as a VBR encoded AAC is slightly larger than a non VBR song. Most other encoders produce smaller files.
The disadvantage is that it requires more time to encode VBR songs and more CPU to decode them. I've not personally ran tests so I've no idea if those would be significant disadvantages.
Since quality is the issue compared to other codeks from MS, Real, and others, if true, Apple did the right thing.
It does take more "oomph" to encode, but decoding can't be much of a problem or an iPod couldn't do it.
Originally posted by Kickaha
Does it? *checks on Apple*
BWAHAHAHAHA
Apparently what I was seeing was possibly detritus from the Windows code, which *DOES* require QT7.0.2. The Mac version only requires 6.5.2.
Nevermind. mel, you're right, I haven't a clue why they bumped it to 5. This should have been 4.10 from a feature point of view.
We might both be right. I said that if Apple added the ability to sell video into the program that could be worth a "5", and you said that perhaps "under the hood" changes might do it.
Welll...
Check this out at Ars. If it's right...
http://arstechnica.com/journals/appl...2005/9/12/1202
Originally posted by melgross
We might both be right. I said that if Apple added the ability to sell video into the program that could be worth a "5", and you said that perhaps "under the hood" changes might do it.
Welll...
Check this out at Ars. If it's right...
http://arstechnica.com/journals/appl...2005/9/12/1202
Sounds like a cheesy ending to a 80s sitcom to me...
Originally posted by danielctull
Sounds like a cheesy ending to a 80s sitcom to me...
Naw, more like a cheesy 80's movie. Are you going to be the kid that starts clapping methodically and slowly to cue the final music?
Originally posted by MacCrazy
iTunes 5.0 does have an annoying feature though - I don't know what they've done to the search but if you add a song it doesn't turn up in the search for quite a while. iTunes 4.9 was much more responsive.
The search is broken.
Sometimes it says you're searching all items but it's actually remembered that last search you did and is only searching the album titles or whatever you last clicked. You have to click off 'All' on something else and then back again on All.
Just one of the many crappy badly done changes in iTunes 5.