>I can't believe that an Apple music service would be Mac only. Record companies can't expect to turn the industry around by appealing to 5% of the PC market.
what if they are looking at the apple service as a test and a model of how its done if done right.
so that means that they wont work with current mp3 (hardware) players?
That's why you should have an iPod
Anyway, I think a lot of mp3 players are firmware upgradeable. What's the sense in locking an expensive piece of hardware into a digital format that may be replaced in the near future?
yea i know, that will be part of the pitch, but i have a sony clie that plays mp3s so i cant justify buying an ipod right now. But maybe after the 28 i can
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Anyway, I think a lot of mp3 players are firmware upgradeable. What's the sense in locking an expensive piece of hardware into a digital format that may be replaced in the near future?
So you can go buy a new one that plays the new formats I doubt companies like rio and creative would be nice and make their older players compatible. Although sony might if they are part of this whole thing. but someone can alwase write a new player for palm os
I can't believe that an Apple music service would be Mac only. Record companies can't expect to turn the industry around by appealing to 5% of the PC market.
What better way of increasing market share... a feature that you have to, and would buy a Mac for...
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Friday & Saturday, May 2-3: Come to MBS on Friday, May 2nd and Saturday, May 3rd from noon to 3pm for an enlightening audio event. We'll have great new (and fun!) audio hardware and software to demo. We'll have presentations on getting your favorite music into iTunes and onto your iPod, digitizing your old analog cassettes and vinyl, and even some basics on getting started in Mac OS X. Also, come see the latest announcements from Apple. C'mon in and join the audio party!
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I can't believe that an Apple music service would be Mac only. Record companies can't expect to turn the industry around by appealing to 5% of the PC market. There either has to be a Windows version of iTunes in the works or a PC counter part for the service.
Well, even if a record company can't turn the industry around with 5% of the PC market, but then again if it doesn't work you have risked only 5% of the PC market and if iTunes stays on the Mac, it won't go all Napster on them! Napster might still be in business if somehow it only worked on a Mac.
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Originally posted by InactionMan
As far as a subscription service, it seems unnecessary. iTunes downloading should work the same way prints do in iPhoto. Put in your information once and pay for your downloads that way. I just hope that searching for music works a little faster than getting information from the Help viewer. I also can't see the reason for Apple to ship custom mix cds to consumers, the point of an online music service is to get rid of the cost of manufacturing CDs-the cost of burning CDs and printing album sleeves falls on the consumer.
I doubt Apple would ship hardcopy of anything, but if iTunes and iPods only recognize their owners, then the industry would feel okay about letting downloads happen inexpensively. The number of folks hacking the system would be small compared to possible revenues.
It IS a big question though as to whether iTunes will go to the PC or not in this kind of scenario. As with recent video editing advances, maybe iTunes will begin to fit into the chain of creation (EMagic) and distribution the way that QuickTime does for multimedia creation (FCP) and distribution.
But how would you know song #13 is a good song if it hasn't been released? I really don't see people buying whole CDs this way because it would possibly be cheaper jsut to buy the damn thing from a store. This is for those would want to have this song, then that song and oh, yea, I like that song to.
Imagine when we recorded to tape from the radio. That's what I see happening, inwhich .99¢ a single isn't bad because it's a couple bucks in the store. If you bought all the singles in a store it would be more then $20 for a CD.
You do what makes the most economic sense for you. Every one is different. If it makes sense to you to buy the CD, then do so. If it makes sense to pick songs individually off of a service, then do so. Choice is good.
No, not yet. There's been a lot speculation that the next iPod update will include AAC capabilities and I think that speculation will turn out to be correct.
No, not yet. There's been a lot speculation that the next iPod update will include AAC capabilities and I think that speculation will turn out to be correct.
I hope so. Any new iPod over 20 gigs and I'd rather put the extra memory into "quality" over "quantity."
There will be an announcement that Half-Life 2 will be coming to the Mac.
Its probably just a coincidence that the NDA on Half-Life 2 expires on the 28th, but I'm hoping that its not. Half-Life 2's graphics look incredible and if the story is as good as the first, I'll pay any [reasonable] price for it.
There will be an announcement that Half-Life 2 will be coming to the Mac.
Its probably just a coincidence that the NDA on Half-Life 2 expires on the 28th, but I'm hoping that its not. Half-Life 2's graphics look incredible and if the story is as good as the first, I'll pay any [reasonable] price for it.
EDIT: minor correction
I'd love to see HL 2 on the Mac.... but if that was all it would blow! Spymac is talking about tablets being introduced as the mysterious "communication device." - seems good to me.
SHN Playback and SHN Recording (along with mp3 naturally) if they added this along with firewire recording, I would absolutely go NUTS. No one has offered anythign like this. But of course these are just my dreams. Now, I do hope they add line in recording with uncompressed AIFF, as that would be good enough for me.... Either way, as long as these new iPods have some pretty sweet stuff, count me in. I owned a 5 gig 1st gen model for about 3 months and sold it because I needed the cash, but have missed it ever since. And now that summer is coming around and I can work.....
SHN Playback and SHN Recording (along with mp3 naturally) if they added this along with firewire recording, I would absolutely go NUTS. No one has offered anythign like this. But of course these are just my dreams. Now, I do hope they add line in recording with uncompressed AIFF, as that would be good enough for me.... Either way, as long as these new iPods have some pretty sweet stuff, count me in. I owned a 5 gig 1st gen model for about 3 months and sold it because I needed the cash, but have missed it ever since. And now that summer is coming around and I can work.....
That would be great to have SHN Playback...what is SHN Playback?
That would be great to have SHN Playback...what is SHN Playback?
shns are awesome. I trade/download a ton of live DMB stuff, and all the tapers use shn's becuase it is the excatly same source as recorded. You lose nothing, and they sound great. I use shorten for mac to decompress the shn's to wave's to burn to cd's. The downside is they are huge, but you have a clean audio copy. The tapers hate mp3's, and you will get horse whipped if you trade them.
Jeremiah Rich--if I am not mistaken I think Panic has a audio player that plays shns. Check out etree.org for the downloads of various shn software programs.
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what if they are looking at the apple service as a test and a model of how its done if done right.
Originally posted by Ti Fighter
so that means that they wont work with current mp3 (hardware) players?
That's why you should have an iPod
Anyway, I think a lot of mp3 players are firmware upgradeable. What's the sense in locking an expensive piece of hardware into a digital format that may be replaced in the near future?
Originally posted by frawgz
That's why you should have an iPod
yea i know, that will be part of the pitch, but i have a sony clie that plays mp3s so i cant justify buying an ipod right now. But maybe after the 28 i can
Anyway, I think a lot of mp3 players are firmware upgradeable. What's the sense in locking an expensive piece of hardware into a digital format that may be replaced in the near future?
So you can go buy a new one that plays the new formats
Originally posted by InactionMan
I can't believe that an Apple music service would be Mac only. Record companies can't expect to turn the industry around by appealing to 5% of the PC market.
What better way of increasing market share... a feature that you have to, and would buy a Mac for...
Website:
Friday & Saturday, May 2-3: Come to MBS on Friday, May 2nd and Saturday, May 3rd from noon to 3pm for an enlightening audio event. We'll have great new (and fun!) audio hardware and software to demo. We'll have presentations on getting your favorite music into iTunes and onto your iPod, digitizing your old analog cassettes and vinyl, and even some basics on getting started in Mac OS X. Also, come see the latest announcements from Apple. C'mon in and join the audio party!
Originally posted by MacsRGood4U
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Website:
Friday & Saturday, May 2-3: Come to MBS on Friday, May 2nd and Saturday, May 3rd from noon to 3pm for an enlightening audio event. We'll have great new (and fun!) audio hardware and software to demo. We'll have presentations on getting your favorite music into iTunes and onto your iPod, digitizing your old analog cassettes and vinyl, and even some basics on getting started in Mac OS X. Also, come see the latest announcements from Apple. C'mon in and join the audio party!
hahah, mac business solutions, hahaha, Mac BS. That's funny
Originally posted by InactionMan
I can't believe that an Apple music service would be Mac only. Record companies can't expect to turn the industry around by appealing to 5% of the PC market. There either has to be a Windows version of iTunes in the works or a PC counter part for the service.
Well, even if a record company can't turn the industry around with 5% of the PC market, but then again if it doesn't work you have risked only 5% of the PC market and if iTunes stays on the Mac, it won't go all Napster on them! Napster might still be in business if somehow it only worked on a Mac.
Originally posted by InactionMan
As far as a subscription service, it seems unnecessary. iTunes downloading should work the same way prints do in iPhoto. Put in your information once and pay for your downloads that way. I just hope that searching for music works a little faster than getting information from the Help viewer. I also can't see the reason for Apple to ship custom mix cds to consumers, the point of an online music service is to get rid of the cost of manufacturing CDs-the cost of burning CDs and printing album sleeves falls on the consumer.
I doubt Apple would ship hardcopy of anything, but if iTunes and iPods only recognize their owners, then the industry would feel okay about letting downloads happen inexpensively. The number of folks hacking the system would be small compared to possible revenues.
It IS a big question though as to whether iTunes will go to the PC or not in this kind of scenario. As with recent video editing advances, maybe iTunes will begin to fit into the chain of creation (EMagic) and distribution the way that QuickTime does for multimedia creation (FCP) and distribution.
Originally posted by KidRed
But how would you know song #13 is a good song if it hasn't been released? I really don't see people buying whole CDs this way because it would possibly be cheaper jsut to buy the damn thing from a store. This is for those would want to have this song, then that song and oh, yea, I like that song to.
Imagine when we recorded to tape from the radio. That's what I see happening, inwhich .99¢ a single isn't bad because it's a couple bucks in the store. If you bought all the singles in a store it would be more then $20 for a CD.
You do what makes the most economic sense for you. Every one is different. If it makes sense to you to buy the CD, then do so. If it makes sense to pick songs individually off of a service, then do so. Choice is good.
Originally posted by MacGregor
Can iPods currently play AAC as well as mp3's?
That's a negative
Originally posted by MacGregor
Can iPods currently play AAC as well as mp3's?
No, not yet. There's been a lot speculation that the next iPod update will include AAC capabilities and I think that speculation will turn out to be correct.
Originally posted by torifile
No, not yet. There's been a lot speculation that the next iPod update will include AAC capabilities and I think that speculation will turn out to be correct.
I hope so. Any new iPod over 20 gigs and I'd rather put the extra memory into "quality" over "quantity."
There will be an announcement that Half-Life 2 will be coming to the Mac.
Its probably just a coincidence that the NDA on Half-Life 2 expires on the 28th, but I'm hoping that its not. Half-Life 2's graphics look incredible and if the story is as good as the first, I'll pay any [reasonable] price for it.
EDIT: minor correction
Originally posted by The Inevitable
A pridiction for the 28th:
There will be an announcement that Half-Life 2 will be coming to the Mac.
Its probably just a coincidence that the NDA on Half-Life 2 expires on the 28th, but I'm hoping that its not. Half-Life 2's graphics look incredible and if the story is as good as the first, I'll pay any [reasonable] price for it.
EDIT: minor correction
I'd love to see HL 2 on the Mac.... but if that was all it would blow!
Originally posted by iBrowse
I'm buying an iPod soon anyway, so it might as well be a new iPod. And how long have the 5GB iPods been unavailable on the Apple Store...?
About 3 or 4 months now. O, and I'm buying the new high end iPod, too.
SHN Playback and SHN Recording (along with mp3 naturally) if they added this along with firewire recording, I would absolutely go NUTS. No one has offered anythign like this. But of course these are just my dreams. Now, I do hope they add line in recording with uncompressed AIFF, as that would be good enough for me.... Either way, as long as these new iPods have some pretty sweet stuff, count me in. I owned a 5 gig 1st gen model for about 3 months and sold it because I needed the cash, but have missed it ever since. And now that summer is coming around and I can work.....
Originally posted by Jeremiah Rich
I personally would love to see the following:
SHN Playback and SHN Recording (along with mp3 naturally) if they added this along with firewire recording, I would absolutely go NUTS. No one has offered anythign like this. But of course these are just my dreams. Now, I do hope they add line in recording with uncompressed AIFF, as that would be good enough for me.... Either way, as long as these new iPods have some pretty sweet stuff, count me in. I owned a 5 gig 1st gen model for about 3 months and sold it because I needed the cash, but have missed it ever since. And now that summer is coming around and I can work.....
That would be great to have SHN Playback...what is SHN Playback?
http://thetechnozone.com/audiobuyers...echReport.html
Its some kind of Lossless compression for music files.
Check it out,
Pasmac
Originally posted by MacGregor
That would be great to have SHN Playback...what is SHN Playback?
shns are awesome. I trade/download a ton of live DMB stuff, and all the tapers use shn's becuase it is the excatly same source as recorded. You lose nothing, and they sound great. I use shorten for mac to decompress the shn's to wave's to burn to cd's. The downside is they are huge, but you have a clean audio copy. The tapers hate mp3's, and you will get horse whipped if you trade them.
Jeremiah Rich--if I am not mistaken I think Panic has a audio player that plays shns. Check out etree.org for the downloads of various shn software programs.