iTunes

[lethalAE86typeR]

My iTunes program is kinda messed up, i just opened it now and all the files were gone from the player, but still in the itunes folder in "My Music". I just re added all of them, i didnt update my iTunes to 7.0, but what was the cause of this?

 

[Jondot]

Can't say, really. As long as they stay there now, it's fine. Maybe a glitch with the program. If it was file related, they'd either be deleted or it wouldn't give a "can't locate file blahblahba...." dialog. If it does it again, reinstall. Or better yet, upgrade.

 

[CDailey]

Or stop using iTunes on a pc.

 

[lethalAE86typeR]

If i put on album art on itunes will it affect my ipod? My ipod is a mini, and doesnt have the album art option

 

[CDailey]

If your iPod doesn't support album art then I don't see why it would affect it.

 

[TS]

Or stop using iTunes on a pc.

Heh, for some reason software designed for macs only runs half-assed on a windows machine.

If i put on album art on itunes will it affect my ipod? My ipod is a mini, and doesnt have the album art option

Probably not, maybe a little lag.

 

[GT4_Rule]

Don't upgrade to 7.0.2. CNET said its the worse software update this year. I upgraded, and it screwed up my PC so much that iTunes became unusable. Right now it works fine but I'm always fearing the day it crashes.s

 

[lethalAE86typeR]

Don't upgrade to 7.0.2. CNET said its the worse software update this year. I upgraded, and it screwed up my PC so much that iTunes became unusable. Right now it works fine but I'm always fearing the day it crashes.s

Agreed, and its to late for me, i alread installed, damn it...

 

[Solid Fro]

Sync iTunes and your iPod properly. That should solve the problem.

I updated to 7.0.2 and I had no problems. Just because CNET says: "it's the worst software update this year" doesn't mean ****. Not having updated to at least 7.0 is insane.

 

[Jondot]

If i put on album art on itunes will it affect my ipod? My ipod is a mini, and doesnt have the album art option

Not at all. There's no reason for it to attempt to add them, and even if it does the mini won't do anything - it's not been programmed to recognise or open them. Never had any problems with the latest iTunes with artwork not working with my gen 2 mini.

 

[Midnight Runner]

Use anapod explorer instead of itunes.

 

[mvandepas]

Question- does Apple (or any other third party) collect information about files on your computer when using iTunes Store? I have some downloaded (free) songs and anticipate on replacing them with purchased copies (especially the downloads which sound like sht because some idiot just recorded it off the radio).

Before I start using iTunes store I want to be sure that no information about existing files will be obtained.

💡

 

[GT4_Rule]

I don't think so. Why would they?

 

[Seanman]

Nope, the only information about your songs that iTunes sends back to Apple is the names of the albums with missing album art when it is set to retrieve album art automatically.

 

[lethalAE86typeR]

Problem is already solved go ahead and close it Mods!

 

[dougiemeats]

Closing it isn't necessary.

This thread saved mvandepas the time and effort of creating a new thread to ask a simple question.

 

[Bram Turismo]

Tip 1: Stop using iTunes!

I recently bought a 30Gb iPod video and iTunes is the worst thing I've ever used!

 

[Robin]

does anyone know if there is an easy way to use the new coverflow view with a plugged in ipod?

 

[GilesGuthrie]

I haven't upgraded iTunes to 7.0.2 because it and my Roku Soundbridge won't work together. Fortunately I had an e-mail from Roku telling me this before upgrading.

In response to the OP, the problem was caused by the iTunes XML files - which are stored in your user profile - becoming corrupt. It would have been fixable by resetting the location of your music library within the advanced options.

 

[Bram Turismo]

does anyone know if there is an easy way to use the new coverflow view with a plugged in ipod?

I'm not sure if I get your question, you mean like using the album picture whenever the song's playing?

 

[lethalAE86typeR]

how do you stop itunes from being the deafult media player?

 

[Bram Turismo]

I'd suggest select all the songs you want to play with WMP, right click and there should be an option which allows you to choose the program to play the selected files 👍

 

[GM]

Tip 1: Stop using iTunes!

I recently bought a 30Gb iPod video and iTunes is the worst thing I've ever used!

Whats bad about iTunes with an iPod Video? It's fine with me exept when I use a diffrent computer to transfer songs it deletes the purchased ones of my IPod.

 

[lethalAE86typeR]

The new iTunes is fine, but the artist sorting is wierd, the numbers arent the first artist, and i want it that way. Anyone know how to fix it?

 

[loulou221]

Have you seen the help of iTunes ?

 

[lethalAE86typeR]

Have you seen the help of iTunes ?

I didn't check if thats what you mean.

 

[loulou221]

This is what i mean but my English is very very bad...

 

[Greycap]

The new iTunes is fine, but the artist sorting is wierd, the numbers arent the first artist, and i want it that way. Anyone know how to fix it?

Yes, it can be changed but it takes some work.

1. Right click the song you want to be in the beginning of the playlist.
2. Go to the "Sorting" tab.
3. In the top right, you'll see "Sort Name"
4. Put "aaa" or whatever you like that can't be beaten in alphabets in front of the song name.
5. As an example, "5.15 a.m." would become "aaa 5.15 a.m."
6. Click OK.
7. And hey presto, it works!

It can be debated if it's worth the work, but it can be done. 👍