From drev at bellsouth.net Wed Jan 2 09:05:44 2008 From: drev at bellsouth.net (henri) Date: Wed Jan 2 09:06:26 2008 Subject: [iTunes] multiple libraries on different disks In-Reply-To: <20060806155947.432DE1581B6@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20060806155947.432DE1581B6@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: On a macbook with 120G HD, still running Tiger. I have iTunes folder on a different partition and thought I had plenty of room, until I got into podcasts. I've used the built-in ability to have multiple libraries but that doesn't make a new music folder I could put on an external USB drive, it does it with the index or something in the one iTunes folder. I want to have another library or two on different drives. Do I need to run multiple copies of iTunes for each location or is there a library managing app that would allow me to run one iTunes and access multiple libraries on different drives? From linthicum at mac.com Wed Jan 2 09:18:59 2008 From: linthicum at mac.com (John Linthicum) Date: Wed Jan 2 09:19:12 2008 Subject: [iTunes] multiple libraries on different disks In-Reply-To: References: <20060806155947.432DE1581B6@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: On Jan 2, 2008, at 12:05 PM, henri wrote: > I want to have another library or two on different drives. Do I need > to run multiple copies of iTunes for each location or is there a > library managing app that would allow me to run one iTunes and > access multiple libraries on different drives? Just press the option key when you launch iTunes. You'll be able to choose whatever Library you want to load at that time. -- Regards, John From michaelprete at cox.net Wed Jan 2 21:17:33 2008 From: michaelprete at cox.net (Michael Prete) Date: Wed Jan 2 21:17:42 2008 Subject: [iTunes] multiple libraries on different disks In-Reply-To: References: <20060806155947.432DE1581B6@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: On Jan 2, 2008, at 10:05 AM, henri wrote: > On a macbook with 120G HD, still running Tiger. > I have iTunes folder on a different partition and thought I had > plenty of room, until I got into podcasts. > I've used the built-in ability to have multiple libraries but that > doesn't make a new music folder I could put on an external USB > drive, it does it with the index or something in the one iTunes > folder. I don't understand what you are saying here. You can make multiple iTunes libraries in different locations. Each iTunes library will contain various folders it requires to organize and manipulate the songs and albums. Just create a whole new library on your USB drive or wherever and then move the selected music (or podcast) tracks to the library and don't worry about indexes. > I want to have another library or two on different drives. Do I > need to run multiple copies of iTunes for each location nope. > or is there a library managing app that would allow me to run one > iTunes and access multiple libraries on different drives? iTunes already has that capability built in. You might look in iTunes Help, enter "multiple libraries" and follow the directions. Here is a little copy and paste from that: To create or use a different iTunes library: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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To choose a different library, click Choose Library. ------------ Michael Prete More will be revealed. From becca_price at yahoo.com Thu Jan 3 12:22:49 2008 From: becca_price at yahoo.com (Becca Price) Date: Thu Jan 3 12:22:56 2008 Subject: [iTunes] photos on my iPod Nano? Message-ID: <633736.54442.qm@web39608.mail.mud.yahoo.com> how do I get photos on my iPod nano? Is there any specific format/resolution that's preferred? -becca ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs From becca_price at yahoo.com Thu Jan 3 13:12:32 2008 From: becca_price at yahoo.com (Becca Price) Date: Thu Jan 3 13:12:41 2008 Subject: [iTunes] another stray question about my new Nano Message-ID: <303350.98227.qm@web39615.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Apparently I can put a calendar on my iPod as well as photos and contacts. I figured out how to get contacts on it, sort of, but I'm confused by the calendar function. I use a PC with Windows XP on it, and according to the Contacts tab in iTunes when my iPod is connected, I can only use the calendar feature if MS Outlook is installed... is this correct? (if so, what a pain!) please pardon my ignorance; I'm very new to the glories of my new Nano, and am still exploring. I wish it came with a decent user's guide! then I wouldn't have to bug everybody with elementary questions like this... -becca ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping From kirkmc at mac.com Thu Jan 3 14:09:37 2008 From: kirkmc at mac.com (Kirk McElhearn) Date: Thu Jan 3 14:09:51 2008 Subject: [iTunes] another stray question about my new Nano In-Reply-To: <303350.98227.qm@web39615.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <303350.98227.qm@web39615.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <65719FBC-C14F-4778-BE2D-E54C09B44825@mac.com> On Jan 3, 2008, at 10:12 PM, Becca Price wrote: > please pardon my ignorance; I'm very new to the glories of my > new Nano, and am still exploring. I wish it came with a decent > user's guide! then I wouldn't have to bug everybody with > elementary questions like this... In iTunes, Help > iPod and iTunes Help. Kirk Co-author of: Mastering Mac OS X - Tiger Edition http://www.mcelhearn.com/tiger.html - - - - - - Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea, on Macs, iPods and more From ddelmonte at mac.com Thu Jan 3 14:34:30 2008 From: ddelmonte at mac.com (David Delmonte) Date: Thu Jan 3 14:34:40 2008 Subject: [iTunes] Old 20GB 2nd Gen.. Is it alive? In-Reply-To: <65719FBC-C14F-4778-BE2D-E54C09B44825@mac.com> References: <303350.98227.qm@web39615.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <65719FBC-C14F-4778-BE2D-E54C09B44825@mac.com> Message-ID: I have been given one of the above. It was flashing the folder icon and exclamation mark. I could see it in DU and erased it. That worked. I could even see it in iTunes and add music. However, when I disconnect it, I got either just the folder again or the check mark. I can reset it but I cannot use it - same reasons as above. I took it apart and reset everything. Now it "boots" with the Apple but goes no further. I can hear the disk "clicking". I'm thinking that the disk has crashed. I see the Apple so does that mean the logic board is ok? If the consensus is yes, I will replace the drive (and the battery for good measure. If the consensus is that it's a logic board failure, I need to recycle it. Thanks for any advice. David From ask_alice at mac.com Thu Jan 3 23:33:26 2008 From: ask_alice at mac.com (joAnn ortiz) Date: Thu Jan 3 23:33:36 2008 Subject: [iTunes] Old 20GB 2nd Gen.. Is it alive? In-Reply-To: References: <303350.98227.qm@web39615.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <65719FBC-C14F-4778-BE2D-E54C09B44825@mac.com> Message-ID: I went through something similar with my old 40gb 2nd gen(?) ipod. I brought it back to life by REPEATEDLY following the advise on these sites. The first link has what worked best for mine. http://www.methodshop.com/gadgets/ipodsupport/diskmode/index.shtml http://www.werty.net/2004/06/reset-ipod.html joAnn On Jan 03, 2008, at 2:34 PM, David Delmonte wrote: > I have been given one of the above. > > It was flashing the folder icon and exclamation mark. > > I could see it in DU and erased it. That worked. > > I could even see it in iTunes and add music. > > However, when I disconnect it, I got either just the folder again > or the check mark. > > I can reset it but I cannot use it - same reasons as above. > > I took it apart and reset everything. Now it "boots" with the Apple > but goes no further. I can hear the disk "clicking". > > I'm thinking that the disk has crashed. > > I see the Apple so does that mean the logic board is ok? > > If the consensus is yes, I will replace the drive (and the battery > for good measure. > > If the consensus is that it's a logic board failure, I need to > recycle it. > > Thanks for any advice. > > David > _______________________________________________ > iTunes mailing list > iTunes@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/itunes From ask_alice at mac.com Sun Jan 6 17:30:05 2008 From: ask_alice at mac.com (joAnn ortiz) Date: Sun Jan 6 17:30:16 2008 Subject: [iTunes] A podcast question... sort of Message-ID: <99CE72A4-0D19-41A4-80B0-DD5665DEF0C1@mac.com> Hi all, OK, this isn't a huge deal but I am a big iTunes organization freak so I am hoping there is a solution. I subscribe to a podcast. First one in my life actually... A radio show for which they let you download the 1st hour. So I happened to find the 2nd hour of one of the shows on some random website and I downloaded it. It came into my files as "music" in an MP3 format. I relabeled it Podcast but that didn't do much of anything really. Is there anything I can do to get it to show up in my podcast list without having to make a playlist of my podcasts? Even a little more ambitious, is there an easy way to merge the two so that I have a 2 hour show AND still have it stay listed within my podcasts. I know I can combine in QuickTime - and I haven't bothered experimenting with options yet. Figured it would be easier to throw the question out to the group. MacBook Pro OS 10.4.11 iTunes 7.5 (19) Again, not a big deal in the grand scheme of things since I did make a play list - I just want to know what my options/limitations are. Thanks in advance. I hope everyone's new year is going along swimmingly! joAnn MacWorld Attendees: Come say hello to us in the Acclivity-MYOB booth. Jan 15 - 18 2008 ************************************ FlyDragon Consulting -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/itunes/attachments/20080106/f23686a0/attachment.html From tpogue at comcast.net Mon Jan 7 09:49:44 2008 From: tpogue at comcast.net (Terry Pogue) Date: Mon Jan 7 09:49:55 2008 Subject: [iTunes] A podcast question... sort of In-Reply-To: <99CE72A4-0D19-41A4-80B0-DD5665DEF0C1@mac.com> References: <99CE72A4-0D19-41A4-80B0-DD5665DEF0C1@mac.com> Message-ID: <1B764BBE-624A-4E00-873B-A4D8A5357B2C@comcast.net> I'd like to know who to get Music and Audiobooks together OR at least have everything go into Audiobooks. Right now half of my books go into music. I'm not sure if it's audible.com books that go in to music or CDs that I load but it's a pain having them split. terry On Jan 6, 2008, at 8:30 PM, joAnn ortiz wrote: > Hi all, > > OK, this isn't a huge deal but I am a big iTunes organization freak > so I am hoping there is a solution. > > I subscribe to a podcast. First one in my life actually... A radio > show for which they let you download the 1st hour. So I happened to > find the 2nd hour of one of the shows on some random website and I > downloaded it. It came into my files as "music" in an MP3 format. I > relabeled it Podcast but that didn't do much of anything really. Is > there anything I can do to get it to show up in my podcast list > without having to make a playlist of my podcasts? Even a little more > ambitious, is there an easy way to merge the two so that I have a 2 > hour show AND still have it stay listed within my podcasts. I know I > can combine in QuickTime - and I haven't bothered experimenting with > options yet. Figured it would be easier to throw the question out to > the group. > > > MacBook Pro > OS 10.4.11 > iTunes 7.5 (19) > > Again, not a big deal in the grand scheme of things since I did make > a play list - I just want to know what my options/limitations are. > > Thanks in advance. > > I hope everyone's new year is going along swimmingly! > > joAnn > > > > > MacWorld Attendees: Come say hello to us in the Acclivity-MYOB > booth. Jan 15 - 18 2008 > ************************************ > FlyDragon Consulting > _______________________________________________ > iTunes mailing list > iTunes@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/itunes From tpogue at comcast.net Sat Jan 12 12:12:15 2008 From: tpogue at comcast.net (Terry Pogue) Date: Sat Jan 12 12:13:14 2008 Subject: [iTunes] iTunes sorting question Message-ID: How does iTunes decide where to put stuff? I don't do music but audiobooks. Most of the books I own are in Music but a lot of them are in Audiobooks. None were purchased from the iTunes store. I thought if I changed genera to Audiobooks that they would be moved to that folder but it didn't happen. A large group of audiobook listeners are curious about this. Thanks, terry From linthicum at mac.com Sat Jan 12 12:36:58 2008 From: linthicum at mac.com (John Linthicum) Date: Sat Jan 12 12:37:20 2008 Subject: [iTunes] iTunes sorting question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Jan 12, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Terry Pogue wrote: > How does iTunes decide where to put stuff? I don't do music but > audiobooks. Most of the books I own are in Music but a lot of them > are in Audiobooks. None were purchased from the iTunes store. > I thought if I changed genera to Audiobooks that they would be moved > to that folder but it didn't happen. > A large group of audiobook listeners are curious about this. Well, I Googled? your question and came up with quite a few sites explaining all this. So, here's a couple to start your journey: -- Regards, John From tpogue at comcast.net Sat Jan 12 14:52:12 2008 From: tpogue at comcast.net (Terry Pogue) Date: Sat Jan 12 14:52:48 2008 Subject: [iTunes] iTunes sorting question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I read thru the links you sent John. Thank you. Unfortunately, neither one address the question of where iTunes puts the books. It only goes over importing issues such as format and joining tracks and that kind of thing. As far as I can tell there are no options for where in the main iTunes window the books show up. terry On Jan 12, 2008, at 3:36 PM, John Linthicum wrote: > On Jan 12, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Terry Pogue wrote: > >> How does iTunes decide where to put stuff? I don't do music but >> audiobooks. Most of the books I own are in Music but a lot of them >> are in Audiobooks. None were purchased from the iTunes store. >> I thought if I changed genera to Audiobooks that they would be >> moved to that folder but it didn't happen. >> A large group of audiobook listeners are curious about this. > > Well, I Googled? your question and came up with quite a few sites > explaining all this. > > So, here's a couple to start your journey: > > > > > > > -- > Regards, > John > > _______________________________________________ > iTunes mailing list > iTunes@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/itunes From kestevens at mac.com Sat Jan 12 15:16:15 2008 From: kestevens at mac.com (Ken Stevens) Date: Sat Jan 12 15:16:23 2008 Subject: [iTunes] iTunes sorting question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <318C7D6E-3313-455D-82FC-80C43731AADA@mac.com> Terry: I have purchased several audio books on cd and ripped them into iTunes, joining the tracks. I found an apple script named "Make Bookmarkable" at http://dougscripts.com/itunes/ This installs a script under the script menu in iTunes. You then just select the ripped book and run the script. It changes the suffix to m4b and installs it in the audio books folder. Ken On Jan 12, 2008, at 3:52 PM, Terry Pogue wrote: > I read thru the links you sent John. Thank you. Unfortunately, > neither one address the question of where iTunes puts the books. It > only goes over importing issues such as format and joining tracks > and that kind of thing. As far as I can tell there are no options > for where in the main iTunes window the books show up. > terry > From tpogue at comcast.net Sat Jan 12 15:39:22 2008 From: tpogue at comcast.net (Terry Pogue) Date: Sat Jan 12 15:39:29 2008 Subject: [iTunes] iTunes sorting question In-Reply-To: <318C7D6E-3313-455D-82FC-80C43731AADA@mac.com> References: <318C7D6E-3313-455D-82FC-80C43731AADA@mac.com> Message-ID: So all m4b formats puts books in Audiobooks. Hmmm, I have my import set to AAC. I don't see a m4b option there. Thanks I'll get the applescript and try it. terry On Jan 12, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Ken Stevens wrote: > Terry: I have purchased several audio books on cd and ripped them > into iTunes, joining the tracks. I found an apple > script named "Make Bookmarkable" at http://dougscripts.com/itunes/ > This installs a script under the script menu in iTunes. > You then just select the ripped book and run the script. It changes > the suffix to m4b and installs it in the audio books > folder. > > Ken > On Jan 12, 2008, at 3:52 PM, Terry Pogue wrote: > >> I read thru the links you sent John. Thank you. Unfortunately, >> neither one address the question of where iTunes puts the books. It >> only goes over importing issues such as format and joining tracks >> and that kind of thing. As far as I can tell there are no options >> for where in the main iTunes window the books show up. >> terry >> > _______________________________________________ > iTunes mailing list > iTunes@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/itunes From becca_price at yahoo.com Tue Jan 29 14:19:54 2008 From: becca_price at yahoo.com (Becca Price) Date: Tue Jan 29 14:20:01 2008 Subject: [iTunes] itunes seems to be broken Message-ID: <815496.62946.qm@web39615.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I recently updated my version of iTunes to the most recent version, and now a bunch of things don't work. The playcount option doesn't seem to work... my podcasts and smart playlists where play count = 0 don't register when I've played the file. And I'm trying to load an mp3 audiobook into iTunes... it goes through all the motions, but when I do a search on the file names, nothing is found. This is getting frustrating. the version of Itunes I've got is 7.6.0.29 Is anyone else having this problem? what can I do about it? -becca, frustrated ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs From kestevens at mac.com Tue Jan 29 14:48:27 2008 From: kestevens at mac.com (Ken Stevens) Date: Tue Jan 29 14:48:50 2008 Subject: [iTunes] itunes seems to be broken In-Reply-To: <815496.62946.qm@web39615.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <815496.62946.qm@web39615.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <6DE241A7-796D-4C4E-8DB1-C2772EBFE215@mac.com> Does "play count" show up in the list of columns above the songs? If it doesn't you need to look under View and select "View Options" there you can select play count. Some podcasts don't seem to register play count for some reason. Probably the way they were created. Try a piece of music and see if play count works. On you audio book, it maybe that the book is being stored under music rather than "audio books" Look in your music list. If it is there you can play it. If you are bothered by not having the book listed under audio books I will tell you how I do this on a Mac and maybe it will work on a PC. Ken On Jan 29, 2008, at 3:19 PM, Becca Price wrote: > I recently updated my version of iTunes to the most recent > version, and now a bunch of things don't work. The playcount > option doesn't seem to work... my podcasts and smart playlists > where play count = 0 don't register when I've played the file. > > And I'm trying to load an mp3 audiobook into iTunes... it goes > through all the motions, but when I do a search on the file > names, nothing is found. This is getting frustrating. > > the version of Itunes I've got is 7.6.0.29 > > Is anyone else having this problem? > > what can I do about it? > > -becca, frustrated > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > _______________________________________________ > iTunes mailing list > iTunes@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/itunes From becca_price at yahoo.com Tue Jan 29 14:59:51 2008 From: becca_price at yahoo.com (Becca Price) Date: Tue Jan 29 15:00:32 2008 Subject: [iTunes] itunes seems to be broken In-Reply-To: <6DE241A7-796D-4C4E-8DB1-C2772EBFE215@mac.com> Message-ID: <256845.61178.qm@web39605.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --- Ken Stevens wrote: > Does "play count" show up in the list of columns above the > songs? yes, it does, and it's accurate for times played. > > On you audio book, it maybe that the book is being stored > under music > rather than "audio books" looked there - I'm used to adding books in mp3 format. This is the first time it's done this to me. thanks for trying to help, Ken. I can't figure out what's going on. -becca ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping From becca_price at yahoo.com Tue Jan 29 15:01:59 2008 From: becca_price at yahoo.com (Becca Price) Date: Tue Jan 29 15:03:21 2008 Subject: [iTunes] itunes seems to be broken In-Reply-To: <6DE241A7-796D-4C4E-8DB1-C2772EBFE215@mac.com> Message-ID: <837025.425.qm@web39606.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I should add that the files all show up on my computer, so the process worked that far; they just don't show up in iTunes. -becca ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs From kestevens at mac.com Tue Jan 29 15:15:02 2008 From: kestevens at mac.com (Ken Stevens) Date: Tue Jan 29 15:16:20 2008 Subject: [iTunes] itunes seems to be broken In-Reply-To: <256845.61178.qm@web39605.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <256845.61178.qm@web39605.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <92E34ED9-E266-443C-9DBB-94213E0FA558@mac.com> Is the book in your iTunes music folder along with your other music/ podcasts/books? Maybe you have somehow created another iTunes music folder. If this is the case just drag the files into the iTunes program to add them to the library. This will make duplicates of the files so you can delete the new music folder. The preferences/ advanced/import/general dictates where new ripped files are stored. Ken On Jan 29, 2008, at 3:59 PM, Becca Price wrote: > > --- Ken Stevens wrote: > >> Does "play count" show up in the list of columns above the >> songs? > > yes, it does, and it's accurate for times played. > > > >> >> On you audio book, it maybe that the book is being stored >> under music >> rather than "audio books" > > looked there - I'm used to adding books in mp3 format. This is > the first time it's done this to me. > > thanks for trying to help, Ken. I can't figure out what's going > on. > > -becca > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > _______________________________________________ > iTunes mailing list > iTunes@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/itunes From ddelmonte at mac.com Tue Jan 29 16:29:11 2008 From: ddelmonte at mac.com (David Delmonte) Date: Tue Jan 29 16:29:23 2008 Subject: [iTunes] itunes seems to be broken In-Reply-To: <815496.62946.qm@web39615.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <815496.62946.qm@web39615.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1311D849-16EF-49B9-A7A0-AF597EE2AEEA@mac.com> Becca, are you on Windows or Mac. If the former, there are some problems with the current (new) version of Quicktime, and that may be causing you problems. I don't use Windows myself but there have been various reports in other groups. I think if you go to the Apple website, you might be able to load the previous version. If you're on Mac, tell us more about the configuration (machine, os version, etc). David On Jan 29, 2008, at 5:19 PM, Becca Price wrote: > I recently updated my version of iTunes to the most recent > version, and now a bunch of things don't work. The playcount > option doesn't seem to work... my podcasts and smart playlists > where play count = 0 don't register when I've played the file. > > And I'm trying to load an mp3 audiobook into iTunes... it goes > through all the motions, but when I do a search on the file > names, nothing is found. This is getting frustrating. > > the version of Itunes I've got is 7.6.0.29 > > Is anyone else having this problem? > > what can I do about it? > > -becca, frustrated > From becca_price at yahoo.com Tue Jan 29 18:08:06 2008 From: becca_price at yahoo.com (Becca Price) Date: Tue Jan 29 18:08:13 2008 Subject: [iTunes] itunes seems to be broken In-Reply-To: <92E34ED9-E266-443C-9DBB-94213E0FA558@mac.com> Message-ID: <534001.81681.qm@web39601.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --- Ken Stevens wrote: > Is the book in your iTunes music folder along with your other > music/ > podcasts/books? well, the counter still doesn't seem to work, but I've solved the problem, although I haven't found the reason why. I deleted all the files from the computer, shut down iTunes, then turned off my computer and let it sit for a bit. I then started up the computer again, started up iTunes again, and re-imported the files, and they came in just fine. making computers work sometimes resembles black magic: you do a ritual that doesn't seem like it should have any effect, but somehow it does. it's a pain the counter doesn't work, however... I'd gotten used to files being dropped from my smart play list after I'd listened to them... made keeping track of where I was in my book much easier. -becca ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ From becca_price at yahoo.com Tue Jan 29 18:10:29 2008 From: becca_price at yahoo.com (Becca Price) Date: Tue Jan 29 18:10:34 2008 Subject: [iTunes] itunes seems to be broken In-Reply-To: <1311D849-16EF-49B9-A7A0-AF597EE2AEEA@mac.com> Message-ID: <14685.58575.qm@web39613.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --- David Delmonte wrote: > Becca, are you on Windows or Mac. If the former, there are > some > problems with the current (new) version of Quicktime, and that > may be > causing you problems. I'm on Windows XP, and that may be what the problem is: I just had to download a new version of Quicktime. As I said, restarting the computer resolved the major issue, at least, in that I got my books loaded, although the play count still doesn't seem to function. oh, well. -becca ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs From kestevens at mac.com Tue Jan 29 18:46:27 2008 From: kestevens at mac.com (Ken Stevens) Date: Tue Jan 29 18:46:44 2008 Subject: [iTunes] itunes seems to be broken In-Reply-To: <534001.81681.qm@web39601.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <534001.81681.qm@web39601.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: > > well, the counter still doesn't seem to work, but I've solved > the problem, although I haven't found the reason why. > > I deleted all the files from the computer, shut down iTunes, > then turned off my computer and let it sit for a bit. I then > started up the computer again, started up iTunes again, and > re-imported the files, and they came in just fine. LOL I had forgotten the days when I still had a PC. Quitting and rebooting was always one of my favorite bag of tricks. It sounds like the library file was corrupted. If that was the case you could find a file on your computer named iTunes Library and delete it. Then reimport the files from the iTunes Music folder. My podcasts from Radio Ireland don't increment. play count but all others work ok. > > > it's a pain the counter doesn't work, however... I'd gotten used > to files being dropped from my smart play list after I'd > listened to them... made keeping track of where I was in my book > much easier. When you rip an audio book you might try using AAC* format rather than MP3. I join all the tracks on a CD by selecting all the tracks and choosing "Join Tracks" under the Advanced Menu. I then find the files in the iTunes music folder and change the suffex from m4a to m4b. This makes them bookmarkable. I then reimport them into iTunes and they are listed under Audio Books. Now if I stop listening the computer or iPod remembers where I was when I get back to the book. This might solve your play count issue also. I just finished ripping Pillars of the Earth - 32 CDs. Ken *Preferences/Advanced/Importing From michaelprete at cox.net Tue Jan 29 22:06:40 2008 From: michaelprete at cox.net (Michael Prete) Date: Tue Jan 29 22:06:47 2008 Subject: [iTunes] itunes seems to be broken In-Reply-To: <14685.58575.qm@web39613.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <14685.58575.qm@web39613.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On Jan 29, 2008, at 7:10 PM, Becca Price wrote: > > --- David Delmonte wrote: > >> Becca, are you on Windows or Mac. If the former, there are >> some >> problems with the current (new) version of Quicktime, and that >> may be >> causing you problems. > > I'm on Windows XP, and that may be what the problem is: I just > had to download a new version of Quicktime. As I said, > restarting the computer resolved the major issue, at least, in > that I got my books loaded, although the play count still > doesn't seem to function. I suggest that you always restart after downloading and installing new software on a Windows machine. It can't hurt, and it often helps. ------------ Michael Prete More will be revealed. From becca_price at yahoo.com Wed Jan 30 04:52:36 2008 From: becca_price at yahoo.com (Becca Price) Date: Wed Jan 30 04:53:55 2008 Subject: [iTunes] itunes seems to be broken In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <658985.76047.qm@web39607.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --- Ken Stevens wrote: > When you rip an audio book you might try using AAC* format > rather than > MP3. I normally do, but some books, like the ones I get from Kitabe.com, are in MP3 format, so there's no ripping or converting to do, just importing. does mp3 format not support playcounts? -becca ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping From kestevens at mac.com Wed Jan 30 08:01:57 2008 From: kestevens at mac.com (Ken Stevens) Date: Wed Jan 30 08:02:49 2008 Subject: [iTunes] itunes seems to be broken In-Reply-To: <658985.76047.qm@web39607.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <658985.76047.qm@web39607.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1D56E1B3-F048-47AB-9B3C-EE35F5E9B48F@mac.com> I kept playing with the play count problem last night. It seems some MP files are write protected. This keeps iTunes from advancing the play count. I took one of my podcasts that wouldn't increment the play count and converted it to AAC. I set iTunes to AAC import within preferences and selected the podcast. Now under the Advanced Menu I chose "convert selection to AAC" It made a new AAC file. I then deleted the original podcast. This new AAC copy of the podcast did correctly increment the play count. Hope this works for you. You can then change the suffix to make it book markable if you want. I know this is a lot of extra steps, but it may work for your books. Ken On Jan 30, 2008, at 5:52 AM, Becca Price wrote: > > --- Ken Stevens wrote: > > >> When you rip an audio book you might try using AAC* format >> rather than >> MP3. > > I normally do, but some books, like the ones I get from > Kitabe.com, are in MP3 format, so there's no ripping or > converting to do, just importing. > > does mp3 format not support playcounts? > > -becca > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > _______________________________________________ > iTunes mailing list > iTunes@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/itunes From becca_price at yahoo.com Wed Jan 30 09:39:49 2008 From: becca_price at yahoo.com (Becca Price) Date: Wed Jan 30 09:40:08 2008 Subject: [iTunes] itunes seems to be broken In-Reply-To: <1D56E1B3-F048-47AB-9B3C-EE35F5E9B48F@mac.com> Message-ID: <903695.64868.qm@web39614.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ok, so it seems the problem is the mp3 format probably. Odd that I didn't have the issue before this latest iteration of iTunes, but oh, well. -becca --- Ken Stevens wrote: > > I kept playing with the play count problem last night. It > seems some > MP files are > write protected. This keeps iTunes from advancing the play > count. > > I took one of my podcasts that wouldn't increment the play > count and > converted > it to AAC. I set iTunes to AAC import within preferences and > selected > the podcast. > Now under the Advanced Menu I chose "convert selection to AAC" > It > made a new > AAC file. I then deleted the original podcast. This new AAC > copy of > the podcast > did correctly increment the play count. Hope this works for > you. > You can then > change the suffix to make it book markable if you want. I know > this is > a lot of extra > steps, but it may work for your books. > > Ken > > On Jan 30, 2008, at 5:52 AM, Becca Price wrote: > > > > > --- Ken Stevens wrote: > > > > > >> When you rip an audio book you might try using AAC* format > >> rather than > >> MP3. > > > > I normally do, but some books, like the ones I get from > > Kitabe.com, are in MP3 format, so there's no ripping or > > converting to do, just importing. > > > > does mp3 format not support playcounts? > > > > -becca > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > > _______________________________________________ > > iTunes mailing list > > iTunes@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > > > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/itunes > > _______________________________________________ > iTunes mailing list > iTunes@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/itunes > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ From kestevens at mac.com Wed Jan 30 09:57:40 2008 From: kestevens at mac.com (Ken Stevens) Date: Wed Jan 30 09:58:47 2008 Subject: [iTunes] itunes seems to be broken In-Reply-To: <903695.64868.qm@web39614.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <903695.64868.qm@web39614.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: No, some MP3s do work with playcount. I think the people recording the MP3s have a choice whether to make them write protected or not. Unfortunately, some choose to write protect them, but you know how to fix them now. Ken On Jan 30, 2008, at 10:39 AM, Becca Price wrote: > ok, so it seems the problem is the mp3 format probably. Odd that > I didn't have the issue before this latest iteration of iTunes, > but oh, well. > > -becca > --- Ken Stevens wrote: > >> >> I kept playing with the play count problem last night. It >> seems some >> MP files are >> write protected. This keeps iTunes from advancing the play >> count. >> >> I took one of my podcasts that wouldn't increment the play >> count and >> converted >> it to AAC. I set iTunes to AAC import within preferences and >> selected >> the podcast. >> Now under the Advanced Menu I chose "convert selection to AAC" >> It >> made a new >> AAC file. I then deleted the original podcast. This new AAC >> copy of >> the podcast >> did correctly increment the play count. Hope this works for >> you. >> You can then >> change the suffix to make it book markable if you want. I know >> this is >> a lot of extra >> steps, but it may work for your books. >> >> Ken >> >> On Jan 30, 2008, at 5:52 AM, Becca Price wrote: >> >>> >>> --- Ken Stevens wrote: >>> >>> >>>> When you rip an audio book you might try using AAC* format >>>> rather than >>>> MP3. >>> >>> I normally do, but some books, like the ones I get from >>> Kitabe.com, are in MP3 format, so there's no ripping or >>> converting to do, just importing. >>> >>> does mp3 format not support playcounts? >>> >>> -becca >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > ____________________________________________________________________________________ >>> Looking for last minute shopping deals? >>> Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. >> > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping >>> _______________________________________________ >>> iTunes mailing list >>> iTunes@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >>> >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/itunes >> >> _______________________________________________ >> iTunes mailing list >> iTunes@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/itunes >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > _______________________________________________ > iTunes mailing list > iTunes@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/itunes