iTunes Bundling with Windows?
While a MacWorld.co.uk article reports that Lowe "urged PC manufactureres to bundle iTunes for Windows", when Lowe was questioned (13min 40sec) about the possibility of other PC manufacturers bundling iTunes, Lowe simply suggests that any manufacturer should consider iTunes because of its distinct advantages, but refuses to speculate the possibilities of such bundling.
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(View all)While iTunes appears to be a bit more stable and manages screen redraws better, MMJ has key features in File and ID3 management that I wish iTunes would ad. If I'm wrong on any of these please let me know, because iTunes is a much more elegant package.
1) SuperTagging
- Creating ID3 tags based off of file names
2) File Renaming
- Renaming files and placing files in folders (with customizable rules) based on ID3 tags
3) "Watching a folder" - MMJ can "watch" a folder for updated files and automatically add them to the library. This is great if you have two people in your household sharing a common music folder and both of you independently adding music to the folder. If I correct an ID3 tag on my computer and then go to my wifes computer, the old ID3 tag information still shows up.
That's really about it. While customizable rules for file naming after ripping would be nice, it's not something i really care about since I'm ID3 oriented.
Originally posted by phasornc
Well compared to MusicMatch Jukebox iTunes is still kind of weak.
While iTunes appears to be a bit more stable and manages screen redraws better, MMJ has key features in File and ID3 management that I wish iTunes would ad. If I'm wrong on any of these please let me know, because iTunes is a much more elegant package.
1) SuperTagging
- Creating ID3 tags based off of file names
2) File Renaming
- Renaming files and placing files in folders (with customizable rules) based on ID3 tags
3) "Watching a folder" - MMJ can "watch" a folder for updated files and automatically add them to the library. This is great if you have two people in your household sharing a common music folder and both of you independently adding music to the folder. If I correct an ID3 tag on my computer and then go to my wifes computer, the old ID3 tag information still shows up.
That's really about it. While customizable rules for file naming after ripping would be nice, it's not something i really care about since I'm ID3 oriented.
Just created a smart playlist..see picture
with the "date Added at least 1 day old"
and every time you add tracks it will show up there..;)
I drag BadlyNamedUltraL33TMusiK.MP3 into iTunes, and it automatically copies the file into iTunes' organised folder structure, along with all my other music. 7 out of 10 times, the ID3 tags are virtually complete anyway -- a quick tidying of the info in iTunes and I'm done.
At least on the Mac side, there's dozens of iTunes-related AppleScripts (see here) and utilities. Replicating this functionality in Windows may be possible to a certain extent... but AppleScript is perfect for these sorts of tasks.
Originally posted by phasornc
2) File Renaming
- Renaming files and placing files in folders (with customizable rules) based on ID3 tags
It's not customizable, but iTunes does do this.
:D :D :D :D :D
I would love to see Sony, Toshiba, et. al. do it though and I think that there is a strong possibility of them doing it.
Good riddens. iTunes is huge, and we have all been hearing of the success on college campuses.
The kids that leave those colleges are the next generation of tech heads and influencers of technology upon the standard Joe. If they warm up to Apple and like iTunes, then that is what will be increasingly accepted by the public.
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