I have mastered my evil laptop and have got it to do something I want it to for a change. Aren't you all proud?
First album download - Ed Harcourt, Elephant's Graveyard.
*throws a party*
Full Version: iTunes
I am just downloading my first ever album from iTunes!!! Never used it before in my life, and thought the wonder of this event deserved a thread.
I have mastered my evil laptop and have got it to do something I want it to for a change. Aren't you all proud?
First album download - Ed Harcourt, Elephant's Graveyard.
*throws a party*
I have mastered my evil laptop and have got it to do something I want it to for a change. Aren't you all proud?
First album download - Ed Harcourt, Elephant's Graveyard.
*throws a party*
I love Itunes! I've bought a few Jamie songs from there, they're really good! 
They download quickly, and they're not that much to buy either.. Go Itunes! 
I've bought a few Jamie songs from there, they're really good! They download quickly, and they're not that much to buy either.. Go Itunes!
it is great isn't it... but dangerously easy! 
sam812:
I am just downloading my first ever album from iTunes!!! Never used it before in my life, and thought the wonder of this event deserved a thread.
I have mastered my evil laptop and have got it to do something I want it to for a change. Aren't you all proud?
First album download - Ed Harcourt, Elephant's Graveyard.
*throws a party*
Brings small magnums of vodka and jd... well seeing as it is in honour of the man who gives the best hugs in the cosmiverse....
PARTTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Only small magnums? 
it is great isn't it... but dangerously easy!
Yup.. Itunes is evil!
Only small magnums?
well you know me sam i much prefer the *ahem* larger ones
I'm discovering that too ... oh god, it's like ebay discovery all over again!!!
I'm discovering that too ... oh god, it's like ebay discovery all over again!!!
Be carefull with to hop from on artist to "others also bought" and start listening to new artists... I spend 20 quid one night from hopping from one to another
Only small magnums?
well you know me sam i much prefer the *ahem* larger ones
No comment....
Artist's playlists are pretty dangerous too, it seems!
itunes can be evil... apart from when you're on a network + can listen to other peoples music - can see if you like an album before you buy it... apart from many of the albums i thought about buying but would prob. never get round to are amazing and i now want to buy so so many
hmphhh
iTunes - arghhhh
M xXx
hmphhh
iTunes - arghhhh
M xXx
Itunes is *so* dangerous...
I'm soooooo jealous of all those that can use iTunes! But from hearing it's dangerous, maybe I'm glad! Or at least those who pay the bills are glad!
Or at least those who pay the bills are glad!
i love ym itunes i buy so much music from it
i reckon its a great thing but personally i love owning the physical album and reading the booklet that come with it. I wouldnt have a music collection thats filling up my bookshelf if it was all digital. but thas just me...
i know what you mean - do love having the actual CD.. means you can play it n a CD player too (i don't own an iPod either) and the sound is better... i know you can burn the music to CD, but it just ain't the same.
Though iTunes can be useful if you just want one song and would never buy the album. eg/ i bought the Black Eyed Peas song Going Gone because it had Jack Johnson on it - but buy the album???? erm... no! not a fan of the BEP.
ups and downs i guess... ups and downs.
M xXx
Though iTunes can be useful if you just want one song and would never buy the album. eg/ i bought the Black Eyed Peas song Going Gone because it had Jack Johnson on it - but buy the album???? erm... no! not a fan of the BEP.
ups and downs i guess... ups and downs.
M xXx
Though iTunes can be useful if you just want one song and would never buy the album. eg/ i bought the Black Eyed Peas song Going Gone because it had Jack Johnson on it - but buy the album???? erm... no! not a fan of the BEP.
yeah see thats fair enough. i can understand that
iTunes is such good value for downloading albums.
It's one dangerous place.
It's one dangerous place.
I know!!! A 28 track Ed Harcourt album for £7.99 - not bad, eh?!
this isn't strictly iTunes related but... anyone ever heard of/used another downloading site: http://www.allofmp3.com/?? It's apparently Russian and is ridiculously cheap!! I'm suspicous! 
Should I be? or am I just being cynical?
Should I be? or am I just being cynical?
OK, I have a questions to all iTunes folks - I've just bought an external hard drive (more memory, hooray!). Can I move my music onto it just by dragging/dropping the folder, or will iTunes then panic and not know where anything is??? 
OK, I have a questions to all iTunes folks - I've just bought an external hard drive (more memory, hooray!). Can I move my music onto it just by dragging/dropping the folder, or will iTunes then panic and not know where anything is???
If you put it on your external harddisk, you have to change your settings in Itunes.
If you go to your preferences, and then advanced, you can change the location of your library
OK, I have a questions to all iTunes folks - I've just bought an external hard drive (more memory, hooray!). Can I move my music onto it just by dragging/dropping the folder, or will iTunes then panic and not know where anything is???
If you put it on your external harddisk, you have to change your settings in Itunes.
If you go to your preferences, and then advanced, you can change the location of your library
thank you, I'm doing it now
It's taking a while though
Looking forward to getting stuck into iTunes... hubby is getting me an iPod Nano for Christmas (to replace my Philips Go-Gear that he nicked for the car & filled with all his music )... can't wait to get started!
)... can't wait to get started!
I have a question: Is it possible to import songs I have bought on iTunes to the Windows Media Player?
I have a question: Is it possible to import songs I have bought on iTunes to the Windows Media Player?
No. iTunes uses the AAC format which won't work on WMP. Because they are protected you can't convert them to mp3.
I have a question: Is it possible to import songs I have bought on iTunes to the Windows Media Player?
No. iTunes uses the AAC format which won't work on WMP. Because they are protected you can't convert them to mp3.
If you wanted them in Windows Media Player that badly you could do it by burning them to CD, uploading them again from that CD, and then converting the reuploaded songs to mp3.
I have a question: Is it possible to import songs I have bought on iTunes to the Windows Media Player?
No. iTunes uses the AAC format which won't work on WMP. Because they are protected you can't convert them to mp3.
If you wanted them in Windows Media Player that badly you could do it by burning them to CD, uploading them again from that CD, and then converting the reuploaded songs to mp3.
Thanks for the info
So I'm going to do that
I must be such a nut. To install itunes (did it at my work PC now ) I had to lower the security standards. And then the installation worked well. But when it was finished, I all the time got the message, that someone outside actually tried to copy my program and that therefore the path was disconnected. I tried it about ten times. All my lunchbreak was only installing and deinstalling Itunes 
) I had to lower the security standards. And then the installation worked well. But when it was finished, I all the time got the message, that someone outside actually tried to copy my program and that therefore the path was disconnected. I tried it about ten times. All my lunchbreak was only installing and deinstalling Itunes
I must be such a nut. To install itunes (did it at my work PC now
It could be a problem since you're on a network and it's a problem with sharing permissions...
I must be such a nut. To install itunes (did it at my work PC now
It could be a problem since you're on a network and it's a problem with sharing permissions...
Yes, it was exactly that - you genious
It's annoying my ITunes downloads can't play on my MP3 Player though...i think the only way of doing it, is burning them to CD, then ripping them off as MP3's using windows media.
my belief is that if you've paid for it once, you should be able to listen to it on whatever player.
my belief is that if you've paid for it once, you should be able to listen to it on whatever player.
It's annoying my ITunes downloads can't play on my MP3 Player though...i think the only way of doing it, is burning them to CD, then ripping them off as MP3's using windows media.
my belief is that if you've paid for it once, you should be able to listen to it on whatever player.
try www.emusic.com. 40 downloads for $ 9.99 a month and they are non-DRM mp3, VBR though, but great quality. It has a more unusual collection, don't expect to find the most popular music there, but it's gooooooood.
We had Itunes on our computer coz my brother bought an ipod and used our comp to put all his music on the ipod, but since we just recently got broadband I decided to buy and itunes music card and it's awsome! i just downloaded 11 songs and it's so quick!
Thanks to itunes, it was recently discovered that recordings credited to pianist Joyce Hatto were actually stolen from other pianists. Full article here.
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Thanks to itunes, it was recently discovered that recordings credited to pianist Joyce Hatto were actually stolen from other pianists. Full article here.
Fascinating. But how can you slow down a recording's speed by 15%, as the article says was done in one case, without changing the key/pitch, I wonder?
I was wondering if anyone has downloaded movies from iTunes yet. How easy is it to burn it to dvd?
about time too:
Apple has announced that it will cut the price it charges for music downloads in the UK from its iTunes music store within the next six months.
The cut will bring the UK into line with the charges in the rest of Europe.
Apple currently charges 79 pence per download in the UK, compared with 99 euro cents (74p) in the rest of Europe.
European Union regulators began investigating iTunes last year after the consumer group Which? complained about its pricing policies.
Which? originally lodged its complaint with the EU in 2004.
We hope other internet companies will follow Apple's lead and match UK prices to prices in continental Europe
Chris Warner, Which? lawyer
Apple is now taking action against record labels that charge more to distribute music in the UK than in the rest of Europe.
"Apple will reconsider its continuing relationship in the UK with any record label that does not lower its wholesale prices in the UK to the pan-European level within six months," the company said in a statement.
Competition rules
EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes welcomed the move, saying that it would "allow consumers to benefit from a truly single market for music downloads".
A Commission spokesman said the settlement had been the result of direct talks between Ms Kroes and Apple boss Steve Jobs.
The EU was investigating whether the iTunes store violated its competition rules because each country had its own store and consumers were only allowed to download music if they have a credit card from a bank registered in that country.
UK consumers will soon pay the same for music downloads from iTunes as customers from euro-zone countries
European Commission
Apple said it could not have a single European iTunes store because of copyright problems, and contractual restrictions put in place by record labels.
"We hope other internet companies, including online music companies, will follow Apple's lead and match UK prices to prices in continental Europe," said Which? lawyer Chris Warner.
According to the Commission, "prices for iTunes downloads in the UK are currently nearly 10% more expensive than downloads in the euro zone".
"Following iTunes' announcement, UK consumers will soon pay the same for music downloads from iTunes as customers from euro-zone countries," it added.
But the BBC's European Business reporter Dominic Laurie said under EU copyright law, agreements can be negotiated along national, rather than community-wide lines.
"This means music download sites are able to offer different songs at different prices in each member state they operate in," he said.
"Until that changes, customers will still find it hard to take their business across international boundaries."
Download competition
Even after the changes, European downloads are still significantly more expensive than those in the US where they cost 99 cents (50p).
Apple is currently locked in a competitive battle with other music download stores.
The big issue in music downloading is Digital Rights Management (DRM) software, which can prevent tracks being copied to multiple digital devices and burned onto compact discs.
Some tracks on iTunes are available without DRM, but most are not.
Amazon's digital music store, in contrast, only sells tracks that do not have digital protection.
Sony BMG recently launched a website in the US called MusicPass, which allows consumers who buy pre-paid cards to download tracks without DRM.
Apple has announced that it will cut the price it charges for music downloads in the UK from its iTunes music store within the next six months.
The cut will bring the UK into line with the charges in the rest of Europe.
Apple currently charges 79 pence per download in the UK, compared with 99 euro cents (74p) in the rest of Europe.
European Union regulators began investigating iTunes last year after the consumer group Which? complained about its pricing policies.
Which? originally lodged its complaint with the EU in 2004.
We hope other internet companies will follow Apple's lead and match UK prices to prices in continental Europe
Chris Warner, Which? lawyer
Apple is now taking action against record labels that charge more to distribute music in the UK than in the rest of Europe.
"Apple will reconsider its continuing relationship in the UK with any record label that does not lower its wholesale prices in the UK to the pan-European level within six months," the company said in a statement.
Competition rules
EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes welcomed the move, saying that it would "allow consumers to benefit from a truly single market for music downloads".
A Commission spokesman said the settlement had been the result of direct talks between Ms Kroes and Apple boss Steve Jobs.
The EU was investigating whether the iTunes store violated its competition rules because each country had its own store and consumers were only allowed to download music if they have a credit card from a bank registered in that country.
UK consumers will soon pay the same for music downloads from iTunes as customers from euro-zone countries
European Commission
Apple said it could not have a single European iTunes store because of copyright problems, and contractual restrictions put in place by record labels.
"We hope other internet companies, including online music companies, will follow Apple's lead and match UK prices to prices in continental Europe," said Which? lawyer Chris Warner.
According to the Commission, "prices for iTunes downloads in the UK are currently nearly 10% more expensive than downloads in the euro zone".
"Following iTunes' announcement, UK consumers will soon pay the same for music downloads from iTunes as customers from euro-zone countries," it added.
But the BBC's European Business reporter Dominic Laurie said under EU copyright law, agreements can be negotiated along national, rather than community-wide lines.
"This means music download sites are able to offer different songs at different prices in each member state they operate in," he said.
"Until that changes, customers will still find it hard to take their business across international boundaries."
Download competition
Even after the changes, European downloads are still significantly more expensive than those in the US where they cost 99 cents (50p).
Apple is currently locked in a competitive battle with other music download stores.
The big issue in music downloading is Digital Rights Management (DRM) software, which can prevent tracks being copied to multiple digital devices and burned onto compact discs.
Some tracks on iTunes are available without DRM, but most are not.
Amazon's digital music store, in contrast, only sells tracks that do not have digital protection.
Sony BMG recently launched a website in the US called MusicPass, which allows consumers who buy pre-paid cards to download tracks without DRM.
right, I love I Tunes and I know this isn't their fault but it annoys when me when record companies stop you downloading individual tracks from albums.
They say albums should be listened to 'as a whole' but I often like to sample 1 or 2 songs from an album via I Tunes and then if and when I have the money I might go otno 'Complete My Album.'
I really like Kylie's new song The One (quite a dancy song) but until the single is out I can't download it unless I buy the whole X album!
Apparently this has happened to Estelle's album in the US, and her sales of individual songs have dropped drastically...crazy!
Anyone else annoyed by this?
Oh yeah and just noticing my previous post below, Apple decided not to cut UK prioces in the end, blaming the credit crunch!
They say albums should be listened to 'as a whole' but I often like to sample 1 or 2 songs from an album via I Tunes and then if and when I have the money I might go otno 'Complete My Album.'
I really like Kylie's new song The One (quite a dancy song) but until the single is out I can't download it unless I buy the whole X album!
Apparently this has happened to Estelle's album in the US, and her sales of individual songs have dropped drastically...crazy!
Anyone else annoyed by this?
Oh yeah and just noticing my previous post below, Apple decided not to cut UK prioces in the end, blaming the credit crunch!
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