Steve
Latest info here:
http://www.macrumorslive.com/
Steve
> Word coming out from the Apple media event happening now is that a new
> iPod or iPods are coming out with gapless playback. Details soon.
80 gig hard drive for $349. Time for Matthew to ante up
for an iPod!
See ya
Steve
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I just downloaded iTunes 7. You can configure each track in your
library for "Part of a Gapless album". (You can select multiple tracks,
or your whole library, and set this too.)
Listening to a mutliple track "Also sprach Zarathustra" and so far it
has played the tracks flawlessly (no gaps).
I am not sure yet if there will be updated software for 5G (and other)
iPods to have this capability.
Steve
We don't know yet for sure about this. It's possible there will be an
updated firmware for this but there might have been some hardware
dependencies related to power.
Steve
> Word coming out from the Apple media event happening now is that a new
> iPod or iPods are coming out with gapless playback. Details soon.
YEE-HAW!
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> In article <h56dnSRSlowjdJvY...@comcast.com>, Steven de
> Mena <st...@stevedemena.com> wrote:
>
>> Word coming out from the Apple media event happening now is that a new
>> iPod or iPods are coming out with gapless playback. Details soon.
>
> 80 gig hard drive for $349. Time for Matthew to ante up for an iPod!
Yep!
Don't see it yet on Amazon.com, where I could list the unit of my choice on
the gift registry, as I have a birthday coming up next week....
I should at least go to the Apple Store to check it out.
Matthew B. Tepper wrote:
> Stephen Worth <ne...@vintageip.com> appears to have caused the following
> letters to be typed in news:120920061149264267%ne...@vintageip.com:
>
>
>>In article <h56dnSRSlowjdJvY...@comcast.com>, Steven de
>>Mena <st...@stevedemena.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Word coming out from the Apple media event happening now is that a new
>>>iPod or iPods are coming out with gapless playback. Details soon.
>>
>>80 gig hard drive for $349. Time for Matthew to ante up for an iPod!
>
>
> Yep!
>
> Don't see it yet on Amazon.com, where I could list the unit of my choice on
> the gift registry, as I have a birthday coming up next week....
>
> I should at least go to the Apple Store to check it out.
>
Happy birthday, Matthew! I wish I could buy you (and me)an Ipod, but
groceries and medicine have won out again.
Allen
New ones are here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/1000004881/ref=amb_link_3593232_2/104-8854812-6973502
or
Steve
Thanks!
-John Thomas
> Word coming out from the Apple media event happening now is that a new
> iPod or iPods are coming out with gapless playback. Details soon.
Yowza! Finally!
Kirk
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http://www.mcelhearn.com
> I am not sure yet if there will be updated software for 5G (and other)
> iPods to have this capability.
No, alas, only the newest model.
>> Word coming out from the Apple media event happening now is that a new
>> iPod or iPods are coming out with gapless playback. Details soon.
>
> YEE-HAW!
Does that mean that Tepper is now a member of the cult? :-)
No, the 1.2 software for the 5G adds gapless playback, support for iPod
games, display Brightness, and the large display of the first letter
when searching through lists quickly. I listened to "Also sprach
Zarathustra" in the car this evening and the gapless plaback worked. (I
had to tag all the files with this attribute in iTunes).
Steve
>>> I am not sure yet if there will be updated software for 5G (and other)
>>> iPods to have this capability.
>>
>> No, alas, only the newest model.
>>
>> Kirk
>
> No, the 1.2 software for the 5G adds gapless playback, support for iPod
> games, display Brightness, and the large display of the first letter
> when searching through lists quickly. I listened to "Also sprach
> Zarathustra" in the car this evening and the gapless plaback worked.
> (I had to tag all the files with this attribute in iTunes).
Huh, a friend tried last night and it didn't work on his
previous-version iPod video... Interesting. Maybe he didn't tag the
files though...
> On 2006-09-12 21:32:40 +0200, "Matthew B. Tepper" <oyþ@earthlink.net> said:
>
>>> Word coming out from the Apple media event happening now is that a new
>>> iPod or iPods are coming out with gapless playback. Details soon.
>>
>> YEE-HAW!
>
> Does that mean that Tepper is now a member of the cult? :-)
I will be!
It was much better than "Cats." I'm going to see it again and again.
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NOT an advocate of cannibalism (despite what Kevin Maroney says).
>> Does that mean that Tepper is now a member of the cult? :-)
>
> I will be!
I'm impressed. I never thought I'd see the day! :-)
Unfortunately there are major problems with the Itunes 7.0 download -
Ipodlounge is filled with members who have had the same ppblems I have had
and it needs some major fixes - I'll stick withthe older version till 7 is
really ready Richard
> On 2006-09-13 16:29:44 +0200, "Matthew B. Tepper" <oyž@earthlink.net>
said:
>
>>> Does that mean that Tepper is now a member of the cult? :-)
>>
>> I will be!
>
> I'm impressed. I never thought I'd see the day! :-)
Why so? I gave the specific condition under which I would actually
consider purchase. They have now met that condition. Now all I need is to
fit it into my budget.
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After the fix, I was gap-free...at least with my test case of Ravel's Ma
Mere l'Oye. Don't yet know how this will effect playing the same songs on my
Ipod.
Dan
<Sipow...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:49:52 -0400, "Richard Loeb"
> <loe...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Unfortunately there are major problems with the Itunes 7.0 download -
>>Ipodlounge is filled with members who have had the same ppblems I have had
>>and it needs some major fixes - I'll stick withthe older version till 7 is
>>really ready Richard
>
When I connected the Ipod to the computer, Itunes displayed a status screen
for the Ipod indicating that it was up-to-date.
I agree with Richard that it's inconvenient to have to switch between Total
Recorder and my sound card, though I haven't used Total Recorder in a while
so it's not terribly inconvenient. I had never had a problem with Total
Recorder interfacing with any of my software before and would never have
considered it to be te cause of the Itunes problem until reading about it on
one of the forums.
Dan
"Richard Loeb" <loe...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
Well, that's a compelling explanation.
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> "Dan Fowler" <dfo...@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:kaYNg.504$LH2...@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>
>> As i indicated in my previous email, after the upgrade to version 7,
>> Itunes was able to seamlessly play the tracks to Ravel's Ma Mere l'Oye.
>> I copied the songs to my 60-Gb photo Ipod, disconnected the Ipod and
>> listened to the tracks. Not so seamless :-( . I reconnected Ipod to the
>> computer and did a get info on the album. There was a box for gapless
>> play with the value set to No. I changed it to yes, disconnected Ipod
>> from computer and listened again to the tracks on the Ipod. Still a gap
>> between the tracks.
>>
>> When I connected the Ipod to the computer, Itunes displayed a status
>> screen for the Ipod indicating that it was up-to-date.
>>
>> I agree with Richard that it's inconvenient to have to switch between
>> Total Recorder and my sound card, though I haven't used Total Recorder
>> in a while so it's not terribly inconvenient. I had never had a problem
>> with Total Recorder interfacing with any of my software before and
>> would never have considered it to be te cause of the Itunes problem
>> until reading about it on one of the forums.
>>
>> "Richard Loeb" <loe...@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:At6dnVTnr7h63JXY...@comcast.com...
>>>
>>> "Dan Fowler" <dfo...@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
>>> news:a6XNg.491$LH2...@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>>>I had to switch my audio input from Total Recorder to my audio card to
>>>>avoid getting an "Itunes Application could not be opened. An unknown
>>>>error occurred. (0x666D743F)" error. The error occurred after a
>>>>successful installation. I would invoke Itunes, accept the agreement,
>>>>and get the error. I tried the standard tricks (reinstalling,
>>>>repairing, emptying temp files, etc) before finding the tip about
>>>>Total Recorder in one of Apple's Itunes discussion forums. Don't know
>>>>if this is the problem Richard is referring to.
>>>>
>>>> After the fix, I was gap-free...at least with my test case of Ravel's
>>>> Ma Mere l'Oye. Don't yet know how this will effect playing the same
>>>> songs on my Ipod.
>>>>
>>>> <Thats one fix but unfortunately every time you use Total Recorder
>>>> you'll have to switch it back!!!!! No I'll wait till Apple fixes the
>>>> prblem. Richard
>>
> Hopefully (?) Apple is seeing messages on their forum and will download
> a correct version Richard
Or maybe it's deliberate, so that users will not be able to use Total
Recorder in able to copy their DRM-infected files?
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> I just downloaded iTunes 7. You can configure each track in your
> library for "Part of a Gapless album". (You can select multiple
> tracks, or your whole library, and set this too.)
>
> Listening to a mutliple track "Also sprach Zarathustra" and so far it
> has played the tracks flawlessly (no gaps).
>
> I am not sure yet if there will be updated software for 5G (and other)
> iPods to have this capability.
Yes, but only for 5G models.
Apparently, you don't need to set the tags for this. At least this is
the case on iTunes itself, and reports I'm getting say it's so for the
iPod too. Which makes me wonder why the tag is there...
> Unfortunately there are major problems with the Itunes 7.0 download -
> Ipodlounge is filled with members who have had the same ppblems I have
> had and it needs some major fixes - I'll stick withthe older version
> till 7 is really ready Richard
Filled, I don't know.... I've seen some problems, but it's not clear
whether thy are caused by corrupted music files or something else.
> As i indicated in my previous email, after the upgrade to version 7,
> Itunes was able to seamlessly play the tracks to Ravel's Ma Mere l'Oye.
> I copied the songs to my 60-Gb photo Ipod, disconnected the Ipod and
> listened to the tracks. Not so seamless :-( . I reconnected Ipod to the
> computer and did a get info on the album. There was a box for gapless
> play with the value set to No. I changed it to yes, disconnected Ipod
> from computer and listened again to the tracks on the Ipod. Still a gap
> between the tracks.
Gapless is only available on video iPods.
> Why so? I gave the specific condition under which I would actually
> consider purchase. They have now met that condition. Now all I need
> is to fit it into my budget.
I suggest you get the 80 GB model; it's not much more than the 30 GB,
and I have a feeling that you have a lot of music. You'll fill it
pretty quickly.
> Well I am great fan of my Ipod but if you look on Ipod lounge and the Apple
> support forums, the Itunes sections are filling up with complaints.
It works fine on all of my Macs. It must be a PC thing. Perhaps
Bill Gates has thrown another monkey wrench into his OS to
discourage people from using Apple products. It wouldn't
be the first time.
See ya
Steve
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> Well I am great fan of my Ipod but if you look on Ipod lounge and the
> Apple support forums, the Itunes sections are filling up with
> complaints. I was on the phone with three Apple techs yesterday and
> they couldn't help so I just went back to 6.0.3..of course you can't
> use the music store with that but at least I can sync my Ipod to Itunes
> - honestly, this major change in Itunes should not have been released
> without further testing Richard..
Apparently one of the threads has shown the response to this problem. I
just saw this mentioned on a mailing list...
The new iTunes works fine on my Windows computer. I don't use Total Recorder,
however.
> On 2006-09-13 17:46:38 +0200, "Matthew B. Tepper" <oyþ@earthlink.net>
said:
>
>> Why so? I gave the specific condition under which I would actually
>> consider purchase. They have now met that condition. Now all I need
>> is to fit it into my budget.
>
> I suggest you get the 80 GB model; it's not much more than the 30 GB,
> and I have a feeling that you have a lot of music. You'll fill it
> pretty quickly.
See my Amazon Wishlist labelled, "Birthday Registry."
Dan,
Do you have version 1.2 of the iPod 5G firmware installed? If you do
not, and iTunes says you are up-to-date, exit out of iTunes and restart.
Steve
Just one thing to know...the engraving (free) is only available directly
from Apple. I had my email address engraved on the back. (I think I
got this idea from Stephen Worth).
Steve
Directly by mail order from them, or could I get it done at one of the
stores? I like to visit the one in the Glendale Galleria.
I do, but (so far) only for ripping from LPs or cassettes.
No, only mail order. Just takes a few days (from China).
You should visit the Century City store sometime, it is newer and has
some of the newer store features, like the "Genius Bar" and the area for
kids (small round table near the floor; it is amazing how the kids seem
to grasp the computers). There's a nice one in "The Grove" right by me
too.
Steve
I HATE parking in Century City. When I worked there, and had a parking pass
from my company, it wasn't bad at all. When I visit the Glendale Galleria,
though, it's usually in the company of a handicapped friend, who brings along
his placard. But now that I actually search Apple's site, I see that there's
one in Sherman Oaks that it pretty convenient to me.
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Harrington/Coy is a gay wrestler who won't come out of the closet
I've got version 1.2.1 installed. I think my photo Ipod is just too old as
Kirk indicated....at least I'm going to keep telling myself that so I can go
get one of those new 80Gb Ipods!
Thanks for the suggestion!
Dan
"Steven de Mena" <st...@stevedemena.com> wrote in message
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Do you have any experience with Macs before making a statement like
that?
Steve
How do you read all of that into my simply saying "Do you have any
> More likely Steve Jobs threw a wrench into ITunes to encourage fools
> to overpay for IMacs which can't be updated. Got to move that old
> stock. It wouldn't be the first time.
I have three iMacs, and they most certainly *can* be updated.
You can spell. That's about all I can say for your post.
>>>> It works fine on all of my Macs. It must be a PC thing. Perhaps
>>>> Bill Gates has thrown another monkey wrench into his OS to
>>>> discourage people from using Apple products. It wouldn't
>>>> be the first time.
>>>
>>> More likely Steve Jobs threw a wrench into ITunes to encourage fools
>>> to overpay for IMacs which can't be updated.
>>
>> Do you have any experience with Macs before making a statement like that?
>
> Yes, I do. And what I says has as much validity and is much more
> probable than your supposition that a program that came out 5 years
> ago was somehow engineered to prevent a program released this week
> from operating properly. Your envy and nastiness is obvious. But that
> is to be expected from a true believer.
Actually, the problem mentioned has to do with the way Windows manages
sound interfaces. It's not an Apple or iTunes issue; Windows allows
certain programs to "take over" the sound interface, which is a Very
Bad Thing...
> Let me see you drop a new processor, install a couple of new internal
> hard drives and a new display into them.
Why would I have to do that myself? I'm not a computer
repairman. I have a three year warranty on them through
Applecare. There are people to do things like that for me.
What I want in conjunction with this is for any playlists that pull
random tracks to be constrained to pulling the entire
composition/album/series of tracks as I define it. I'm guessing we
aren't there yet.
>> Let me see you drop a new processor, install a couple of new internal
>> hard drives and a new display into them.
>
> Why would I have to do that myself? I'm not a computer
> repairman. I have a three year warranty on them through
> Applecare. There are people to do things like that for me.
He's the usual PC user who wants to mod his box... He doesn't get it.
No, but that sounds like a reasonable request.
Steve
> On 2006-09-14 18:20:09 +0200, Stephen Worth <ne...@vintageip.com> said:
>
>>> Let me see you drop a new processor, install a couple of new internal
>>> hard drives and a new display into them.
>>
>> Why would I have to do that myself? I'm not a computer repairman. I have
>> a three year warranty on them through Applecare. There are people to do
>> things like that for me.
>
> He's the usual PC user who wants to mod his box... He doesn't get it.
What's wrong with wanting to mod your box? I'm assuming this isn't yet
another tiresome masturbation reference that the troll likes to do. ;--)
> Thank Gog! For awhile I was afraid I might have to spend a few moments
> of my life without music playing in the background. Mmmm... Will the
> new model fit in my coffin?
Only if you have a gapless coffin.
-Owen
> Kirk McElhearn <kir...@gmail.com> appears to have caused the following
> letters to be typed in news:45098342$0$5106$ba4a...@news.orange.fr:
>
> > On 2006-09-14 18:20:09 +0200, Stephen Worth <ne...@vintageip.com> said:
> >
> >>> Let me see you drop a new processor, install a couple of new internal
> >>> hard drives and a new display into them.
> >>
> >> Why would I have to do that myself? I'm not a computer repairman. I have
> >> a three year warranty on them through Applecare. There are people to do
> >> things like that for me.
> >
> > He's the usual PC user who wants to mod his box... He doesn't get it.
>
> What's wrong with wanting to mod your box? I'm assuming this isn't yet
> another tiresome masturbation reference that the troll likes to do. ;--)
There are several types of upgrades available from third party sources
that will let you do all of the above. Apple doesn't do most of them,
but there are certainly workarounds. A new processor has been in the
third party domain for several Mac models; there are directions for
replacing internal hard drives if you wish, and it is certainly an easy
(and easier) matter to use an external firewire or USB 2.0 connection.
Replacement displays are also available on the internet, but iMac have
a video out which allows you to use a different display than the
installed LCD, if you wish.
-Owen
> On 2006-09-12 19:09:11 +0200, "Steven de Mena" <st...@stevedemena.com> said:
>
> > Word coming out from the Apple media event happening now is that a new
> > iPod or iPods are coming out with gapless playback. Details soon.
>
> Yowza! Finally!
Apple has posted a Knowledge Base article (which is usually their
definitive info on the subject) on gapless playback at:
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304362>
-Owen
My new Mac Pro is very expandable. Four internal hard drive bays, two
CD/DVD bays, 4 PCI Express slots, 8 memory slots....
Steve
Feel free to write me privately if you have any Mac Pro questions. I
have a new RC1 version of Parallels that works on the Mac Pro but it
still has issues. I, too, am hoping for that to work well.
Steve
> What's wrong with wanting to mod your box?
When you have to put together a system from pieces from
a dozen different manufacturers and designers, you have to
fight out incompatibilities yourself. The advantage of the
Mac platform is that everything works together seamlessly.
There aren't as many programs and hardware options, but
the ones you have are excellent, and they truly are "plug
and play".
Criticizing iMacs because they're not modifiable is like criticizing
Caruso because he didn't play the violin. Macs do what they
are designed to do, and they do that very well. If you want
to work with graphics, sound or video, Macs can't be beat.
If you want to track inventory or do accounting for your
business, you might want a different type of computer.
> We were talking IMacs not MacPro, which indeed expandable, except for
> a high-end video card.
The iMac is a machine aimed at consumers who want to surf the
web, use their iPod and do personal computing tasks. For that,
it's perfectly suited.
> What I want in conjunction with this is for any playlists that pull
> random tracks to be constrained to pulling the entire
> composition/album/series of tracks as I define it. I'm guessing we
> aren't there yet.
See smartplaylists.com for a smart playlist designed to do just that,
or just randomly shuffle by album.
> You're the one who said that your IMacs could be updated. Now you tell
> me that they can't? I am shocked!
The software updates automatically via internet connection.
If you want to add hardware, you shouldn't be looking at the
"all in one" iMac line. They're intended for a different type of
use.
Feel free to return to your regularly scheduled trolling.