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gooser · Nov 4, 2006, 01:03 PM

does anyone actually like itunes 7? i've read nothing but complaints here, am still running itunes 6 and see no reason to upgrade-------------yet. thanks all.

TETENAL · Nov 4, 2006, 01:13 PM

The title of this forum is "Software – Troubleshooting and Discussion". Of course you hear complaints here. That's the purpose of the forum.

iTunes 7 has some nice improvements. Gapless playback is nice, new library organization is nice, the album view is nice, the new video window with on-screen controls is nice etc. pp. That was all mentioned in the original threads of the iTunes 7 release.

Grrr · Nov 4, 2006, 01:28 PM

Its been fine for me, with none of the problems i've seen some moan about. My only gripe is that now the (included) visualiser runs at half the speed it did in iTunes 6 and earlier, but I can live with it.

gooser · Nov 4, 2006, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

The title of this forum is "Software – Troubleshooting and Discussion". Of course you hear complaints here. That's the purpose of the forum.

iTunes 7 has some nice improvements. Gapless playback is nice, new library organization is nice, the album view is nice, the new video window with on-screen controls is nice etc. pp. That was all mentioned in the original threads of the iTunes 7 release.

thanks for your reply. i know of most of the new features, i just wondered (with all the complaints) if anyone actually LIKED this new app.

chrismear · Nov 4, 2006, 01:56 PM

I like it.

It exposes several video-related properties to the UI and to AppleScript, which has been a huge help to me in organising my video library.

Video playback performance seems better -- previously it was barely usable on my old PowerBook, but now I use it all the time. Same for the top-right search box.

ADC has recently made a bunch of WWDC material available through the iTunes Store for developers, which consists of gigabyte-sized video files and megabyte-sized PDFs. The new download manager has been really useful with these, 'cause you can shuffle the order around and grab the PDFs quickly.

Solid upgrade, as far as I'm concerned.

slpdLoad · Nov 4, 2006, 05:39 PM

It plays my music, browses the store, syncs with my iPod, and doesn't crash. I'm happy.

Photo678 · Nov 4, 2006, 08:40 PM

I actually like the new look of it..seems like the proper evolution of it...and as said above....it plays and stores my music...lets me buy stuff from the store...and burn cds.....im happy!

Technicolor · Nov 5, 2006, 01:02 AM

I like it.

jamil5454 · Nov 5, 2006, 02:49 AM

The gapless playback feature alone makes the upgrade to 7 worth it. It really works well.

SpaceMonkey · Nov 5, 2006, 02:57 AM

I like it as well.

CharlesS · Nov 5, 2006, 04:27 AM

The new icon and interface are really ugly, but the new functionality is quite nice. So it's worth the upgrade, although you'll miss the clean look of the earlier versions.

- - e r i k - - · Nov 5, 2006, 07:56 PM

I like it. I haven't used the original iTunes icon for three versions now so I don't care about that. I like the new UI, and now that I've fixed the stuttering MP4-issue (remove 3ivx codecs), my opinion of it is better than ever.

Now I just wish they'd remove the stutter when editing the ID-tags of a playing file (pearLyrics automatically appends lyrics to a song any time it's played) and I'll be happy as a clam.

voodoo · Nov 5, 2006, 08:13 PM

I like iTunes 7 very much, more so than any version of iTunes since iTunes 4.

It is a very good upgrade (for once).

V

ghporter · Nov 5, 2006, 11:24 PM

I like it. Not a bobble in either Windows or OS X. It looks a little odd right now, but I felt that way a couple of versions ago when they changed to the frameless window scheme.

jasong · Nov 5, 2006, 11:49 PM

I'm happy.

Oh, and I like iTunes 7 also.

gooser · Nov 6, 2006, 01:31 AM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

I like it. I haven't used the original iTunes icon for three versions now so I don't care about that. I like the new UI, and now that I've fixed the stuttering MP4-issue (remove 3ivx codecs), my opinion of it is better than ever.

Now I just wish they'd remove the stutter when editing the ID-tags of a playing file (pearLyrics automatically appends lyrics to a song any time it's played) and I'll be happy as a clam.

couldn't quite understand the second part of your post. my question to you is: does pearlyrics work with it or not? that is one of my favorite apps. thanx

- - e r i k - - · Nov 6, 2006, 01:53 AM

Originally Posted by gooser

couldn't quite understand the second part of your post. my question to you is: does pearlyrics work with it or not? that is one of my favorite apps. thanx

pearLyrics work fine. It just stutters for a millisecond while it saves the lyrics to the file that is playing.

gooser · Nov 6, 2006, 02:35 AM

thanks everyone. you too erik. may check it out at the apple store next time i visit.

milhouse · Nov 6, 2006, 02:01 PM

Me like

voodoo · Nov 6, 2006, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

pearLyrics work fine. It just stutters for a millisecond while it saves the lyrics to the file that is playing.

PearLyrics still exists? Seems to have been dead for a year now. Warner/Chappell music wasn't too happy about them.

V

gooser · Nov 7, 2006, 04:23 AM

Originally Posted by voodoo

PearLyrics still exists? Seems to have been dead for a year now. Warner/Chappell music wasn't too happy about them.

V

pearlyrics exists just fine for those who already have it and not too well for those who don't.