The new iTunes

[bogan]

Found the optimisation program I was looking for, Tune Up Utilities. Easy to use, can be told to start and stop programs and services as they are run or closed, big impact on program startup time though, so I've left iTunes ones going, adobe and chrome were classed as some of the worst offenders, the highest load one (mobo monitor) doesn't want to be stopped so I won't fuck with that. Can't say I can tell any difference except some of the taskbar stuff (all the printer bits and bobs) is gone, but this sort of thing is often cumulative, so worth keeping on top of it...

All in all it seems like a nice helpful program worth the 50USD asking price, though it does add its own service to the list Nice to have the best of both worlds, with the recommended or desired programs available to run from the start menu but not using any resources otherwise, and the more important/useful ones selected to run all the time.

edit: funnily enough, the DLNA server/service is apparently impactless, must be some good coding there!

[bogan]

I see your small CPU friendly apple issues and raise you McCafee

And Vista

And the other million shit things out there

iTunes is not as heinous as it's being made out to be. I think Headbanger has something against the Apple products.

McCafee and Vista, shit bro, you must have started typing that post at lunch time

The nature of both are defined by their function, But never fear, I'll contextualize it further to aid your comprehension.

Consider the oil in your bike to be dirextX, Its there by design and a requirement for the correct operation of your motor, Lets say you decide to enhance the capabilities of your motorcycle by replacing a number of internal components. When this is done you upgrade to a newer version of oil that compliments the new configuration.

Now consider you send your bike in to get a new headlight (itunes) fitted, You get it back and discover it has also been fitted with a water softener and a big red 2m flag, You think fuck, thats not what I wanted but then discover your light won't function without them, so you hit the road only to then discover the new light does nothing the old light didn't do, it just looks slick and has strong marketing.

So, fuck that, You head back to the shop, tell them to get rid of that shit, You pick your bike up, ride off down the road, The old headlight has been refitted, but fuck in hell, they left the water softener, the big red flag and all the fittings for the shitty light you didn't want.

Customer service, Apple style.

See now you're making progress, we told you it was the same method.

[ducatilover]

McCafee and Vista, shit bro, you must have started typing that post at lunch time

I'm lucky, I've never had either. Just been the lucky guy getting rid of 'em
I'm happy with my set up, 75 sec from push of teh button to on the net, with a Vodem shit heap

[bogan]

Tune up utilities have a half price xmas deal on atm if anybody else is interested. 25 bucks for 3 computers worth of tuning up!

[Usarka]

I'm uninstalling iPubes as I write this. Never going to use this piece of shit again.

Fuck apple and fuck their anal-pus-sore m4a files. I don't want m4a apple proprietary shit, I want files that work on my other gear. And if you wank on about converting a lossy format to another lossy format you are lossy-in-the-brain.

Lick my balls apple.

[Scuba_Steve]

I'm uninstalling iPubes as I write this. Never going to use this piece of shit again.

Fuck apple and fuck their anal-pus-sore m4a files. I don't want m4a apple proprietary shit, I want files that work on my other gear. And if you wank on about converting a lossy format to another lossy format you are lossy-in-the-brain.

Lick my balls apple.

You do understand m4a files are no more Apple's than mp3, Apple simply uses them they're not proprietary to them. But hey don't let that stop your anti-Apple rant

[Kendog]

I'm uninstalling iPubes as I write this. Never going to use this piece of shit again.

Fuck apple and fuck their anal-pus-sore m4a files. I don't want m4a apple proprietary shit, I want files that work on my other gear. And if you wank on about converting a lossy format to another lossy format you are lossy-in-the-brain.

Lick my balls apple.

I have no idea what an m4a is.
But I do know itunes music works perfectly on every device I use, so not sure what your problem is.

[Headbanger]

I have no idea what an m4a is.

Its an MP4, The use of the "a" is to signify that it is audio only.

[Usarka]

You do understand m4a files are no more Apple's than mp3, Apple simply uses them they're not proprietary to them. But hey don't let that stop your anti-Apple rant

Wow that magically made it work on my PS3 and my Pioneer MP3 car stereo. Oh, no it still doesn't. MP3 does, or much more preferably a lossless format would let me convert it so that it can without degrading the quality.


itunes has become a monopoly of online music sales. It sells music in a lossy format (ie. not full quality) that doesn't play on a number of common devices. And the vast majority of the time there is no other choice if you want to purchase online.

itunes and apple can stil lick my balls.

[Scuba_Steve]

Wow that magically made it work on my PS3 and my Pioneer MP3 car stereo. Oh, no it still doesn't. MP3 does, or much more preferably a lossless format would let me convert it so that it can without degrading the quality.


itunes has become a monopoly of online music sales. It sells music in a lossy format (ie. not full quality) that doesn't play on a number of common devices. And the vast majority of the time there is no other choice if you want to purchase online.

itunes and apple can stil lick my balls.

Never said it would "magically" fix things, I was simply pointing out it wasn't Apple.

I don't know what your problem is. I don't have a Pioneer MP3 head unit so I can't test on that, but I just went & purchased a song from iTunes, I then converted it to MP3 & I played both the MP3 & the original m4a versions on my PS3 with no trouble at all. They also play from my iPod (obviously) Galaxy Tab, Philips MP3 player & DVD player, every digital music playing device I have will play a song brought from iTunes in it's original m4a format, & if I had one that didn't I (like you) could simply convert the song into so it could play

[SMOKEU]

, but I just went & purchased a song from iTunes,

What, you paid for music?!?! That's like paying for water or air.

[Scuba_Steve]

What, you paid for music?!?! That's like paying for water or air.

paying for music is much more sensible than paying for water or air, yet people pay a fuck load for them too.
But no iTunes give away a free song every week from an unknown artist they're promoting I just grabbed that, I wasn't about to pay for a song just to try & replicate Usarka's problem

[SMOKEU]

But no iTunes give away a free song every week from an unknown artist they're promoting I just grabbed that, I wasn't about to pay for a song just to try & replicate Usarka's problem

Fair enough then.

[Headbanger]

if I had one that didn't I (like you) could simply convert the song into so it could play

I believe one of his points was that every time you compress a track by encoding it into another format you lose quality.

So they compress it before selling it (lowers the quality in the first instance) then you compress it again to a more usable format, You now have dog shit.

Personally I rip my own CD's (paying a premium for something of a lower quality of the original is a tad dumb) to an Mp3 player (Galaxy SII) and use an auxiliary cable to plug it into my amp and car stereo.

The ability to carry my music with me is a tradeoff in regards to quality, But my shelves of cd's are my shrine to all that is holy.

[Headbanger]

paying for music is much more sensible than paying for water or air, yet people pay a fuck load for them too.

You would need to be paying for muddy water.......