Is anybody interested in sharing traditional tunes with me through itunes. I was looking for people with relatively big itunes libraries. You can download the software <A>HREF="http://customersupport.networksolutions.com">here</A>;
Thanks
James
I had been using Windows media player to manage all my folders of mp3 session recordings then when I installed itunes it moved all the files (many hundreds) into one folder in My Music called 'Unknown Artist' and 'Unknown Album'.
I'm still trying to sort out the mess and recover the details of each recording.
I had a similiar iTunes disaster. It also can have a mind of it's own and decide to convert all of your WMV files to MP3 when you import tunes into it, because it thinks this would make your life easier. bah!
From the earliest days I didn't get on with way windows media player managed files. I found it a lot easier to move them around in windows explorer. Call me old fashioned. Would iTunes mess around with WAV and or WMV files stuck in my documents/my music etc.?
I think that the reported problems with iTunes only happen if it is selected to be the default player and the box edit/preferences/advanced/keep itunes music folder organised is ticked.
i'm not sure i'm tech savvy enough to understand this. but a friend sent me a .wmv so i could learn it, and i nearly went nuts trying to get it onto my ipod touch by way of itunes on my mac computer.
can anybody tell me, in simple english, how i might go about this? please be gentle.
Wmv is the windows media format; I think you need to have the file in mp3 format for your ipod. There is conversion software that can easily do that but I don't know what is available for a Mac. A search of a site such as cnet should turn up something for you. An easier method would be if your friend can do the conversion for you.
If you have a Mac that has iTunes, open iTunes, click on the" iTunes" heading on the menu bar, click on "Preferences", click on "Import Settings", set "MP3 encoder" in "Import Settings" then open the wmv file using iTunes. While the file is highlighted and playing, click on "Edit" in the iTunes menu, click on "Get Info" and see if next to "Kind" it reads "MPEG audio file" and next to "Format" it reads "MPEG-1, Layer 3". If so you should be able to download it to the iPod. If not go up to "Advanced" in the iTunes menu and select "Create MP3 version". The wmv file that you have highlighted will have a copy of it made in mp3 format while a status bar moves across the iTunes selection window and that mp3 copy will appear below the highlighted wmv selection when a chime rings. That copy can be downloaded to the iPod.
joesmith, thanks. i made sure my itunes preferences impoet settings were set on mp3 encoder, but had mistakenly identified the file, it is a .wma; i was able to get it out of the mail and onto my desktop, but can't get it into itunes.
if i try to drag it, it wont go, if i try to right click, it doesn't offer me itunes as an option for opening.
i may have to dust off the old pc and see what it can or will do; or i may just listen to the thing on my computer and learn it off there.
i have successfully turned other files into mp3's but these wma's defeat me.
Simplify Media
Simplify Media
Is anybody interested in sharing traditional tunes with me through itunes. I was looking for people with relatively big itunes libraries. You can download the software <A>HREF="http://customersupport.networksolutions.com">here</A>;
Thanks
James
# Posted on November 3rd 2009 by jamesmccaffrey
Re: Simplify Media
Download software from simplifymedia.com
# Posted on November 3rd 2009 by jamesmccaffrey
Re: Simplify Media
I had been using Windows media player to manage all my folders of mp3 session recordings then when I installed itunes it moved all the files (many hundreds) into one folder in My Music called 'Unknown Artist' and 'Unknown Album'.
I'm still trying to sort out the mess and recover the details of each recording.
I'm keeping well away from itunes now ...
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by dogbox
Re: Simplify Media
I had a similiar iTunes disaster. It also can have a mind of it's own and decide to convert all of your WMV files to MP3 when you import tunes into it, because it thinks this would make your life easier. bah!
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by themush
Re: Simplify Media
SimplyMedia works with Windows Media Player and others, not just iTunes.
It sounds similar to Spotify, Last.fm and other music sharing ideas.
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by Bren
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From the earliest days I didn't get on with way windows media player managed files. I found it a lot easier to move them around in windows explorer. Call me old fashioned. Would iTunes mess around with WAV and or WMV files stuck in my documents/my music etc.?
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by greg sheils
Re: Simplify Media
I think that the reported problems with iTunes only happen if it is selected to be the default player and the box edit/preferences/advanced/keep itunes music folder organised is ticked.
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by All Moldy
Re: Simplify Media
also if you try to import non-iTunes friendly files in, it automatically converts them
# Posted on November 5th 2009 by themush
Re: Simplify Media
i'm not sure i'm tech savvy enough to understand this. but a friend sent me a .wmv so i could learn it, and i nearly went nuts trying to get it onto my ipod touch by way of itunes on my mac computer.
can anybody tell me, in simple english, how i might go about this? please be gentle.
# Posted on November 5th 2009 by full measure
Re: Simplify Media
Wmv is the windows media format; I think you need to have the file in mp3 format for your ipod. There is conversion software that can easily do that but I don't know what is available for a Mac. A search of a site such as cnet should turn up something for you. An easier method would be if your friend can do the conversion for you.
# Posted on November 5th 2009 by All Moldy
Re: Simplify Media
full measure
If you have a Mac that has iTunes, open iTunes, click on the" iTunes" heading on the menu bar, click on "Preferences", click on "Import Settings", set "MP3 encoder" in "Import Settings" then open the wmv file using iTunes. While the file is highlighted and playing, click on "Edit" in the iTunes menu, click on "Get Info" and see if next to "Kind" it reads "MPEG audio file" and next to "Format" it reads "MPEG-1, Layer 3". If so you should be able to download it to the iPod. If not go up to "Advanced" in the iTunes menu and select "Create MP3 version". The wmv file that you have highlighted will have a copy of it made in mp3 format while a status bar moves across the iTunes selection window and that mp3 copy will appear below the highlighted wmv selection when a chime rings. That copy can be downloaded to the iPod.
# Posted on November 6th 2009 by ∅
Re: Simplify Media
Thanks Joe, filed for future reference.
# Posted on November 6th 2009 by All Moldy
Re: Simplify Media
joesmith, thanks. i made sure my itunes preferences impoet settings were set on mp3 encoder, but had mistakenly identified the file, it is a .wma; i was able to get it out of the mail and onto my desktop, but can't get it into itunes.
if i try to drag it, it wont go, if i try to right click, it doesn't offer me itunes as an option for opening.
i may have to dust off the old pc and see what it can or will do; or i may just listen to the thing on my computer and learn it off there.
i have successfully turned other files into mp3's but these wma's defeat me.
and
# Posted on November 6th 2009 by full measure
Re: Simplify Media
and jamesmccaffrey, i apologize for hijacking your thread!
# Posted on November 6th 2009 by full measure
Re: Simplify Media
full measure
Use the free Mac version of Switch to convert it to mp3
http://www.nch.com.au/switch/
# Posted on November 6th 2009 by ∅