A few iTune 7 workarounds

Question

There's been a lot of discussion about iTunes 7. Apple definitely need to fix a few bugs. Until then I've compiled a few fixes or should I say things you can try to get around the bugs of itunes 7.
1. Be aware of the fact that only older ipods can revert to 6x. If you have a new ipod (video/nano) your going to have stick with itunes 7 and hope for a fix if you have any problems. Movies can be played on Fifth Generation iPod (iPod with video). You need itunes 7 for movies.
2. From Bradley Price1: How to regress from iTunes 7 to iTunes 6.0.5
a) Make sure you have a copy of the iTunes 6.0.5 installer. If you no longer have one, download it here:
http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=11622&cat=1&platform =osx&method=sa/iTunesSetup.exe
b) Shut down iTunes 7 if it is running
c) Uninstall iTunes 7 via the Add/Remove Programs control panel.
d) Go to your iTunes MUSIC folder (usually C:\My Documents\My Music\iTunes). You will see two files called ''iTunes Library'' and ''iTunes Music Library''. These belong to iTunes 7, DELETE them.
NOTE: Take care not to confuse this with the iTunes INSTALLATION folder, which is usually C:\Program Files\iTunes.
e) You will also see a folder called ''Previous iTunes Libraries''. Look inside, there may be several copies depending upon your upgrade history with names like ''iTunes Library 2006-09-12''. Take the most recent one (the last one used by iTunes 6) and COPY it up to the folder C:\My Documents\My Music\iTunes. Now RENAME this file back to simply ''iTunes Library''.
NOTE: To copy a file in Windows, right-click the file and choose ''Copy''. Now go to the folder you wish to copy to, right-click in the empty folder space and choose ''Paste''.
NOTE: To rename a file in Windows, select the file and press F2. Now type the name you want and press ENTER.
After this is done, your iTunes MUSIC folder (C:\My Documents\My Music\iTunes) should contain the following objects:
The file ''iTunes Library'' that you just copied there and renamed
The folder ''Previous iTunes Libraries''
The folder ''iTunes Music''
f) Now reinstall iTunes 6. All your playlists and ratings will appear as if nothing had happened. And, your Shuffle will work once more.
3. Try this fix... Change QT control panel to 16 bit 41kHz. I call it a fix because it should be 24 bit as far as I'm concerned. I love Apple products! This is a bug as far as I'm concerned. Squash it fast APPLE!
Make sure you restart your iTunes when making the changes in the QuickTime control panel. For XP users. Do the following; start>control panels>other control panels. Select the audio tab in quicktime preferences. Rate:41kHz Size:16 bit
More from gswilder: He kept playing around with the QuickTime settings under windows control panel. I had to increase the sound out rate to get it to work. 44.1 KHZ would not work. I went to 64KHZ and it worked. Then on to 192khz and it worked. I have a Creative Pro EMU1212M sound card. So it may be a sound card specific bug. Depending on soundcard and driver versions, you may have to play around with all the QuickTime settings to find one that works.
You may need to update DirectX. This did not work for me.
error code 2738 by whereswaldo: It turns out that 2738 means that Windows Installer can't read a VisualBasicScript. Simply install this capability on your pc, and voila- iTunes. This site says that this package isn't for xp, but it allowed my installation to work-
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0A8A18F6-249C-4A72-BFCF -FC6AF26DC390&displaylang=en
How to set up a crash log:
Good morning, nic0806,
Unfortunately, the interesting meaty bits are the
ones that you've ...'ed out. But why don't we get
ourselves a full installer log and pass it onto the
Apple Engineers?
1. Open a commnd prompt window. (Start menu -> Run.
Type in ''cmd''. Hit return.)
2. Drag and drop iTunesSetup.exe onto the window so
that the full pathname of the file is at the command
line prompt.
3. Type in a space, then the following line:
/l*v C:\log.txt
4. Hit return.
5. The installer will create a log file:
C:\log.txt
Send it to our buddy
Roy at [email protected]. It doesn't hurt to put the URL to this discussion thread because he gets a lot of these
messages and is easily confused. Tell him Toonz sent
ya.
Solution to registering modules hang for windows users
by: gailj
I had the same problems as some others installing ITunes 7 -it would hang at registering modules and never complete.
The last time I tried it, I brought up the task manager (ctrl + alt + del) and listed everything in order by name. There were about 6 instances of msiexec.exe running. Clicking and ''end task'' one at a time, the third one clicked (in use by system) allowed the process to finish and iTunes is now up and running again.
Hope this helps someone else.
Gail
From mancuniasredarmy
Also if on Windows XP, one clicks on Repeat Off for the playlist, the songs will speed up and go very quickly, almost as if on fast-forward. To undo this, simply uncheck repeat off!
Just a few thoughts... There's much MORE!

Answer 1

There's been a lot of discussion about iTunes 7. Apple definitely need to fix a few bugs. Until then I've compiled a few fixes or should I say things you can try to get around the bugs of itunes 7.
1. Be aware of the fact that only older ipods can revert to 6x. If you have a new ipod (video/nano) your going to have stick with itunes 7 and hope for a fix if you have any problems. Movies can be played on Fifth Generation iPod (iPod with video). You need itunes 7 for movies.
2. From Bradley Price1: How to regress from iTunes 7 to iTunes 6.0.5
a) Make sure you have a copy of the iTunes 6.0.5 installer. If you no longer have one, download it here:
http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=11622&cat=1&platform =osx&method=sa/iTunesSetup.exe
b) Shut down iTunes 7 if it is running
c) Uninstall iTunes 7 via the Add/Remove Programs control panel.
d) Go to your iTunes MUSIC folder (usually C:\My Documents\My Music\iTunes). You will see two files called ''iTunes Library'' and ''iTunes Music Library''. These belong to iTunes 7, DELETE them.
NOTE: Take care not to confuse this with the iTunes INSTALLATION folder, which is usually C:\Program Files\iTunes.
e) You will also see a folder called ''Previous iTunes Libraries''. Look inside, there may be several copies depending upon your upgrade history with names like ''iTunes Library 2006-09-12''. Take the most recent one (the last one used by iTunes 6) and COPY it up to the folder C:\My Documents\My Music\iTunes. Now RENAME this file back to simply ''iTunes Library''.
NOTE: To copy a file in Windows, right-click the file and choose ''Copy''. Now go to the folder you wish to copy to, right-click in the empty folder space and choose ''Paste''.
NOTE: To rename a file in Windows, select the file and press F2. Now type the name you want and press ENTER.
After this is done, your iTunes MUSIC folder (C:\My Documents\My Music\iTunes) should contain the following objects:
The file ''iTunes Library'' that you just copied there and renamed
The folder ''Previous iTunes Libraries''
The folder ''iTunes Music''
f) Now reinstall iTunes 6. All your playlists and ratings will appear as if nothing had happened. And, your Shuffle will work once more.
3. Try this fix... Change QT control panel to 16 bit 41kHz. I call it a fix because it should be 24 bit as far as I'm concerned. I love Apple products! This is a bug as far as I'm concerned. Squash it fast APPLE!
Make sure you restart your iTunes when making the changes in the QuickTime control panel. For XP users. Do the following; start>control panels>other control panels. Select the audio tab in quicktime preferences. Rate:41kHz Size:16 bit
More from gswilder: He kept playing around with the QuickTime settings under windows control panel. I had to increase the sound out rate to get it to work. 44.1 KHZ would not work. I went to 64KHZ and it worked. Then on to 192khz and it worked. I have a Creative Pro EMU1212M sound card. So it may be a sound card specific bug. Depending on soundcard and driver versions, you may have to play around with all the QuickTime settings to find one that works.
You may need to update DirectX. This did not work for me.
error code 2738 by whereswaldo: It turns out that 2738 means that Windows Installer can't read a VisualBasicScript. Simply install this capability on your pc, and voila- iTunes. This site says that this package isn't for xp, but it allowed my installation to work-
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0A8A18F6-249C-4A72-BFCF -FC6AF26DC390&displaylang=en
How to set up a crash log:
Good morning, nic0806,
Unfortunately, the interesting meaty bits are the
ones that you've ...'ed out. But why don't we get
ourselves a full installer log and pass it onto the
Apple Engineers?
1. Open a commnd prompt window. (Start menu -> Run.
Type in ''cmd''. Hit return.)
2. Drag and drop iTunesSetup.exe onto the window so
that the full pathname of the file is at the command
line prompt.
3. Type in a space, then the following line:
/l*v C:\log.txt
4. Hit return.
5. The installer will create a log file:
C:\log.txt
Send it to our buddy
Roy at [email protected]. It doesn't hurt to put the URL to this discussion thread because he gets a lot of these
messages and is easily confused. Tell him Toonz sent
ya.
Solution to registering modules hang for windows users
by: gailj
I had the same problems as some others installing ITunes 7 -it would hang at registering modules and never complete.
The last time I tried it, I brought up the task manager (ctrl + alt + del) and listed everything in order by name. There were about 6 instances of msiexec.exe running. Clicking and ''end task'' one at a time, the third one clicked (in use by system) allowed the process to finish and iTunes is now up and running again.
Hope this helps someone else.
Gail
From mancuniasredarmy
Also if on Windows XP, one clicks on Repeat Off for the playlist, the songs will speed up and go very quickly, almost as if on fast-forward. To undo this, simply uncheck repeat off!
Just a few thoughts... There's much MORE!