ITunes is terrible.

I've been using iTunes for a while now, I'm not going to go into the differences between the Mac version and the Windows version because those differences are not what I'm concerned about.
There's a list of things that go wrong with iTunes. Firstly, iTunes screws up album artwork all the time for no reason - replacing all black album covers instead of the real ones. Because of course none of us want the correct album cover to go with the album do we?
The second thing is the store, there are so many albums available in the USA store, Canada store etc. that aren't available to other countries and it's really ridiculous how I can't even view these albums that I like in iTunes because I don't live in a particular country, Get real apple.
After changing back from us store to uk, I had to enter my details again and got my password wrong. Immediately I had to go and reset it unnecessarily - and when I did go to reset it, the criteria that I had to follow was ridiculous, must have capital letters, bumbers, no consecutive bla bla bla.
So bad, this programme; but unfortunately it's the only thing I can use to sort my iPod out and stuff. I think the iPod is a great invention by Apple, I love my iPod - but honestly, the programme that goes with it is very poor.
Apple should be at the forefront of trying to reduce illegal downloading as much as they can as a global company with responsibility. Well, considering how difficult they're making it to buy and manage tracks nowadays, I have a hunch that they're not doing very well. It is easier, faster and cheaper (obviously) for any person to type in album name in a torrent search engine and download it themselves. I might add as well, that's not even considering the price of an individual song from itunes these days, and you wonder why so many people download illegally? The level of herp-derp here can't be measured.
Well that's my rant over and done with and I'm sure many people will agree, iTunes as it is *****.

DavidsonUK wrote:
I've been using iTunes for a while now, I'm not going to go into the differences between the Mac version and the Windows version because those differences are not what I'm concerned about.
Why mention it then?
DavidsonUK wrote:
There's a list of things that go wrong with iTunes. Firstly, iTunes screws up album artwork all the time for no reason - replacing all black album covers instead of the real ones. Because of course none of us want the correct album cover to go with the album do we?
I've had that happen to me - once. After a small amount of effort on my part, the problem was resolved. So, not all the time. If it's happeneing to you all the time, then perhaps there is something else wrong that you need to identify. How about the size and type of artwork you're using? You could search these discussions to see if there are any clues to your problem.
DavidsonUK wrote:
The second thing is the store, there are so many albums available in the USA store, Canada store etc. that aren't available to other countries and it's really ridiculous how I can't even view these albums that I like in iTunes because I don't live in a particular country, Get real apple.
Apple do not decide the countries music is made available, the owners of the music do that.
DavidsonUK wrote:
Apple should be at the forefront of trying to reduce illegal downloading as much as they can as a global company with responsibility. Well, considering how difficult they're making it to buy and manage tracks nowadays, I have a hunch that they're not doing very well. It is easier, faster and cheaper (obviously) for any person to type in album name in a torrent search engine and download it themselves. I might add as well, that's not even considering the price of an individual song from itunes these days, and you wonder why so many people download illegally?
Now there's an interesting point. As I've already pointed out, it's the record companies and copyright owners who decide where music is sold, not Apple. If those record companies don't make something available legally, it's not surprising that dedicated fans seek out the music elsewhere. I believe the band Metallica found that out to their cost some years ago. And yet the industry hasn't learned from that very public mistake. Apple however, is trying to make it difficult to illegally copy. That's why you cannot plug your iPod into someone else's computer and copy their song files onto your iPod without removing your library. (...and how people moan about the fact that they cannot copy someone else's iTunes Library.)
I actually don't agree with your suggestion that iTunes is not very good. My previous (very well-known) brand of MP3 player came with software for managing it - nowhere near as good as iTunes. Many MP3 players still don't have dedicated software and are consequently indifferent (at best) or awkward (at worst) to manage.
And don't get me started on managing Podcasts. I've tried Podcatcher software that other people say is brilliant, but frankly it isn't. iTunes is fantastic for getting Podcasts.
iTunes may not be perfect in every respect, but perhaps that's why Apple has a feedback programme for constructive ideas, diesel has mentioned it. Try that.
Buy yourself another make of MP3 player, try it out and if you decide it's better than the iPod (which you love, despite iTunes) stick with it.

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iTunes also tends to constantly gobble up memory and disk space as it hangs around. I usually leave iTunes open for several days at a time. (since it takes so long to shut down and start up) But after a week of use, I can usually expect the program to have 150 Mb of memory and anywhere from 150 Mb to 350 Mb of virtual space taken up. This also causes shutdown times that can last up to 5 minutes. It has a memory leak it seems to me that is worse than Firefox.
Should I say screw everything and downgrade to an earlier version? I did this once before but I had unfortunately "upgraded" my iPod's software which realized that iTunes wasn't up to par and gave me an error message. (exactly what was so incompatible between versions is beyond me however)
Any suggestions without upgrading my hardware?
Is live updating a bear for the system to deal with?

I have a very powerful PC and it doesn't make a difference. 7.6 is just a mess. Your choice is to either try and go back to an older version (Best - before 7.5), or try winamp which works pretty good, but isn't as user friendly in it's looks (and no good if you've purchased lots of protected iTunes store product).
I agree in full what you've said - this mess of an "update" has really made me rethink my loyalty to iTunes and Apple products

Where is the EXACT version number shown? Where is the menu link to the Help file? Why is there no scroll bar? The new iTunes is terrible in more ways than I can list... how do I switch back to version 10?

The newest iTunes version has no Help option. Why? And, no ability to find out the version number.
The new iTunes, when in album view in Windows 7, has NO SCROLLBARS, so it is impossible to scroll the albums. Why?
Answer these questions, as I am an AAPL shareholder and I am NOT happy with these and other changes you've made to iTunes.

The newest iTunes version has no Help option. Why? And, no ability to find out the version number.
You may need to bring up your Menu Bar to see the Help menu.
If you're using 11.0.x, click on the wee boxy icon up in the top-left corner of your iTunes to see the "Show Menu Bar" control, as per the following screenshot:
Once you've got your Help menu showing, go "Help > About iTunes" and wait for the version number to scroll up from the bottom of the screen, as per the previous versions.

The new iTunes is terrible. Can I downgrade to what I had before?

The new iTunes upgrade is just plain awful. Apple used to be the most user friendly thing out there but now theyre trying to do too much and it just ***** my balls. Can i downgrade to the itunes I had before? If so, how?

Did you uninstall iTunes 11 and replace it with iTunes 10.7? If so, you'll need to go through a few steps to put things right:
Rename "iTunes Library.itl" to some other name;
Copy newst ITL file from the "Previous iTunes Libraries" folder into your main iTunes folder and rename it to "iTunes Library.itl";
Download iTunes 10.7: http://appldnld.apple.com/iTunes10/041-7195.20120912.d3uzQ/iTunes10.7.dmg
Download/install shareware app called Pacifist;
Open Pacifist and, separately, mount iTunes DMG file -- drag iTunes PKG file into Pacifist and install iTunes via the Pacifist application -- be sure to answer yes to replacing everything Pacifist asks about;
Enjoy iTunes 10.7.
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HT1711 I think the new upgraded version of itunes is terrible and I would like to know if there is a way to revert back to an older version ????

Would like to know if there is a way to revert back to an older itunes version ????
I am not happy with the latest one offered.

''"...although I've explained to him that he should not change anything in the Options area, he continues to do it. If there is not a way for me to prevent him from changing anything in Options, then I have no alternative than to prevent him from using the computer at all."''
Maybe taking away his privileges will could teach him a valuable lesson------respect other people's property!

Choppy mp4 playback in iTunes

Until tonight, I've never had issues with video playback in iTunes. I have a library of mp4 video files that I've played successfully in the past with little or no video quality issues.
All of a sudden, none of my videos will play correctly in iTunes. The video is incredibly choppy, with a new frame or two playing every 30 seconds while the audio plays relatively normally. If I open the same file in another player (VLC or WMP), the file will play correctly with no choppiness. In fact, I can play the video file in both players at the same time with zero quality loss, so there's no lack of computer power that would cause this in iTunes. To the best of my knowledge, nothing changed on my system to prompt this - I was literally in the middle of watching a video when it happened.
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Yesterday i've update to iTunes 7.7. And iTunes getting worser every release on Windows.
1. Calendar Syncing needs 3-4 Minutes (much slowler than in 7.6)
2. After Syncing OutlookSyncClient.exe needs constantly 10-20% of CPU Cycles even when my iPod Touch (1.1.4) is disconnteced.
3. When OutlookSyncClient.exe ist running (not syncing with the touch) then also the Outlook.exe ist constantly using 15-30% of the CPU Cycles.
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I really don't like iTunes 10 for these reasons

think that the new iTunes 10 is really a step backward for several reasons which are as follows.
(1) If you want to view as album list you have to set each play list individually.
(2) When viewed in album list the artwork is too small and cannot be made bigger.
(3) There is no longer any colour to iTunes which makes it look dated.
(4) When using the show album artwork button in the bottom right corner the artwork is too big and hides to much of the playlist.
(5) When using view as album list all of the columns that i'm used to disappear and if I want them back I have to set them for each individual playlist and having over 4000 of them this is impossible.
After all said and done this iTunes is terrible a real step backward for Apple and I hope that you put back the functions that were on the previous iTunes. Make it easy for us as some of us have a lot of music to keep catalogued.

have never used applescript and to be honest don't know how to
It's part of the OS so it's just there to use and very simple.
In the case of the script above you copy it to the location it tells you to, run iTunes, select the playlists you want then run the script from the iTunes Script menu.
What are you trying to accomplish with a playlist for every album?
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If you have more than ~20-30 playlists, you probably have too many.
If you are a DJ or have a specific need for more but 4000 playlists will simply bog down iTunes.
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Anytime you do just about anything in iTunes, these files get rewritten. This includes playing, skipping or rating a song, editing any info, creating, deleting or updating a playlist, adding or deleting anything from the library, and oither actions.
These files get rewritten, not once per session, but _after every action_.

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http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8170/ituneshelp.png
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If exporting to i4 results in the same, there could be a problem with the movie itself. Try exporting to the i4 and replay the video. However if exporting to i4 plays okay on the phone, it's your Nvidia drivers. You can download the prior Nvidia drivers and downgrade.
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