No Cover Flow View over a network?!?

I'm really exicted about the new version of iTunes 7. I especially like the new Cover Flow view. However, I'm attempting to connect to the my library on my network from my laptop and the view options for the album and cover flow are grayed out.
Am I missing something? Why would they not implement that over a network?

Same problem here. Strange considering the "iTV" will do somewhat use this feature over a network. Any workarounds?

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    Hi all,
    I've been using the Cover Flow view in my iTunes Library more and more lately (after years of suffering owning a slow machine). But there has been a question regarding playback that has been slightly nagging me for a little while. I couldn't come up with effective search results, so I'll pose the question to the masses.
    Cover Flow playback (by default) seems limited to playing through one album and jumping straight into the next album in the Library without stopping. Scroll through the track listing in the lower screen and you'll notice that iTunes lists every track from every album in your Library.
    (picture one of those digital bar jukeboxes and an unlimited bankroll...)
    Conversely, when clicking the album's title in the default List view, iTunes will only play the tracks in that particular album's playlist, and stop playback once this is finished. I have grown used to this option when desiring to fall asleep to one particular album only... and not the 476 albums which follow it.
    Is there a workaround in place to emulate this "List View" playback behavior for Cover Flow playback?
    Just curious... if not, it isn't the end of the world - List View will still continue to serve its specific purpose for my needs.
    I just have a thirst for knowledge.
    Thanks,
    Steve

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    Conversely, when clicking the album's title in the default List view, iTunes will only play the tracks in that particular album's playlist, and stop playback once this is finished.
    I'm not sure I follow you here — if I click a track in list view, iTunes always goes on to the next track when it's over (assuming Shuffle is off). If that's the next track on an album, great, but when I come to the end of an album it moves on to the next one.
    Or are you talking about the Browser? Selecting an album in the Album browser pane will indeed produce the results you're describing, since the rest of your library will be excluded.
    Yes that's correct - my apologies, I was at work at the time and was working from memory. I've had the Browser enabled since day one that it almost becomes second nature.
    My iTunes interface, while displaying in List mode with the Browser active, limits the upper display fields to only Artist and Album panes.
    And exactly as you said, once the album finishes playing, iTunes ceases playback.
    Is there a workaround in place to emulate this "List View" playback behavior for Cover Flow playback?
    Yes, but it's a bit clunky: use the Search box to narrow down your library until only one album is displayed.
    Yes you are correct - it is a bit clunky. But it does work for the most part, provided that the album title is unique from a song title on another album.
    Thanks for the info Jeremy!
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  • Annoying bug: Duplicate albums in the Cover Flow view

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    My first thought was "Oh, I must have mislabeled the album field of that first track so it's being saved as a different album... maybe I put in an extra space or something." But when I view the album in the Finder, all the tracks are in the same album folder. Just to be sure, I selected all the tracks on the album in iTunes and made sure the Album info field was correct, checked the checkbox, and clicked OK. Still nothing changes.
    I was finally able to fix this by selecting all the tracks on the album in iTunes and changing the Album info field to a completely NEW name (in this example "Lungs TEMP", then selecting them all again and renaming them BACK to the CORRECT name (Lungs). Ta da... Yea. Now there's only one "Lungs" album in Cover Flow.
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    It happens... See http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp for more.
    tt2

  • Subtle Mac Humor in Finder "Cover Flow" View

    Has anyone else noticed this?
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    I'm having an issue with cover flow view of images in OS 10.6.8
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    I know this paste below doesn't directly respond to your issue, but the steps below will restore OS X with a new copy and possibily clear up your issue.
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    Take your time and comprehend the steps involved and you'll be backup up like before in short order.
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    #1 Backup your personal data off the machine.
    Backup files off the computer (not to TimeMachine). If you don't have a external drive, get one and connect to the USB/Firewire port and simply drag and drop copy your User folder to the external drive, it will copy all your files. It's best to have two backups of your data off the machine when trying to restore.
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    #2 Try Restoring from a TimeMachine or hold option bootable clone
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    Hold c boot off the 10.6 disk (wired keyboard, internal optical drive), use Disk Utility First Aid to >Repair Disk and Permissions  (do not format or erase!!), Quit DU and simply re-install 10.6.
    Note: Simply reinstalling 10.6 version from disk (without erasing the drive) only replaces 10.6.8 with 10.6.x and bundled Apple programs, won't touch your files (backup anyway)  or most programs, unless they installed a kext file into OS X itself. (only a few on average do this)
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    When you reboot, make sure to reinstall any programs that require kext files installed into OS X, you'll know, they won't work when you launch them or hang for some reason.
    If for some freakish reason you get gray screen at any time when booting (possible it might occur when you reinstall older programs), hold the shift key down while booting (Safe Mode, disables kext files) and update your installed third party software so it's compatible with 10.6.8.
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    Learn how to clone your entire OS X boot here
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    http://pondini.org/OSX/Home.html
    Make copies of your original Snow Leopard
    http://www.walterjessen.com/make-a-bootable-backup-snow-leopard-install-disc/
    Learn how to make a bootable SL USB thumb drive
    http://www.maciverse.com/install-os-x-snow-leopard-from-usb-flash-drive.html
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    Learn which programs ARE NOT compatible/updated for Lion, Rosetta programs will not run on Lion.
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    If at any time you feel this is beyond your capability, please seek local Mac/PC professional assistance before you lose your data.
    In fact my steps above are very simple, you might want to have a family member or friend perfrom the proceedure in about a hour or two.
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  • Problem deleting items in cover flow view

    Hi,
    I recently upgraded to a new MacBook Pro with running Leopard and I thought that viewing directories using "cover flow" view in the finder would be a great new way to quickly browse through folders containing many pictures and deciding what to keep and what to get rid of. However, I've run into a problem. When I delete an item in the directory, sometimes the highlight bar automatically highlights the next item in the list (what I want it to do), and sometimes it just disappears so that when I press the down arrow, rather than just jumping to the next picture in the folder after the one I just deleted, it jumps all the way back to the first picture in the folder. As you can imagine, this can be pretty annoying when trying to sort through a folder of over 600 photos. I can't figure out why deleting an item sometimes selects the next item and sometimes deselects all items, but I would like to find a way to fix this so I can sort through my photos with ease. Thanks for any info.
    -Josh

    Sounds like a bug. Send Feedback or send bug reports and enhancement requests to Apple via its Bug Reporter system. Join the Apple Developer Connection (ADC)—it's free and available for all Mac users and gets you a look at some development software. Since you already have an Apple username/ID, use that. Once a member, go to Apple BugReporter and file your bug report/enhancement request. The nice thing with this procedure is that you get a response and a follow-up number; thus, starting a dialog with engineering.

  • Cover flow view crash - ok yesterday

    Probably not an issue with my video drivers or cover art... because it was working alright for months. Was ok "yesterday".
    But whenever I switch to "cover flow" view, iTunes crashes.
    In fact, my iTunes crashes on opening (probably because coverflow is the default view), I removed my music library, started from scratch then... I saw the crash again on my empty library when switching cover flow view. So its not library-related.
    Did a windows update corrupt something, or my iTunes settings did hara-kiri to themselves in some way?
    Some hidden file or registry key I need to reset?
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    Good news everyone! I got it working, but it wasn't anywhere near what I thought it would be. Thanks to everyone in this post and others I searched the past couple of weeks tracking this down.
    Bottom line - while it appeared that the problem was with CoverFlow, and the message pointed to a quicktime issue, it turned out that the problem was with a bad podcast download (believe it or not).
    I followed the advice of several different posts to open iTunes while holding down the SHIFT key (the OPTION key for Mac users). For iTunes 7.x, this offers a feature where the user can select a new iTunes library. I managed to open with a new library, and iTunes worked fine (just as it did under another XP account). I tried importing a few songs and used coverflow with this new library, and everything worked fine. So I shut down iTunes, reopened it and pointed it to my original iTunes library, and it crashed again!
    So just following basic troubleshooting, I copied my entire iTunes\iTunes Music and iTunes\Arwork folder to the new library I'd created earlier (not the XML or ITL file), then restarted iTunes and it FAILED AGAIN. This told me that there was a problem with some file in one of these folders I copied over. I removed the Artwork folder, and it still failed. When I removed the iTunes Music folder, iTunes opened fine again.
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    You know that thing with blokes that they rarely ask for help....... well all I can say is I've tried....... and tried.
    iTunes works perfectly well, no probs apart from one. If I select the Cover Flow View the iTunes window freezes. The other views work fine. If I set up a new account and transfer all of my music over to the new account....... guess what.... it works fine. So it's an account thing?......
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  • Scratchy Sound When Sliding Through Covers in Cover Flow View in iTunes 8

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    To begin I'd like to say I'm not new to message boards and even a forum moderator for the company Streetglow. I've searched for hours trying to figure out my cover flow problem and I just can't get it to organize the way I like. I've had a few problems with itunes in the past but a store rep fixed them within minutes. This is my first big problem.
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