Random FLV from an SMIL Playlist
I have been trying to find a way to randomly select an flv
file to play in a 400x100 signature I have for some of my forums.
There is no user control on this swf besides onRollOver to start
the flv and onRollOut to pause it. What I want to achieve is
whenever the swf is loaded that it will randomly select an flv from
a playlist. From what I have read, SMIL is the best format to use
with FLVPlayback. All I should be needing to do is typing in the
SMIL URL into the concenturl inside the properties of the
FLVPlayback. However, this doesnt work. I also haven't a clue how
to actually randomize it. I could not find anything regarding the
required code used in SMIL to randomize the playlist.
Any help, hints and clues would be very appreciated as this
has stumped me for quite some time.
If I am listening to my Shuffle in random/shuffle
order and come to a song from an album I want to hear
more of, can I switch it to Playlist order and hear
the rest of the songs in order of the playlist?
I believe that's the way it's supposed to work... WHY not TRY it?
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Running a live stream from an XML playlist
I have just successfully installed Adobe FMS on my server.
I would now like to know how to program a script to run a continuous live stream, of MP4 videos, from an XML playlist.
Can anyone tell me how to do this? ...or provide me a good tutorial? (I am a complete newbie to ActionScript.)
Thanks in advance...application.allowDebug = true;
application.onAppStart = function(){
this.userID =0;
this.playObj = new Object();
this.timObj = new Object();
this.passCli = new Object();
this.couObj = new Object();
this.couObj.count = 1;
application.so0 = SharedObject.get("so",false);
this.dates = new Object;
this.dates.dat0 = new Date().valueOf()+"a";
this.dates.dat1 = new Date().valueOf()+"b";
this.dates.dat2 = new Date().valueOf()+"c";
this.dates.dat3 = new Date().valueOf()+"d";
this.myStream = new Object;
this.myStream.st = Stream.get (this.dates.dat0.toString());
this.myStream.st1 = Stream.get (this.dates.dat1.toString());
this.myStream.st2 = Stream.get (this.dates.dat2.toString());
this.myStream.st3 = Stream.get (this.dates.dat3.toString());
this.int0
this.int1
this.int2
this.int3
this.int4
this.lock0=0;
this.lock1=0;
this.lock2=0;
this.lock3=0;
this.lock4=0;
listen();
function listen(){
clearInterval(application.int3);
application.int0 = setInterval(time,1000,application.myStream.st);
application.myStream.st.onStatus = function(info){
if(info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop"&&application.lock0==0){
trace("code0"+info.code);
clearInterval(application.int0);
application.timObj.tim = 0;
application.int1 = setInterval(time,1000,application.myStream.st1);
application.couObj.count = 2;
playcurr(application.passCli.cli);
switchStream(application.so0);
listen1(application.myStream.st1);
application.lock0=1;
function listen1(mystreamst1){
mystreamst1.onStatus = function(info){
if(info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop"&&application.lock1==0){
trace("code1"+info.code);
mystreamst1 = null;
clearInterval(application.int1);
application.timObj.tim = 0;
application.int2 = setInterval(time,1000,application.myStream.st2);
application.couObj.count = 3;
playcurr(application.passCli.cli);
switchStream(application.so0);
listen2(application.myStream.st2);
application.lock1=1
function listen2 (mystream2){
mystream2.onStatus = function(info){
trace("code2"+info.code);
if(info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop"&&application.lock2==0){
clearInterval(application.int2);
application.mystream2 = null;
application.timObj.tim = 0;
//application.int3 = setInterval(time,1000,application.myStream.st3);
application.couObj.count = 4;
playcurr(application.passCli.cli);
switchStream(application.so0);
application.lock2=1;
listen3(application.myStream.st3);
function listen3(mystream3){
mystream3.onStatus = function(info){
trace("code3"+info.code);
if(info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop"&&application.lock3==0){
trace("yes yes yes yes yes yes");
clearInterval(application.int3);
application.couObj.count = 1;
mystream3 = null;
application.timObj.tim = 0;
//application.int4 = setInterval(time,1000,application.myStream.st);
playcurr(application.passCli.cli);
switchStream(application.so0);
application.lock0=0;
application.lock1=0;
application.lock2=0;
application.lock3=0;
application.dates.dat0 = new Date().valueOf()+"e";
application.dates.dat1 = new Date().valueOf()+"f";
application.dates.dat2 = new Date().valueOf()+"g";
application.dates.dat3 = new Date().valueOf()+"h";
application.myStream.st = Stream.get (application.dates.dat0.toString());
application.myStream.st1 = Stream.get (application.dates.dat1.toString());
application.myStream.st2 = Stream.get (application.dates.dat2.toString());
application.myStream.st3 = Stream.get (application.dates.dat3.toString());
application.myStream.st.play(application.playObj.vid[0],0,-1,0);
application.myStream.st1.play(application.playObj.vid[1],0,-1,0);
application.myStream.st2.play(application.playObj.vid[2],0,-1,0);
application.myStream.st3.play(application.playObj.vid[3],0,-1,0);
listen();
///here next
application.onConnect = function(client){
application.acceptConnection(client);
application.passCli.cli = client;
client.call("setUserID",null,this.userID);
this.userID++;
if(application.clients.length == 1 ){
videoArray = new Array();
var playlist = new XML();
playlist.ignoreWhite = true;
//parse xml play list for individual elements
playlist.onLoad = function( success ) {
if(playlist.loaded == true) {
if (playlist.firstChild.hasChildNodes()) {
for (var aNode = playlist.firstChild.firstChild; aNode != null; aNode=aNode.nextSibling) {
if (aNode.nodeType == 1) {
//create array from parsed xml elements.
videoArray[aNode.attributes.id] = aNode.attributes.name ;
//pass array out of onload function
application.playObj.vid = videoArray;
application.myStream.st.play(application.playObj.vid[0],0,-1,0);
application.myStream.st1.play(application.playObj.vid[1],0,-1,0);
application.myStream.st2.play(application.playObj.vid[2],0,-1,0);
application.myStream.st3.play(application.playObj.vid[3],0,-1,0);
pass0(videoArray);
//play first video on playlist
playlist.load("http://www.privatechatnow.com/fmsuser/playlist.xml");
}//end onetime if statement
function pass0(videoArray){
//receive array
//play intial video
if(application.clients.length == 1){
// application.playObj.vid=videoArray;
playcurr(application.passCli.cli);
for (var key in application.playObj){
trace(key + ": " + application.playObj[key]);
//put currently playing videio into object
//isolate playlist switching loop for each connected client
//listen to currently playing stream with onStatus
//change to next video in playlist
//use onStatus and current duration and seek to scrub to cuurently playin video each time a user connects.
//continue untill playlist is played then loop back to first video in playlist.
//onConnect play currently playing video
if (application.clients.length >1){
playcurr(application.passCli.cli);
//message client with currently play flv
//message client when flv changes
//message client with metadata
application.onPublish = function(clientObject, streamObject){
trace("Stream name :: "+streamObject.name);
function switchStream(so0){
if(application.couObj.count == 1){
clength = application.timObj.tim-3;
currlen = application.playObj.vid[0].length;
nextlen = application.playObj.vid[1].length;
so0.send("playSecond",application.playObj.vid[0],clength,currlen,nextlen);
if(application.couObj.count == 2){
clength = application.timObj.tim-3;
currlen = application.playObj.vid[1].length;
nextlen = application.playObj.vid[2].length;
so0.send("playSecond",application.playObj.vid[1],clength,currlen,nextlen);
if(application.couObj.count == 3){
clength = application.timObj.tim-3;
currlen = application.playObj.vid[2].length;
nextlen = application.playObj.vid[3].length;
so0.send("playSecond",application.playObj.vid[2],clength,currlen,nextlen);
if(application.couObj.count == 4){
clength = application.timObj.tim-3;
currlen = application.playObj.vid[3].length;
nextlen = application.playObj.vid[0].length;
so0.send("playSecond",application.playObj.vid[3],clength,currlen,nextlen);
function playcurr(client){
trace("count = "+application.couObj.count.toString());
if(application.couObj.count ==1){
clength = application.timObj.tim-3;
currlen = application.playObj.vid[0].length;
nextlen = application.playObj.vid[1].length;
client.call("playZero",null,application.playObj.vid[0],clength,currlen,nextlen);
if(application.couObj.count ==2){
clength = application.timObj.tim-3;
currlen = application.playObj.vid[1].length;
nextlen = application.playObj.vid[2].length;
client.call("playZero",null,application.playObj.vid[1],clength,currlen,nextlen);
if(application.couObj.count ==3){
clength = application.timObj.tim-3;
currlen = application.playObj.vid[2].length;
nextlen = application.playObj.vid[3].length;
client.call("playZero",null,application.playObj.vid[2],clength,currlen,nextlen);
if(application.couObj.count ==4){
clength = application.timObj.tim-3;
currlen = application.playObj.vid[3].length;
nextlen = application.playObj.vid[0].length;
client.call("playZero",null,application.playObj.vid[3],clength,currlen,nextlen);
application.onDisconnect = function(oldclient){
if(application.clients.length ==0){
this.userID--;
function time(myStream){
application.timObj.tim = myStream.time; -
Load random FLV with NetStream
Dear Adobe members,
I'm puzzeling for days on this one. I'm a bit of a noob so please help me
I want to create a videowall in a grid of 7 x 7 flv's.
In this grid, the flv's have to be loaded at random and when finished, a new
random flv has to be loaded and played.
I've come so far that I have a MovieClip that loads an flv at random and then
loops it, but it loops the same video, not a random new one.
Can anybody help me out please?!
The code:
var video:Video = new Video();
addChild(video);
var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
ns.client = {onMetaData:ns_onMetaData, NetStatusEvent:ns_onPlayStatus};
var video_array = new Array("Scenes/001.flv", "Scenes/002.flv", "Scenes/003.flv", "Scenes/004.flv");
// Function that gets a random video from the array
function getRandomVideo():String {
return video_array[Math.floor(Math.random() * video_array.length)];
video.attachNetStream(ns);
ns.play(getRandomVideo());
function ns_onMetaData(item:Object):void {
// Resize video instance.
video.width = item.width;
video.height = item.height;
// Center video instance on Stage.
video.x = (stage.stageWidth - video.width) / 2;
video.y = (stage.stageHeight - video.height) / 2;
//loop the video
function ns_onPlayStatus(event:NetStatusEvent):void {
if(event.info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop"){
ns.seek(0);
ns.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, ns_onPlayStatus);
Thanks!For those who want to know how I solved it:
var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
ns.bufferTime = 0;
ns.addEventListener(AsyncErrorEvent.ASYNC_ERROR, asyncErrorHandler);
var video_array = new Array("Scenes/001.flv", "Scenes/002.flv", "Scenes/003.flv", "Scenes/004.flv");
// Function that gets a random video from the array
function getRandomVideo():String {
return video_array[Math.floor(Math.random() * video_array.length)];
ns.play(getRandomVideo());
var vid:Video = new Video(182,137);
vid.attachNetStream(ns);
addChild(vid);
function asyncErrorHandler(event:AsyncErrorEvent):void{
// ignore error
// loop video
ns.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, ns_onPlayStatus)
function ns_onPlayStatus(event:NetStatusEvent):void{
if(event.info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop"){
ns.play(getRandomVideo());
ns.seek(0); -
This is my catch 22 ...
Im trying to load random flv's into my mc. I cant seem to figure out how to loop random flv's. Currently, it plays a random flv the 1st time, plays a random flv the 2nd time around, but the 3rd time (and so on) it loops the same 2nd flv. I need it to constantly loop random flv's every time. Any suggestions?
var randomNum:Number=Math.random();
var connection:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
var stream:NetStream;
var video:Video=new Video(stage.stageWidth,stage.stageHeight);
var metaObj:Object = new Object();
var isPaused:Boolean=true;
connection.connect(null);
stream=new NetStream(connection);
stream.client=metaObj;
metaObj.onMetaData=onMetaData;
function onMetaData(data:Object):void {
video.attachNetStream(stream);
mc.addChild(video);
//load background video
function videoInit():void {
if (randomNum<=.333) {
stream.play("clipA.flv");
if (randomNum>.333&&randomNum<.666) {
stream.play("clipB.flv");
if (randomNum>=.666) {
stream.play("clipC.flv");
videoInit();
function videoLoop(stat:Object):void {
if (stat.info.code=="NetStream.Play.Stop") {
if (randomNum<=.333) {
stream.play("clipA.flv");
if (randomNum>.333&&randomNum<.666) {
stream.play("clipkB.flv");
if (randomNum>=.666) {
stream.play("clipC.flv");
stream.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, videoLoop);
Thanks in advance!First, you can shorten code and remove function videoLoop altogether. As for random issue, you need to reset random number to a new one - I don't see other issues with it. See code below:
import flash.events.Event;
var randomNum:Number;
var connection:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
var video:Video = new Video(stage.stageWidth, stage.stageHeight);
var metaObj:Object = new Object();
var isPaused:Boolean = true;
connection.connect(null);
var stream:NetStream = new NetStream(connection);
stream.client = metaObj;
metaObj.onMetaData=onMetaData;
function onMetaData(data:Object):void {
video.attachNetStream(stream);
mc.addChild(video);
videoLoop();
function videoLoop(stat:Event = null):void {
if (!stat || stat.info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop") {
randomNum = Math.random();
if (randomNum <= .333) {
stream.play("clipA.flv");
else if (randomNum > .333 && randomNum < .666) {
stream.play("clipkB.flv");
else {
stream.play("clipC.flv");
stream.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, videoLoop);
Also, you may want to reconsider how you reference videos and put the into an array and choose from it - this is more scalable:
import flash.events.Event;
var videoArray:Array = ["clipA.flv", "clipB.flv", "clipC.flv"];
var connection:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
var video:Video = new Video(stage.stageWidth, stage.stageHeight);
var metaObj:Object = new Object();
var isPaused:Boolean = true;
connection.connect(null);
var stream:NetStream = new NetStream(connection);
stream.client = metaObj;
metaObj.onMetaData=onMetaData;
function onMetaData(data:Object):void {
video.attachNetStream(stream);
mc.addChild(video);
videoLoop();
function videoLoop(stat:Event = null):void {
if (!stat || stat.info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop") {
stream.play(videoArray[Math.random() * videoArray.length]);
stream.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, videoLoop); -
When I first got my phone it worked perfectly fine with the wifi. Although later on I began to have problems connecting it. It will randomly disconnect from the wifi and when I try to retype the password it tells me it is wrong, although it is right. It will eventually work but in its own time, a message will pop up and allow me to type in the password and it will work. But sometimes it takes an hour or more and sometime it takes 10 minutes. I've seen where other people have had this problem but I don't know how to fix it. I'm not sure if it's an issue with my phone or if it's with my wifi. Does anyone know how to fix this?
Does this happen with all Wi-Fi hotspots? A specific one?
Have you tried forgetting the Wi-Fi connection and then reconnecting to it?
What about power cycling the Wi-Fi router? -
Reading a Random Line from a Text File
Hello,
I have a program that reads from a text file words. I currently have a text file around 800KB of words. The problem is, if I try to load this into an arraylist so I can use it in my application, it takes wayy long to load. I was wondering if there was a way to just read a random line from the text file.
Here is my code, and the text file that the program reads from is called 'wordFile'
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class WordColor extends JFrame{
public WordColor(){
super("WordColor");
setSize(1000,500);
setVisible(true);
add(new WordPanel());
public static void main(String[]r){
JFrame f = new WordColor();
class WordPanel extends JPanel implements KeyListener{
private Graphics2D pane;
private Image img;
private char[]characterList;
private CharacterPosition[]positions;
private int charcounter = 0;
private String initialWord;
private File wordFile = new File("C:\\Documents and Settings\\My Documents\\Java\\projects\\WordColorWords.txt");
private FontMetrics fm;
private javax.swing.Timer timer;
public final static int START = 20;
public final static int delay = 10;
public final static int BOTTOMLINE = 375;
public final static int buffer = 15;
public final static int distance = 4;
public final static Color[] colors = new Color[]{Color.red,Color.blue,Color.green,Color.yellow,Color.cyan,
Color.magenta,Color.orange,Color.pink};
public static String[] words;
public static int descent;
public static int YAXIS = 75;
public static int SIZE = 72;
public WordPanel(){
words = readWords();
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
initialWord = getWord();
characterList = new char[initialWord.length()];
for (int i=0; i<initialWord.length();i++){
characterList[i] = initialWord.charAt(i);
setFocusable(true);
addKeyListener(this);
timer = new javax.swing.Timer(delay,new ActionListener(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
YAXIS += 1;
drawWords();
if (YAXIS + descent - buffer >= BOTTOMLINE) lose();
if (allColorsOn()) win();
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
super.paintComponent(g);
if (img == null){
img = createImage(getWidth(),getHeight());
pane = (Graphics2D)img.getGraphics();
pane.setColor(Color.white);
pane.fillRect(0,0,getWidth(),getHeight());
pane.setFont(new Font("Arial",Font.BOLD,SIZE));
pane.setColor(Color.black);
drawThickLine(pane,getWidth(),5);
fm = g.getFontMetrics(new Font("Arial",Font.BOLD,SIZE));
descent = fm.getDescent();
distributePositions();
drawWords();
timer.start();
g.drawImage(img,0,0,this);
private void distributePositions(){
int xaxis = START;
positions = new CharacterPosition[characterList.length];
int counter = 0;
for (char c: characterList){
CharacterPosition cp = new CharacterPosition(c,xaxis, Color.black);
positions[counter] = cp;
counter++;
xaxis += fm.charWidth(c)+distance;
private void drawThickLine(Graphics2D pane, int width, int thickness){
pane.setColor(Color.black);
for (int j = BOTTOMLINE;j<BOTTOMLINE+1+thickness;j++){
pane.drawLine(0,j,width,j);
private void drawWords(){
pane.setColor(Color.white);
pane.fillRect(0,0,getWidth(),getHeight());
drawThickLine(pane,getWidth(),5);
for (CharacterPosition cp: positions){
int x = cp.getX();
char print = cp.getChar();
pane.setColor(cp.getColor());
pane.drawString(""+print,x,YAXIS);
repaint();
private boolean allColorsOn(){
for (CharacterPosition cp: positions){
if (cp.getColor() == Color.black) return false;
return true;
private Color randomColor(){
int rand = (int)(Math.random()*colors.length);
return colors[rand];
private void restart(){
charcounter = 0;
for (CharacterPosition cp: positions){
cp.setColor(Color.black);
private void win(){
timer.stop();
newWord();
private void newWord(){
pane.setColor(Color.white);
pane.fillRect(0,0,getWidth(),getHeight());
repaint();
drawThickLine(pane,getWidth(),5);
YAXIS = 75;
initialWord = getWord();
characterList = new char[initialWord.length()];
for (int i=0; i<initialWord.length();i++){
characterList[i] = initialWord.charAt(i);
distributePositions();
charcounter = 0;
drawWords();
timer.start();
private void lose(){
timer.stop();
pane.setColor(Color.white);
pane.fillRect(0,0,getWidth(),getHeight());
pane.setColor(Color.red);
pane.drawString("Sorry, You Lose!",50,150);
repaint();
removeKeyListener(this);
final JPanel p1 = new JPanel();
JButton again = new JButton("Play Again?");
p1.add(again);
add(p1,"South");
p1.setBackground(Color.white);
validate();
again.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
remove(p1);
addKeyListener(WordPanel.this);
newWord();
private String getWord(){
int rand = (int)(Math.random()*words.length);
return words[rand];
private String[] readWords(){
ArrayList<String> arr = new ArrayList<String>();
try{
BufferedReader buff = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(wordFile));
try{
String line = null;
while (( line = buff.readLine()) != null){
line = line.toUpperCase();
arr.add(line);
finally{
buff.close();
catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
Object[] objects = arr.toArray();
String[] words = new String[objects.length];
int count = 0;
for (Object o: objects){
words[count] = (String)o;
count++;
return words;
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent evt){
char tempchar = evt.getKeyChar();
String character = ""+tempchar;
if (character.equalsIgnoreCase(""+positions[charcounter].getChar())){
positions[charcounter].setColor(randomColor());
charcounter++;
else if (evt.isShiftDown()){
evt.consume();
else{
restart();
drawWords();
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent evt){}
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent evt){}
class CharacterPosition{
private int xaxis;
private char character;
private Color color;
public CharacterPosition(char c, int x, Color col){
xaxis = x;
character = c;
color = col;
public int getX(){
return xaxis;
public char getChar(){
return character;
public Color getColor(){
return color;
public void setColor(Color c){
color = c;
}I thought that maybe serializing the ArrayList might be faster than creating the ArrayList by iterating over each line in the text file. But alas, I was wrong. Here's my code anyway:
class WordList extends ArrayList<String>{
long updated;
WordList readWordList(File file) throws Exception{
WordList list = new WordList();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
String line = null;
while ((line = in.readLine()) != null){
list.add(line);
in.close();
list.updated = file.lastModified();
return list;
WordList wordList;
File datFile = new File("words.dat");
File txtFile = new File("input.txt");
if (datFile.exists()){
ObjectInputStream input = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(datFile));
wordList = (WordList)input.readObject();
if (wordList.updated < txtFile.lastModified()){
//if the text file has been updated, re-read it
wordList = readWordList(txtFile);
ObjectOutputStream output = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(datFile));
output.writeObject(wordList);
output.close();
} else {
//serialized list does not exist--create it
wordList = readWordList(txtFile);
ObjectOutputStream output = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(datFile));
output.writeObject(wordList);
output.close();
}The text file contained one random sequence of letters per line. For example:
hwnuu
nhpgaucah
zfbylzt
hwnc
gicgwkhStats:
Text file size: 892K
Serialized file size: 1.1MB
Time to read from text file: 795ms
Time to read from serialized file: 1216ms -
How can i get the random values from database?
Hi,
i want to get random values from database.
I try my best find no solution
plz give solution in either sql query or java method.
thanks in advance.try this:
Give a numeric row-id to each row of database.
say (1-100) for 100 rows
In the program use random function to get random number between 0 and 1. this value u multiply with 100(or total number of rows) and take integer value of it . u then perform sql query to select the a row which matches randomly genarated value with row-id assigned to each row of database
madhu -
I am trying to burn a cd from my itunes playlist but it keeps canceling my burn and says their is an error 4450. What am I doing wrong?
Could you post your diagnostics for us please?
In iTunes, go "Help > Run Diagnostics". Uncheck the boxes other than DVD/CD tests, as per the following screenshot:
... and click "Next".
When you get through to the final screen:
... click the "Copy to Clipboard" button and paste the diagnostics into a reply here. -
HT203164 Error trying to burn a CD from an iTunes playlist - files not found on hard drive??
I have a new computer with Windows 8 Home Premium. Before the old computer crashed, I had backed up all my iTunes Media in the cloud. I had also purchased a soundtrack album from the iTunes store and put the songs into a playlist. All media was matched with the new computer, and the new computer was authorized by me in iTunes, so all my previous media shows up in iTunes on the new computer. The only symbol next to the song titles in iTunes for all my songs is a picture of a tiny cloud.
When I play the songs in the playlist from the new computer in iTunes, they all play just fine. However, when I try to burn a CD with the songs in the playlist, I get this error message (it has no number associated with it): The song "[name of song]" could not be burned because the file cannot be found on the computer hard drive. I tried burning CD's from any other playlist but was not able to burn a CD from ANY playlist; I get the same error message no matter what I try to do. I would really like to be able burn CD's from iTunes, because that's what plays in my car. Hooking up an iPod in the car does play music, but it is faded and of bad quality (my car is an '05 model).
Does anyone have any ideas on what is wrong here and how I can fix it so burning CD's in iTunes will again be an option? I don't burn many CD's but would really like to be able to do so. The version of iTunes I have is 11, all the iTunes files are updated, and the CD drive is working fine, I am able to play CD's in iTunes from it and burn other songs to it using another media player. I am also using top-quality new blank CD's, and when trying to burn a CD from a playlist, I select Audio CD with 2 seconds for the gap between songs, and the album text, then I select Burn. I've tried selecting other options in turn, but get the same error message.
Thank you in advance to anyone who can help with this issue - it seems I am the only one having it.I actually solved this problem myself. I discovered, while playing around with the new iTunes, that clicking on PLAYLISTS on the menu bar shows the playlists that I have created on the left side of the window (like the old iTunes used to do by default). I scrolled down to the playlist I wanted to burn to a CD, right-clicked on it, and a menu came up. I selected DOWNLOAD....this downloads my playlist songs from the cloud to my computer hard drive. After that, the little "cloud pictures" next to my songs disappeared, and I was able to burn the CD with no problems.
I hope this helps someone else....I was quite lost for a while. Which is amazing, considering how user-friendly most Apple products have historically been. -
I synced (updated) my iphone to itunes and some songs were deleted from my iphone playlist on my phone. On the computer, a circle is next to the song and the title faded out. What the heck is that all about and how do I get my songs back onto my phone playlist? Never happened before. My software is up to date?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
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