All Posts Tagged With: "iTunes"
How To Make All Your MP3s Play At The Same Volume
I found this great article on how to make all your mp3s play at the same volume via Digg. I’ve tried using MP3Gain in the past, but I had problems. I think I ran into problems because I used the beta AAC convertor which was silly given that I only have around 200 [...]
28Oct2006 | Everton | 0 comments | ContinuedWhy Can’t iTunes Add Album Artwork Properly?
I was just listening to my music collection via XBMC and I noticed that despite my significant efforts to keep my iTunes mp3 collection nicely ordered, a lot of my new albums were ‘missing’ album artwork.
At first I couldn’t work out why as I always ensure that all new albums have the correct artwork and [...]
The Filter iTunes Plugin: Create Automatic Playlists
I’ve wanted functionality like this for ages. The Filter is a great iTunes plugin that automatically creates playlists when you select a few songs and click on the big black “F” button. So, rather than randomly browsing through your music collection The Filter can build playlists in seconds to fit [...]
12Oct2006 | Everton | 7 comments | ContinuedMicrosoft To Launch iTunes Rival?
More rumours are circulating the net that Microsoft is planning on going head-to-head with Apple by launching a music service to compete with iTunes. Reuters are the latest source, citing un-named 'sources', who have revealed that Microsoft is already having discussions with the big music publishers on licensing their tracks for the new service. Robbie [...]
19Jun2006 | Everton | 1 comment | ContinuedBlue Peter Relaunch Badges After Problems With eBay Sales
After suspending all Blue Peter Badges because some badge holders were selling their badges on eBay as the badges entitled holders to free entry to over 200 attractions, Blue Peter have just relaunched the scheme.
One of their viewers 11 year-old Helen Jenning came up with the solution - issue a photo ID card that has [...]
BBC Mistakes 'Cabbie' For MP3 Expert And Broadcasts Interview Live On Air!
I would love to see the video of this! The driver was interviewed on TV about the recent iTunes case after being mistaken for a specialist on music downloading, and clearly knew nothing about the service but managed to answer questions live on air for several minutes!
You've got to respect the cabbie for managing to [...]
Eliminate iTunes Duplicate MP3s
Another problem I ended up with when I moved my iTunes mp3 collection between PCs was a lot of duplicate files. To fix the problem I discovered this great little app that can find and delete dupes automatically.
Dupe Eliminator from Markelsoft isn't free, but it does have a 30 day free trial which should be [...]
Fantastic iTunes Album Art Importer
When I built my new PC, I made a pigs ear of copying my music across. Luckily I didn’t lose any tracks, but I lost all of the hard work I’d put into tidying up my collection that I explained in my ‘Guide to Tidying up iTunes MP3 Collections‘.
I’ve just about finished rebuilding [...]
Songbird Proof-of-Concept Release
Well, it's finaly here. Songbird have release a Proof-of-Concept release of their mp3 player which is based on Firefox.
I've only had a quick look so far, but apart from the integration of a web browser into the application I can't see anything to write home about that couldn't be achieved through a good Firefox extension.
Hopefully [...]
ITunes Now Selling TV Shows Before They Appear On TV
This is a very interesting development. Nickelodeon and Comedy Central are putting shows on iTunes before they
broadcast on television. Nickelodeon just put a new episode of Zoey 101
called “Girls Will Be Boys” ahead of its January 29th network debut and
Comedy Central will put a new episode of “Drawn Together” three days
before its February 1 network [...]

