does anyone else here hate itunes?

[Psyborg]

Guys this brings up one major annoyance I've had with WMP since I first installed XP- its the licensces and DRM thing, yeah I can understand copyrights reasons, and backing up licensces, and disabling the protection feature, but the first time it really caught me by the short and curlys when I backed up all my music on cd in win98, done a fresh install, and then half my music WMP couldn't find licensces for it so it wouldnt play, and now half the time when I download media files from various souurces, WMP 10 tells me that it has to download a security upgrade, and then it comes back with an error message basically saying it can't open the file :-( oh, and one major reason I don't like iTunes is not the software itself, its the fact that iTunes is practically the only piece of software that you can use with *.m4a files, no cross compatibility whatsoever... :-(

 

[NetRyder]

Psyborg, you can download and install the WMP DRM update from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...0f-be61-4bd6-8408-1fd6e7827cd8&displaylang=en

You can also play .m4a files in any media player that supports DirectShow, including WMP10, if you install the CoreAAC decoder package: http://www.inmatrix.com/zplayer/formats/aac.shtml

 

[Johnny]

iTunes you do own it. Also why would Apple drop Quicktime for WMP? That be like trading a Hummer for a Geo Metro.

I haven't wanted to try Itunes ot find out about that. But you saying that Quicktime is a hummer ?? Now that is funny, Quicktime is the biggest waste of computer space available .. Now if I had a mac I am sure I would be thinking diff ...

Also, the fact that WMP10 has a mp3 encoder means jack. It is still not even close to what EAC is .. Nothing will ever beat EAC ..

 

[NetRyder]

Also, the fact that WMP10 has a mp3 encoder means jack. It is still not even close to what EAC is .. Nothing will ever beat EAC ..

Probably so, but the average user who isn't an extreme audiophile wouldn't notice the difference. Some people prefer the convenience of having an all-in-one app with which they can rip their music, have it tagged, and added to their library - all in a click or two. Personal preference, just like anything else.

 

[Xie]

Now that is funny, Quicktime is the biggest waste of computer space available .. Now if I had a mac I am sure I would be thinking diff ...

RealPlayer fan?

 

[Johnny]

RealPlayer fan?

Don't even get me started on that chunk of junk dude .. I hate Realplayer about as much as I hate Quicktime .. lol

 

[zeke_mo]

I think johnny has a real/quicktime fetish that he isnt telling us about

 

[lynchknot]

try watching one of these with quicktime in any browser - many report browser crashing with all browsers - in windows xp that is.: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html