Keep in mind, this is a GUITAR TUNER
Sep 9, 2008 Uncategorized
Folks, what’s wrong with this picture?
$49.99 for an iPhone/iPod touch guitar tuner? You can get a REAL one for less than that. Every other guitar tuner is in the $3-$5 range in the iTunes App Store. This one is fifty bucks. That would explain this:
Change multiple video files in iTunes (Mac) with this script
Apr 8, 2008 Found Online, Technology
Have you ever tried changing the properties of more than one video file in iTunes before? You can only do one at a time, and it is a sloooow process. Well, for you Mac users out there, there is a script you can download that lets you batch-change the properties (if it is a movie or tv show, show mane, season, etc).
For example, say you were to download have several episodes of a tv show that you just brought into iTunes. By default, any video is labels a “movie” when imported. So with a tv show, you would want to change that so it goes to the “tv show” section.
With this script, it makes it ridiculously easy. Here is what you do.
1. Make a playlist with your tv show episodes that you want to change.
2. In the playlist, highlight all of the movies, and select the script (click to enlarge):
2. You are presented with the properties you can change:
3. Click on “Video Kind”, then click “edit”, and it brings up this window with your options. Pick your video type and click “ok”:
4. You get the idea. Click on all of the options and make your changes:
5. When you have changed all of the options, click “Done”, and voila!
It will quickly crunch through all of your selected files. You really don’t need to make a playlist of the files you want to change, but it makes it a little neater to organize. Enjoy!
Download the “Set Video Kind of Selected” iTunes Script from Doug’s Scripts
Tags: itunes, scripts, set video kind, tags, video
Apple TV Take 2: a mini-review
Mar 18, 2008 TV, Technology
I have been using the AppleTV now for a few weeks, and I have to say that it has really changed the way I watch movies/podcasts. For those of you that don’t know, the Apple TV is a device that hooks up to your TV and streams any music, movies, tv shows, and podcasts that you have in iTunes. You can also copy the various media types to the Apple TV so it will work without the computer on, but streaming seems to work fine, even with HD content.
I have a couple of hundred DVD’s that I have copied to my computer and imported into iTunes, and now I can watch them all without having to use the physical DVD disc. Instead, I select it from a list of all of my movies on the beautiful Apple TV interface, and it automatically starts playing, either streamed or directly from the Apple TV hard drive.
Also, iTunes now has movie rentals. I have rented a few, and they look great, especially the HD movies. It is a buck more, but you get 720p video downloaded straight from iTunes to the Apple TV, no computer needed.
Finally, video podcasts are watchable on the Apple TV. I have subscribed to the HD versions of several of them since I can watch them on the tv now. Diggnation has never looked so great.
So check it out: Apple TV
Tags: apple tv, appletv, itunes, mac, macbook, pc, streaming, video
Amazon or iTunes - I prefer Amazon
Mar 11, 2008 Found Online, Music
Chris Rock reference, anyone??
I have been using the iTunes store for several years now, and loving it all the while, but I have recently started using Amazon’s mp3 store. I have to say, I like it a lot better. The songs are cheaper, no DRM, better quality, and the downloader automatically send the songs to iTunes, which means they work with any iPod. The songs still come with the artwork which iTunes accepts, so it seems like a no-brainer to me. The only downside is that some new releases do not show up on there until a week or so later, and the selection is a little limited at times. But if choosing between the 2, I will choose Amazon for buying the music, iTunes for organizing it.
Anyone tried out Amazon mp3 store yet?
iConcertCal - One of the best iTunes Plugins Ever
Dec 20, 2007 Internet, Technology
Basically, iConcertCal installs a new “visualization” to iTunes that scans your music library and then displays upcoming concerts in your area for artists in your iTunes library on a calendar.
Apple vs Wal Mart vs Target… A Solution
Oct 13, 2006 Uncategorized
I was listening to the most recent Maccast this morning, and Adam was talking about how now that iTunes sells movies, Wal Mart and Target are getting pissed off. Walmart is the leading seller of DVDs in the USA, and they apparently think that iTunes is going to cut into their profits, and because of that, they are threatening to stop selling movies (or something like that). The point is, they are not happy. And now, Target is joing the whine list.
Personally, I do not think that the iTunes movies are a good deal. The quality is OK, but you are paying almost the same price for less quality, and no special features. So instead, what I do is take a DVD I buy, and rip it onto my iPod. Then, I have a digital version, and also the DVD for home viewing.
So here is the solution.
Apparently, Apple is in talks with Wal Mart to help kind of fix this. But, I have a better idea. I think that Wal Mart could up the price for a dvd, say, $5 more than normally. Then, when you buy the DVD, you get a voucher for a free iTunes download of that movie. See, you are getting the DVD with all the special features, etc, but you are also getting a version for the computer that has chapter marks, artwork, etc. Even better, the movie studios would be happy since this means we would not need to rip DVDs anymore.
Are there holes to this idea? Let me know, but I really do think that it would work, and it would benefit the consumer. We would get more movies in iTunes, and for almost the same price, we would be getting both versions.
