[DM-MUG] iTunes 9 iMix "Issue"

[AB]

Thanks Bryan. I don't make iTunes purchases intentionally, to keep a tight leash for the times when I want to spend when I shouldn't. Sounds like a nice idea...!

--- On Mon, 11/30/09, Bryan Baker <ka_klick at mac.com> wrote:

From: Bryan Baker <ka_klick at mac.com>
Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] iTunes 9 iMix "Issue"
To: "Des Moines Mac Users Group" <dmmug at dmmug.org>
Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 9:17 AM

@AB: iMix is for sharing with other iTunes store users. Letting people  
build up "Essentials" lists or themed lists of songs that people can  
then choose to buy, etc. So iTunes needs to have a version in their  
store of the songs you want in the list (since they provide a list of  
previews).

I haven't been using that feature, but it sounds unfortunate that  
they're making it harder for people to use.

Have you tried looking the song up in ITMS, then renaming a copy of  
the song (or changing it's other meta data) to match that of the store?

On Nov 29, 2009, at 9:47 AM, AB wrote:
> I don't know if this helps any. I've not use the iMix feature  
> before, but I always just make playlists composed of the mix of  
> songs I want to hear, and then shuffle the playlist even further.  
> iTunes doesn't reject those. I also scan the art from the CDs for  
> any album art I want included.
>
> If I'm opting for the iTunes DJ, and I want to add a song for it to  
> play, I just click the song and drag it on the iTunes DJ. It doesn't  
> reject it.
>
> Hope that helps a little.
> -A.
>
> --- On Thu, 11/26/09, mauri booton <woohoowoohoo at me.com> wrote:
>
> From: mauri booton <woohoowoohoo at me.com>
> Subject: [DM-MUG] iTunes 9 iMix "Issue"
> To: dmmug at dmmug.org
> Date: Thursday, November 26, 2009, 8:51 PM
>
> I create iMixes using iTunes. In versions prior to 9 if a song I  
> submitted for my iMix didn't match up exactly with the song/artist/ 
> album in the iTunes library, it initially rejected it for the iMix.  
> The workaround was to go to iTunes Store and find the preview of the  
> song (probably on a different album) and then just drag that preview  
> file into your iMix playlist file after deleting your version of the  
> song/file. A little bit cumbersome, but doable.
>
> As I just submitted my first iMix playlist using iTunes 9, it  
> "rejected" 58 of 100 songs from my iMix leaving me with a 42 song  
> iMix. When I went to "replace" those 58 songs using the iTunes Store  
> "preview" songs file it wouldn't allow me to drag the preview file  
> into my iMix playlist. I checked online and saw that others were  
> having this problem too.
>
> Does anyone know of a workaround for this issue? If there is no  
> workaround, can I have TWO versions of iTunes on the same computer  
> and not run into any issues?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> ~~ mauri booton ~~
>
> Example: I may have a song I ripped from a cd that was on the  
> original album of the artist, but iTunes only carries the song on  
> the Hits version of the album ~ so according to the iMix "logic"  
> it's NOT a match and is excluded from the iMix.
>
Bryan "ka-klick" Baker
Singer/Songwriter
ka-klick at ka-klick.com
http://ka-klick.com
http://twitter.com/ka_klick <-- Twitter Feed

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