Anyone else just despise iTunes?

Senor_Mota · Nov 8, 2007, 05:28 PM

I've used 6.1 on my parent's computer when I was younger and now I'm researching 7.5 just for shits and giggles. Unfortunately, all I ever got with ol' iShit were constant "Failure to connect to the iTunes store" messages when I was offline and proprietary mp3 formatting; once I ripped CD's or DVD's into iTunes, they wouldn't play in any other program, much less transfer to another computer.

The thing is, I have a lot of (illegally) downloaded music, some of which is that way because I couldn't find it in any other medium due to product availability. I use WinAmp to play these files without error or hiccups in transfer whatsoever, and keep them in a folder entitled "mp3's" on my desktop. I never have any issues with connection or slowdown and file sharing betwixt other PC's is impeccably simple.

Whatever happened to common sense when it comes to software and file management? iTunes just seems extremely and corporately over-complicated and conglomerated.

DOWN WITH CORPORATE MUSIC CONSOLIDATION!!!!

Senor_Mota · Nov 12, 2007, 07:30 PM

I guess no one else hates iTunes...

g35x · Nov 12, 2007, 08:10 PM

me! me! memememe!

when I had my ipod I used a different program to put music on it- I forget what it was called but it was alot better than Itunes.

now I have an MEE mp3 player that lets me drag and drop my music and videos right onto it. plus it has an SD memory card slot, and I have alot of 2gb SD cards laying around so that was handy.$80 for a player with 2gb internal, $60 for 1gb internal, I have 2gb internal + a few 2gb SD cards

Falstaff · Nov 13, 2007, 02:39 AM

its a bloody program...how can you hate it? Its a choice right? Like the tele...you just change channels, do something else or just get on with it...
Lets bitch about something else...mmmmm....like popular music...and the whole lot...all rubbish I say.

BlueMak · Nov 13, 2007, 03:29 AM

It is shit, I think it is even more shit than sonystage or whatever that shit is shit eh named.

Drag and drop FTW!
Also, VUPLAYER FTW!

**kris23** · Nov 13, 2007, 04:51 AM

i have an innate nature to destroy all things with a half eaten apple in it....

i think i was just born like that.....

**Mousey** · Nov 13, 2007, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Senor_Mota

I guess no one else hates iTunes...

Dude i fucking HATE that scumware from Apple... In my opinion it's the most invasive, resource hogging, craply designed piece of SHIT EVER...
It's no better than a piece of spyware hunting through your system and coverting all your music files to some unheard format.

iTunes is the one reason i don't want an iPod, i know i can use alternatives but i might forget that when i put the iTunes CD in and i don't want to take that risk with my music

iShit = SCUMWARE

Quote:

Originally Posted by Falstaff

its a bloody program...how can you hate it? Its a choice right? Like the tele...you just change channels, do something else or just get on with it...
Lets bitch about something else...mmmmm....like popular music...and the whole lot...all rubbish I say.

Second... -_-

**dj_stick** · Nov 13, 2007, 11:43 PM

UMS/drag and drop is the way, part of the reason i still use an old iRiver

mkk · Nov 14, 2007, 05:09 AM

That people with free will use it and likes it, scares me. It's like with that Tony Blair guy.

BlueMak · Nov 14, 2007, 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dj_stick

UMS/drag and drop is the way, part of the reason i still use an old iRiver

Universal Military Simulator FTW!

Senor_Mota · Nov 15, 2007, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mousey

Dude i fucking HATE that scumware from Apple... In my opinion it's the most invasive, resource hogging, craply designed piece of SHIT EVER...
It's no better than a piece of spyware hunting through your system and coverting all your music files to some unheard format.

iTunes is the one reason i don't want an iPod, i know i can use alternatives but i might forget that when i put the iTunes CD in and i don't want to take that risk with my music

iShit = SCUMWARE

Well said. I've got some really rare albums I don't want to lose. My collection of downLOAD (Skinny Puppy side project) albums were the hardest thing to find EVER...all their EP's and LP's in one torrent. It took me months to find. If I were to install iTurd, they wouldn't be in glorious FLAC format any longer and WinAmp wouldn't play them.

Besides, MilkDrop is just so cool...

**Mousey** · Nov 15, 2007, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Senor_Mota

Well said. I've got some really rare albums I don't want to lose. My collection of downLOAD (Skinny Puppy side project) albums were the hardest thing to find EVER...all their EP's and LP's in one torrent. It took me months to find. If I were to install iTurd, they wouldn't be in glorious FLAC format any longer and WinAmp wouldn't play them.

Besides, MilkDrop is just so cool...

(Besides monetary restrictions) my point was what made me buy a cheapo £24.99 ATMT V-PLAYER off amazon.co.uk with free postage, i'm not after ULIMATE QUALITY, i only want something to listen to rammstein to in my english lessons

reno · Nov 15, 2007, 10:55 PM

iTunes is just a pretty Windows Explorer for people too lazy to organize crap themselves. It's a terrible application, and the one time I tried it (a few months ago, and due to stupid Apple bundling it in with Quicktime Pro's upgrade) my music library just killed it...as in froze it up without a fix. So screw it!

Senor_Mota · Nov 15, 2007, 11:06 PM

I paid $43.99 for a GPX(def. Cheap-o) mp3 player with 4GB internal and an SD/XD memory slot...I filled it up with over 3,000 songs and called it good.

Erroneus · Nov 16, 2007, 12:41 AM

I despise that Quicktime is the only media-player which can't handle machines which uses readyboost... get moving Apple!

Da_Jewish_Fonzy · Nov 16, 2007, 01:07 AM

itunes is gay, everything with an i infront of it is gay, if you're a dude and own anything with i infront of its moniker you are gay

**Mousey** · Nov 21, 2007, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Da_Jewish_Fonzy

itunes is gay, everything with an i infront of it is gay, if you're a dude and own anything with i infront of its moniker you are gay

Now it's kinda scary but i actually agree with you there

Senor_Mota · Nov 21, 2007, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mousey

Now it's kinda scary but i actually agree with you there

That is scary...

MGaz · Dec 14, 2007, 04:24 PM

i installed this i crap.. i then (to my horror) saw it was 'doing somthing' (converting they call it) to stuff on my pc.

is there a way to fix the stuff it changed? even tho i don't know what it was even doing exactly?

I would also like then to delete the stupid thing from the PC. but unfortunatly i'm using vista (another thing i hate) and i just can not seem to find where the 'add remove programs' thingy has gone to? WHY DO THEY MESS WITH IT! everything was exactly where it was suppose to be in win2000! everything, even the simplest of controls seem LOST in VISTA!

utter garbadge!

Senor_Mota · Dec 14, 2007, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MGaz

i installed this i crap.. i then (to my horror) saw it was 'doing somthing' (converting they call it) to stuff on my pc.

is there a way to fix the stuff it changed? even tho i don't know what it was even doing exactly?

I would also like then to delete the stupid thing from the PC. but unfortunatly i'm using vista (another thing i hate) and i just can not seem to find where the 'add remove programs' thingy has gone to? WHY DO THEY MESS WITH IT! everything was exactly where it was suppose to be in win2000! everything, even the simplest of controls seem LOST in VISTA!

utter garbadge!

There IS a way to convert those files back to an acceptable format (FLAC, .mp3). Check out dbPowerAmp - it's about $30, but the program is so versatile and reliable that you could convert an .rtf file into an .mp3 if you want. Or you could use Nero...but I hate it. Personal taste aside, you can save your files. Just do it before Apple owns everything.

Oh, Vista's Add/Remove Programs functionality is now listed under the Add Programs Icon in new view.

OmegaRED · Dec 15, 2007, 12:20 AM

I'm thinking of getting an iPod Touch but don't like the sounds of this iTunes shit.

Senor_Mota · Dec 15, 2007, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by OmegaRED

I'm thinking of getting an iPod Touch but don't like the sounds of this iTunes shit.

Well, not to bash the peeps who're paying my bills, but DON'T GET AN IPOD TOUCH!!!! If you drop it further than 33cm, it will shatter the front glass and the Apple Limited Warranty will not cover "accidental damage". It's a $250 USD replacement charge. Same goes for the iPhone.

If it's any consolation - iHate Apple.

OmegaRED · Dec 15, 2007, 12:59 AM

I was going to get a protective case for it

mike2h · Dec 15, 2007, 01:23 AM

make sure that case has mini shock absobers

touch screens sre a bitch to replace. you might as well buy a new item & get a brand new warranty.
i had sony remote commander(awsome remote back then) 2-3 years back(about$250, but i got it through my bro for for $100). i dropped it & cracked the friggin touch screen, everthing still worked except you couldnt use/see the areas were the crack was. they wanted $175 to replace it.
i now use a logitech harmony remote.

Senor_Mota · Dec 15, 2007, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike2h

make sure that case has mini shock absobers

touch screens sre a bitch to replace. you might as well buy a new item & get a brand new warranty.
i had sony remote commander(awsome remote back then) 2-3 years back(about$250, but i got it through my bro for for $100). i dropped it & cracked the friggin touch screen, everthing still worked except you couldnt use/see the areas were the crack was. they wanted $175 to replace it.
i now use a logitech harmony remote.

Me too!! Logitech rules...their speakers kick ass and their mice can be stepped on by a 300-pound guy and still function impeccably.

Seriously though, why would you pay $400 USD to get a dumbed-down PowerBook with no real OS and a very limited hardware configuration? It's not even compatible with a 1/4 of the 3rd-Party peripherals and apps that the BlackBerry is and that phone sucks balls. I guess if you've got a bunch of extra cash to spend on hardly any functionality...

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I was going to get a protective case for it

Not to burst your bubble, Omega, but A) any 3rd-Party case will scratch the shit out of the iPod Touch/iPhone and B) that case will block the one heat-exhaust port on the fucker, which will make it overheat, which will make it a $400 paperweight - "accidental damage" once again since a 3rd-Party device caused the issue.

Apple's making a killing with these technological monstrosities. FIGHT THE POWER!!!!

OmegaRED · Dec 15, 2007, 06:33 PM

Do they really overheat that much? Hmm, I was planning on getting the armband to use the touch at the gym.

I'm never going to use iTunes anyway, I get my music from other sources.

DeathSergeant · Jan 5, 2008, 07:12 PM

I don't like iTunes. Actually I don't like any apple software, they hog up RAM a whole lot.

OmegaRED · Jan 5, 2008, 07:48 PM

I've been using iTunes for about a week to transfer music, tv, and movies over and it's not great but not as bad as I expected.

Album Art: Pain in the ass, but itunes lets you import your own easily. All my music is from the net so most of the time it doesn't find the proper cover. Took me hours to get all my album art but cover flow looks sweet now.
tv shows: Extreme pain in the ass. Even if you mark them as tv when it gets on the ipod they're still categorized as movies. Had to download a program called "Tagger" to do it properly.
movies: Works easily enough
Music: Seems alright, occasionally eats up memory and can slowdown during copying but it rarely crashes and it's still nowhere near as bad as Sonicstage.

I don't like that you need a credit card just to get album covers, that's kind of sneaky on Apple's part.

Reckless187 · Jan 5, 2008, 08:05 PM

I find that if I add album art via iTunes, I'd lose all the album artwork if I were to reinstall windows. It's a right pain man! AmI doing something wrong?

Anyone here used Media Monkey?

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Jan 5, 2008, 09:25 PM

I fucking hate iTunes

The interface itself is clunky as shit, insanely slow on my quad core (for odd reasons runs faster on my piece of shit Core 2 Duo laptop @ 1.6ghz), plain UGLY and mac software on my PC fuck no. WMP11 is nice smooth and easy to use, sets it up properly for media center. In addition, shittier speakers benefit from SRS/WOW which iTunes doesn't have. Too many confusing options and retarded how slow it scrolls. Why do I use it? Because its the only solution the sends songs to my iPod touch properly, I wish WMP11 had a plugin for the iPod but nooooooo fucking Apple. Anyone who likes iTunes is a fucking San Fransisco Starbucks drinking hippie, who constantly is pleasure by inhaling their own farts.

Nov 8, 2007, 05:28 PM	#1
Senor_Mota 悪魔の方法 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ee-duh-ow Posts: 2,384 Rep Power: 98 System Specs	Anyone else just despise iTunes? I've used 6.1 on my parent's computer when I was younger and now I'm researching 7.5 just for shits and giggles. Unfortunately, all I ever got with ol' iShit were constant "Failure to connect to the iTunes store" messages when I was offline and proprietary mp3 formatting; once I ripped CD's or DVD's into iTunes, they wouldn't play in any other program, much less transfer to another computer. The thing is, I have a lot of (illegally) downloaded music, some of which is that way because I couldn't find it in any other medium due to product availability. I use WinAmp to play these files without error or hiccups in transfer whatsoever, and keep them in a folder entitled "mp3's" on my desktop. I never have any issues with connection or slowdown and file sharing betwixt other PC's is impeccably simple. Whatever happened to common sense when it comes to software and file management? iTunes just seems extremely and corporately over-complicated and conglomerated. DOWN WITH CORPORATE MUSIC CONSOLIDATION!!!! __________________

Nov 12, 2007, 07:30 PM	Thread Starter #2
Senor_Mota 悪魔の方法 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ee-duh-ow Posts: 2,384 Rep Power: 98 System Specs	I guess no one else hates iTunes... __________________

Nov 12, 2007, 08:10 PM	#3
g35x Hellhound Pilot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Posts: 1,100 Rep Power: 43 System Specs	me! me! memememe! when I had my ipod I used a different program to put music on it- I forget what it was called but it was alot better than Itunes. now I have an MEE mp3 player that lets me drag and drop my music and videos right onto it. plus it has an SD memory card slot, and I have alot of 2gb SD cards laying around so that was handy.$80 for a player with 2gb internal, $60 for 1gb internal, I have 2gb internal + a few 2gb SD cards __________________

Nov 13, 2007, 02:39 AM	#4
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,047 Rep Power: 206	its a bloody program...how can you hate it? Its a choice right? Like the tele...you just change channels, do something else or just get on with it... Lets bitch about something else...mmmmm....like popular music...and the whole lot...all rubbish I say. __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Nov 13, 2007, 03:29 AM	#5
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,248 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	It is shit, I think it is even more shit than sonystage or whatever that shit is shit eh named. Drag and drop FTW! Also, VUPLAYER FTW! __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Nov 13, 2007, 04:51 AM	#6
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Nov 14, 2007, 05:09 AM	#9
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,383 Rep Power: 120 System Specs	That people with free will use it and likes it, scares me. It's like with that Tony Blair guy.

Nov 15, 2007, 10:55 PM	#13
reno Painlord of Ichor Join Date: May 2002 Location: bloinkin! Posts: 1,610 Rep Power: 0	iTunes is just a pretty Windows Explorer for people too lazy to organize crap themselves. It's a terrible application, and the one time I tried it (a few months ago, and due to stupid Apple bundling it in with Quicktime Pro's upgrade) my music library just killed it...as in froze it up without a fix. So screw it!

Nov 15, 2007, 11:06 PM	Thread Starter #14
Senor_Mota 悪魔の方法 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ee-duh-ow Posts: 2,384 Rep Power: 98 System Specs	I paid $43.99 for a GPX(def. Cheap-o) mp3 player with 4GB internal and an SD/XD memory slot...I filled it up with over 3,000 songs and called it good. __________________

Nov 16, 2007, 12:41 AM	#15
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,343 Rep Power: 114 System Specs	I despise that Quicktime is the only media-player which can't handle machines which uses readyboost... get moving Apple! __________________

Nov 16, 2007, 01:07 AM	#16
Da_Jewish_Fonzy Me>You Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Da Hood Posts: 507 Rep Power: 0	itunes is gay, everything with an i infront of it is gay, if you're a dude and own anything with i infront of its moniker you are gay

Dec 14, 2007, 04:24 PM	#19
MGaz All wheel driver! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: five Cylinder Heaven, wales GB Posts: 198 Rep Power: 34 System Specs	i installed this i crap.. i then (to my horror) saw it was 'doing somthing' (converting they call it) to stuff on my pc. is there a way to fix the stuff it changed? even tho i don't know what it was even doing exactly? I would also like then to delete the stupid thing from the PC. but unfortunatly i'm using vista (another thing i hate) and i just can not seem to find where the 'add remove programs' thingy has gone to? WHY DO THEY MESS WITH IT! everything was exactly where it was suppose to be in win2000! everything, even the simplest of controls seem LOST in VISTA! utter garbadge! __________________ Processor: 7.5 Memory: 7.7 Graphics: 7.2 Gaming Graphics: 7.2 Primary Hard Disk: 5.9 [3DMARK Vantage: 9229] [3DMARK 06: 18365] [3DMARK 03: 46941] [3DMARK 2001 SE: 36059]

Dec 15, 2007, 12:20 AM	#21
OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,625 Rep Power: 171 System Specs	I'm thinking of getting an iPod Touch but don't like the sounds of this iTunes shit. __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs

Dec 15, 2007, 12:59 AM	#23
OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,625 Rep Power: 171 System Specs	I was going to get a protective case for it __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs

Dec 15, 2007, 01:23 AM	#24
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	make sure that case has mini shock absobers touch screens sre a bitch to replace. you might as well buy a new item & get a brand new warranty. i had sony remote commander(awsome remote back then) 2-3 years back(about$250, but i got it through my bro for for $100). i dropped it & cracked the friggin touch screen, everthing still worked except you couldnt use/see the areas were the crack was. they wanted $175 to replace it. i now use a logitech harmony remote. __________________ Last edited by mike2h; Dec 15, 2007 at 01:34 AM.

Dec 15, 2007, 06:33 PM	#26
OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,625 Rep Power: 171 System Specs	Do they really overheat that much? Hmm, I was planning on getting the armband to use the touch at the gym. I'm never going to use iTunes anyway, I get my music from other sources. __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs

Jan 5, 2008, 07:12 PM	#27
DeathSergeant DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	I don't like iTunes. Actually I don't like any apple software, they hog up RAM a whole lot.

Jan 5, 2008, 07:48 PM	#28
OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,625 Rep Power: 171 System Specs	I've been using iTunes for about a week to transfer music, tv, and movies over and it's not great but not as bad as I expected. Album Art: Pain in the ass, but itunes lets you import your own easily. All my music is from the net so most of the time it doesn't find the proper cover. Took me hours to get all my album art but cover flow looks sweet now. tv shows: Extreme pain in the ass. Even if you mark them as tv when it gets on the ipod they're still categorized as movies. Had to download a program called "Tagger" to do it properly. movies: Works easily enough Music: Seems alright, occasionally eats up memory and can slowdown during copying but it rarely crashes and it's still nowhere near as bad as Sonicstage. I don't like that you need a credit card just to get album covers, that's kind of sneaky on Apple's part. __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs

Jan 5, 2008, 08:05 PM	#29
Reckless187 HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 717 Rep Power: 55 System Specs	I find that if I add album art via iTunes, I'd lose all the album artwork if I were to reinstall windows. It's a right pain man! AmI doing something wrong? Anyone here used Media Monkey?

Jan 5, 2008, 09:25 PM	#30
BiGBrOwNPimpsta HH's #1 Hustla and Pimp Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Dirty Dot Posts: 7,706 Rep Power: 105 System Specs	I fucking hate iTunes The interface itself is clunky as shit, insanely slow on my quad core (for odd reasons runs faster on my piece of shit Core 2 Duo laptop @ 1.6ghz), plain UGLY and mac software on my PC fuck no. WMP11 is nice smooth and easy to use, sets it up properly for media center. In addition, shittier speakers benefit from SRS/WOW which iTunes doesn't have. Too many confusing options and retarded how slow it scrolls. Why do I use it? Because its the only solution the sends songs to my iPod touch properly, I wish WMP11 had a plugin for the iPod but nooooooo fucking Apple. Anyone who likes iTunes is a fucking San Fransisco Starbucks drinking hippie, who constantly is pleasure by inhaling their own farts. __________________ Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music \| Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers \| 2 Lite-On 20x S-ATA Burners \| Logitech G700 Mouse \| Logitech MX5500 Bluetooth Keyboard