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iTunes Genius - good idea?

edubedub 715 Posts
edited September 2008 in Strut Central
so, apparently you need to opt-in to allow iTunes 8 to send information about your mp3 collection to Apple so they can send you recommndations based on your collection, playlist, etc...b,121b,121anyone jump on this yet?

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  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    iTunes...
  • drewnicedrewnice 5,465 Posts
    Media trap...I've been dragging folders of MP3s straight into VLC instead of adding a whole bunch of junk to my iTunes folder. Reminds me of those good'ole Winamp days. If anything, I treat my iTunes like a virtual library of keepers.
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    /font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Media trap...I've been dragging folders of MP3s straight into VLC instead of adding a whole bunch of junk to my iTunes folder. Reminds me of those good'ole Winamp days. If anything, I treat my iTunes like a virtual library of keepers. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121YES!
  • edubedub 715 Posts
    wow, I'm disconnected... how do I use VLC with iPod?
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    /font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121wow, I'm disconnected... how do I use VLC with iPod? b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121iPod...
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    /font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121wow, I'm disconnected... how do I use VLC with iPod? b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Windows: MediaMonkey & Floola. There's also a way to do it with WMP10, but I don't know it because I hate WMP more than iTunes.b,121Mac: Floola and a bunch of others....
  • selperfugeselperfuge 1,165 Posts
    THIS IS BULLSHITb,121APPLE STRAIGHT JACKED MY MP3J NAMEb,121I WAS ABOUT TO LAND MY OWN NIGHT
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,903 Posts
    That Apple event was borrrrriinggg and a huge snooze fest. Where was the one more thing...b,121b,121Lack luster to say the least.
  • soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121THIS IS BULLSHITb,121APPLE STRAIGHT JACKED MY MP3J NAMEb,121I WAS ABOUT TO LAND MY OWN NIGHT THURSDAYS AT THE GENIUS BAR b,121b,121h,121
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  • SnagglepusSnagglepus 1,756 Posts
    Overall, I'm digging the Genius feature. It's like Shuffle with a brain. Pick any song and it quickly generates a 25 song playlist of "related" songs. The results are decent (though how Metallica's Battery ended up in what should have been a Yacht Rock mix is a digital mystery). Yeah, it's robo-DJ nonsense with no practical value, but it can help you get through a work day.
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    /font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121That Apple event was borrrrriinggg and a huge snooze fest. Where was the one more thing...b,121b,121Lack luster to say the least. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Not that kind of event. Get Fam. This was an "Apple event", (not a Macworld or WWDC) which usually takes place in a very small venue. They have even held these on the lawn at 1 infinite loop. For whatever reason, this one was a larger sized "Apple event". b,121b,121"One more thing" is pretty much reserved for MacWorlds and WWDCs.
  • luckluck 4,077 Posts
    So can I download iTunes 8 without this bullshit? The only DJ I want mixing my music is ME.
  • SnagglepusSnagglepus 1,756 Posts
    /font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121So can I download iTunes 8 without this bullshit? The only DJ I want mixing my music is ME. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Yeah ... you have to activate the Genius feature which involves uploading your library info into the master Genius brain (anonymously ... so they claim). You can just ignore it.
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