i would advise others not to upgrade to the new itunes 7 if you are not so keen on the news features. my reason? it's still very very buggy!

my music tracks are skipping like mad, as though i'm playing a scratched CD. and while playing songs through itunes, other applications that produces sounds will also interfere with itunes (eg. WLM, yahoo messenger, windows media player).

apparently i'm not the only one experiencing this problem, and it's not windows only. mac users have reportedly have problems as well.

some people reported that newly downloaded podcasts are unplayable when transfered to the ipod. some even bricked their ipod while updating. (thankfully it didn't happen to me).

did any of you guys experienced problems as well?

Yes. DO NOT download and install iTunes 7; there's a huge thread with over 20,000 views already at Apple's forums with scores of other people experiencing similar issues. Had to revert to iTunes 6.0.4.2 but you'll have to uninstall iTunes 7 (if you've already installed it), and re-import your music library as follows:

In Windows to do the same look under
My Documents -> My Music -> iTunes
Move the files iTunes Music Library.xml and iTunes Music Library.itl to the Desktop (Do this before re-installing iTunes 6)
Run iTunes
File -> Import
Select the iTunes Music Library which you copied from your desktop
Wait while the files are imported.

Wow...luckily i havent update anything yet. Else it will b wasting my time reverting this and that again...Thx for the info guys...

I've updated and haven't experienced any sound problems yet. Hopefully nothing pops up. I really like the Album Art view in iTunes 7, but I had to assign a number of my albums as compilations for it to work properly. The only thing that's happened on my side is that iSproggler is no longer working.

I love the new features esp the update cover thingy.. but my bumps were even worse.. whilst trying to update album cover, my notebook hung.. WTF!!? Had to reset twice.. So I stopped the updating part and now just use it for playing music and getting freebies from iTunes shop.. another thing is desktop icon missing.. not sure why.. Hope they settle this soon.. those new iPods only work with iTunes 7..

This post has been edited by arsnl: Sep 15 2006, 10:30 AM

iTunes 7 on 10.3.9. No problems so far.
6 was bad for me - lots of skipping.

- yap

besides itunes 7..anyone realise that the new ipod software version 1.2 is kinnda slow?
i'm not sure whether is it just me but i find that after installing version 1.2 my ipod kinnda slow in response..
like when i play a song..it will take a while before the album art comes out..
not sure though..will monitor few more days..... hehe

whenever i run itunes 7 and play games at the same time, my song will keep on 'jumping'
anyone has the same problem?

no problem with my itunes 7 so far, but will let u guys know if anything pops up...

I notice that ipodservice.exe and ipodhelper.exe slow down the computer.

itunes 7 on 10.4.7 works great!
im lovin it!

ya ya...me too...itunes 7 works fine on 10.4.7...
dun knw if itunes 7 not stable with windows version?...not sure...

Everything works alright for my computer except that it can't play music.Bummer.The music hangs like crazy, I suspect it now has incompatibility issues with certain soundcards.

oh yeah, i have to update my quicktime as well to play videos.

where to get the latest iPod updater? Or is it embedded with iTunes 7?

MY friend had a problem installing it...

using mac os x....itunes 7 working fine!

-Lags sometimes when using skype
-Lags while going to the next song
-Cover browser unavailable(requirement problem)
-Hangs on the moment you enter 'movies' & 'tv shows' in the music store
Other than that its okay. More bugs on the way...

This post has been edited by jassacake: Sep 15 2006, 06:32 PM

I finally found the source of the audio playback problem.Under the Advanced Speaker Settings, Hardware Acceleration for Audio Playback has to be set to Basic Acceleration.If I set it to Standard or Full Acceleration iTunes will have problems playing audio files.This happens on my E-MU 0404 soundcard but on onboard and Audigy soundcards running on Full Acceleration won't cause such problems.I wonder why it doesn't happen on the previous version of iTunes...

Yeah, my iPod feels a little more sluggish. It's quite apparant when I'm playing a song and trying to look through the albums or the artists.

Am using iTunes7 on XP.
One problem: Can't update the firmware to 1.2. iTunes keep saying that the firmware file not found. No answers yet on the Apple boards.
Oh well. I'll wait till they fix it.

Aside from that, it's great.
Never thought I'd say this, but Apple certainly "borrowed" some features from Windows Media Player 11 (browsing the Library with the Album cover layout..I'm not talking about CoverFlow).

using itunes 7 on xp home and pro
both very2 lag
cannot drag and drop the album cover like itunes 6, have to browse
but i really like the interface, especially the album cover scrolling
and it's a good move by apple by intergrate the ipod setting in itunes
but damn lag

has anyone tried the visualiser on itunes?

it performed decently in version 6 but it lags like hell when i tried on version 7.

generally, the whole program lags a lot.

my ipod shuffle cant update with iTunes 7...error 1417..FU!

itunes 7 the sound just like robot after a while playin some songs...double triple voices...rugi rugi

Luckily i havent update this Itunes7......... Keep looking forward for some patches before updating it...

Why all Mac users doesn't experience lagging issues but Windows users does?

Also, this doesn't seem to affect everyone....

I wonder how to update album cover. It mention that i need to register first. But it seems that malaysia cannot register in itunes. Can someone advise me?

i havnt experience any problems so far since itunes 6 until 7 , now .

Mayb bcoz Microsoft and Mac are enemies. So Mac purposely did that to make them feel shameful or whatever.... JOKING!!

No problem with my Itunes 7 so far. Got the latest Quicktime and Front Row update as well. All working great.

me using a mac with mac os tiger and all seem well...weird huh?

exactly.
downloaded it few days ago and it keeps on lagging.
frustrating

i've no lags with it but unfortunately i cant update my ipod software. both shuffle n video.

Does anyone know where can I get the new batch of iPod Video 30G ? I tried places like The Curve and One Utama , they say it's not gonna be out until the next week or so . They also said that the price isn't confirmed yet . Any ideas ? Anyone knows where can i get one of these juicy gadget ?


Thanks !

This post has been edited by zinc2oo6: Sep 17 2006, 01:07 AM

I'm interested to get one too. Anyone know how much this new batch 30GB sell?

well according to Apple they won't be officially launching it until this coming Tuesday (worldwide). so hold on to your knickers till then

Thanks a bunch QuackSilver !
Really helped me a bunch too !
Damn , I guess I'll just have to wait till next week

the music playback of itunes 7 on my XP keeps lagging... No problems whatsoever though to my 10.4.7 lappie. Any news of Apple going to fix this?

now i found that my itunes cant play songs properly...kinda laggy..

im eyeing their new shuffle...

Try this:-
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?sto...060912144151766

I dont have Ipod, so I dont know it works or not.

same here, it's so small and stylish great for jogging
and also a 30gb video as well, just can't wait much longer...

Same here Zavier18 .
Just can't wait now longer ,
I booked one iPod Video 30G in MacAsia One Utama already .
As soon as they have stock , they'll be mailing me

wow... do you know how much are they. Hope they are cheaper
Please do post here as well once they have called you

can anyone confirm that the nanos have arrived? cgcomputers is saying that they already have it. go over to cgcomputers.com.

Yes , HURRY UP to Ikano's IT Planet ! They're selling black ones only though .
My girlfriend bought one yesterday and she was the first in the Malaysia to get .
Hahaha , they even took a pic of her saying they're gonna post it up somewhere .
Not really sure about that

Sure dude
Yeap , I hope the 80GB is priced the same as 60GB .
It'd be sweet !

This post has been edited by zinc2oo6: Sep 17 2006, 02:29 PM

yea, and how much is that?

If I'm not wrong it's RM1149 for 8GB .
It's definately cheaper than the previous Nano .

i tunes 7 gone weirdooo

itunes 7 going great for me....
only the desktop icon?? missing.. nevermind..got it fixed.
new BLUE icon heh? coo..

iTunes7 cosumes more ram than previous version

got those cracking sound when playing some times...lawl..

The apple software update gave me a heart attack. It's just like the one in OSX, only in windows form.

itunes7 very usntable..
mine jitters when a MSN popup message appears..
also takes time for it to access ipod music...
have to wait longer than before to play a song...

anyone seen the new nano in stores here ?

emm i used iTunes on Mac Mini is ok no problem very stable ..... maybe Win version got bug

yesss u go to Mac Studio low yat they got sell Price Rm 1100++ for 8GB

Bulk section selling for RM1k..... Brandly new... Seal and not open yet.. 100% full originall wif accessories.

This post has been edited by kenneth87: Sep 18 2006, 07:30 PM

So far iTunes 7 is working great for me. No hiccups and sounds seem to be a little more clear. And the prob with iTunes 6 is still here: it relaunches a few minutes after I close it.

my itunes 7 starts having those playback problems when i'm playing games

I just got my 60GB video ipod recently..
my problem is i dun know how to add clips video from my PC to the ipod...
try to convert the clips using itune.. but when i try to play the clips there is no sound...

music and mp3 its ok... just got problem when try to add clips file from my PC..
but when i download from internet its okay...

anyone know how to add the file and fix this problem???

thanks..

This post has been edited by puckish: Sep 19 2006, 03:32 PM

oh my god..after install the iTunes 7...i cannot play any songs...NO sound came out?? wat happens??? anyone can help?? how can i uninstall iTunes 7 and reinstall the older version??

try disabling the sound enhancement and crossfade. And soundcheck too. Those eat additional CPU power.

This post has been edited by Joey-kun: Sep 19 2006, 05:06 PM

here's a guide
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?t...42274&tstart=15

Updated to iTunes 7. Running on OSX 10.3.9 on G4 Powerbook 867Mhz. No problem. Liked the sleek CD artwork scroll.

Updated to iTunes 7 to both my desktop machine XP Pro. No problem at all also.

the reason iTunes 7 kicks up a hissy fit is because it needs more ram and processor power than before. Upgrade your ram.

the new version doesn't come with the plug in that enables the now playing option in msn messenger? unlike the previous versions. is there a plug in available?

strangely, I still have that plug. mmm. is it because its in the mess.be patch?

Fix on the way:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/bug-fix...ade-on-the-way/

Hopefully will fix the firmware upgrade problem I'm having.

Have they release the latest of Itunes 7 patch / upgraded version of those bug???

Sadly, no foobar for mac osx yet

Y suddenly mention about Foosbar geh??? Since it is an itunes thread wo.... Hehe...no hard feelings ar....Jz curious only...

itunes 7.0.1 is out! hopefully they fix all the problems..

it fixes the static or whatever problems for the windows version..so far

never had any problems with the original iTunes 7 release on the mac so far.... but with 7.0.1, i'm all satisfied...

same here dunno why windows always kena .. oh wait , it always like that
most of my music is stored on the pc anyway ..

You're running on XP or your iBook?

Hmm all these problems with iTunes 7, are you guys using it as a music player?

I'm getting my iPod in a couple of days and all I'm gonna use my iTunes7 is just for songs transfering. Winamp ftw Hope it doesn't screw anything up >< I hate it when new software screws my laptop up haha..

Jz updated my Itunes7.0.1. So far no prob at all. Jz the update album thingy.. Need to register acc. I tried to register an acc, but need to pay for it wo....

I just use Amazon for my album art. Sometimes people post 500x500 images from the iTunes Store as well, so it's a good resource. Updated and now my iPod Video doesn't have any strange syncing issues

Does photo album really important to you guys, cause my iTunes 7 auto update all my music photo albums pictures when I connect it... still using the 1st version though, not even 7.0.1.. will update sometime then...

So far no problem on the Mac, but XP

Im lazy to drag 1 by 1 though.....

nah my ibook runs mac os , sides can`t run xp also cause mine an ancient g3 ...

^ noway man, now i know that there are people who likes Quicktime.
Its bloatware

This post has been edited by AMDs-PoOp: Sep 28 2006, 11:29 PM

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=342801

Thx a million....

Just updated to iTunes 7.0.1 now audio playback runs smoothly at full hardware acceleration on my soundcard.Good thing they fixed this pretty quick

Hmm...I have not experience any lag or problems using the itunes version 7 when it 1st came out.My rig is a Centrino Mobile 1Ghz with 1256MB Ram...Maybe coz of the RAM factor???

It seems like the Itunes 7 is causing a 50-50 chance of error to the users. I'm sticking to my old version of Itunes to be on the safe side until everything settles down.

iTunes 7.0.1 has no problem... so update it if u have the previous release installed

nah, I'm using PB G4, 10.4.7 and upgraded to iTunes 7.0.1. the same problem i've been having is iTunes now won't recognise or play other MP3 files which is not part of the library (say, if it wasn't burned from CD or downloaded from iTunes Store). so annoying. 7.0.1 haven't sort that one yet.

So far, i dont have any prob about it.....

any lyrics plug-in ? mean can play song with lyrics show

I don't think you can't convert video using iTunes. YOu have to use other software probably like Ipod Videora convertor or Total Video Converter to convert your clip. Then you just add clip to library. Plug in your iPod, drag and drop the clip like as if you're transfering your music. So wanna watch your clip, look under video. Not your music playlist ya.

I've used iPod 7.0 and it sucks. WHen I have incoming PM from MSN, the songs start bummering. And sadly I did upgraded my iPod software to 1.2 and my iPod lags, especially when I wanna skip music, the album art appear later. ShooT this stupid 7.0 version.

So to peeps who haven't update their iPod, your lucky, and don't update! Wait for the latest firmware...and make sure they're stable before updating!!

This post has been edited by fynet: Oct 16 2006, 04:16 PM

iTunes version 7.0.0. I've downloaded it and it's unstable... my iPod contents gone! really fed-up with it. At version 7.0.1 I updated my iPod back...

1st version's really unstable, luckily right now is better...

are you say that i should stick to the factory firmware?
coz my iPod Nano still using the factory firmware setting..(1.0)

i think the only prob is when u are using Windows platform...
correct me i'm wrong..

This post has been edited by hairol83: Oct 20 2006, 09:00 AM

iTunes suck. stupid piece of shit that insist on installing itself. people like to talk about Microsoft trying to dominate the IT market by forcing people to use their media player, internet explorer blah blah etc. Apple should be f***ing sued too for forcing people to use iTunes.

i haven't experienced any noticeable problems on 10.4.8 thus far..

on Windows, I've had some of the scratchy CD thing when quite a number of applications running.

iTunes 7.0.2 released

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/