I want to use iTunes to download audio and video podcasts. However, the speed that i got was pretty slow. I am not sure what is the problem, but when I am using Miro to download them, the speed is very fast and it does not take very long time as the iTunes does.
What is actually the main problem, which causes the download speed becomes slow? Anyone could suggest a solution?

I think it has something to do with uhm either Streamyx throttling iTunes download speeds or that iTunes servers are quite busy. I'd go with the first one though.

maybe it's busy at that time. my speed is consider ok (in malaysia)

How do you guys download podcasts and sync with ipod?

TM's Streamyx is most probably the culprit for what had happened!

Shoot la..I cant download podcasts..damn it..

hey i got the same problem leh, but i didn't try with Miro la. is there any port forwarding for iTunes ?

It takes ages for me to download podcasts. I don't know whether its an Apple/iTunes thing or if its Streamyx. However, I'm more than willing to bet that its Streamyx.

Port forwarding in iTunes is through the System Prefs under Network and Proxies pane. I have heard that you can strip or mangle the headers such that the requests don't look like it's coming from iTunes and that can bypass the filtering. Look for paw which may help.

Damn it..I wanna download the free Prison Break season 3 premiere but then it says the file is corrupted..My problem or internet problem?

Can i ask.. i know this is a very newbie question but how do u purchase music from iTunes?

there is this thing in iTune. Create account
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To buy items in the iTunes Store, you need one of these accounts:

An Apple account. If you've purchased items from the online Apple Store, bought an iPhoto book, or are a .Mac customer, then you have an Apple account. If you don't have one, you can set one up using iTunes.

An AOL account. If you already have an AOL account, you can use it instead.

After you have one of these accounts, you can set up an iTunes Store account and specify how you want to pay for iTunes Store purchases.
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Just type inside the help file for purchasing.
you will get some similar thing.
For us, i think we need to open a .mac account.

Oh thank you for your reply. I will try to setup an account.

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Added on September 19, 2007, 8:19 pmerm.. it talks about billing. So when i want to choose the option for country, i can't.

This post has been edited by BlueSilver: Sep 19 2007, 08:19 PM

malaysian cannot get an itunes account legally

hmmm.. this is really sad news. How to get it illegally?

You're lucky....... I can't even log INTO the iTunes store......
Been like that for months already......
not even podcasts!!!!!

can login but cannot buy songs.

You can buy iTunes gift cards if you want to buy songs, even if you don't have a US credit card. Several people have offered them for sale before, use the search function.

I've had no problems with download speeds from the store itself although this varies. Podcasts though are almost all consistently slow.... Streamyx sucks


This post has been edited by tishaban: Sep 20 2007, 07:56 AM

streamyx block the site that let us download music legally. what are they thinking ><

even i can't update my ipod firmware. only using dialup that time can.

It's been a known issue for long time.
Head over this thread: http://mymug.org/forum2/index.php?topic=1915.0

We have some work-around to fix the issue.

sadly, asian pan havent have any store here. so cant really buy using account. piracy ha? their concern?

I've been downloading free drama from iTunes US..The speed is very fast now..And my podcasts all also very fast le..Dunno y..

yup... it used to be around juz a few kb.. now i can do 120+kbps on podcast

question - i have a lot "broken" podcasts - videos are always only download halfway. how can i fix this? if i delete, i wont see the podcast anymore to download again.

Yeah the speed suddenly became so fast. Now we don't need to use PAW anymore.

You can fix by click "unsubscribe" and then click "subscribe".

where to get those freebies>

yeah!free podcast
just realize this PODCAST thingy yesterday
just download videos for guitar from iplaymusic
nice woo
where got free drama?

That's odd.. I've been downloading podcasts from the iTunes store, never had such problem downloading podcasts, albeit the speed states in kilobits per second instead of kilobytes. On saying that it is about ~200-~300 kbps so thats about 30-40kilobytes per second. All i can say its faster than my regular download speeds.. FTW.. gonna ask my uncle to buy me some iTunes store cards from USA then i can download songs..

keantan, just use ituneshop.net to get your iTunes gift certs. They'll just email you one within hours. I know people who use it and have had no problems.

Buying iTunes gift cards retail means your uncle will have to pay sales tax which could add up to 8.75% on top of the card cost.

lol i dont have a credit card though.. so i can just ask him and i pay him in cash when i see him its not that big a deal anyways..