iPlayer for iPad
10/02/11 08:07
Great news for anyone who missed anything on TV, well on the BBC. In the UK. But great stuff anyway - the BBC are releasing an app on Friday which will allow you access iPlayer on your iPad or Android device. Thanks Auntie, the app will be free too.
So ....
If you’re an iPad owner you’ll be able to access an enormous array of TV and radio thanks to the iPlayer service. I can’t see why anyone would not want this facility and I’m sure it will only be a matter of time before someone points out how overseas users can frig their IP address so they can access this.
But ....
It puts Apple TV behind anyone with Google TV, or any other TV connect based on Android. Those lucky users will be able to use their lounge TV to access iPlayer. Great as the iPad is, surely this is what we want? I would place a large wager on this being delivered very soon and it will be an enormous boost for Apple TV.
So ....
If you’re an iPad owner you’ll be able to access an enormous array of TV and radio thanks to the iPlayer service. I can’t see why anyone would not want this facility and I’m sure it will only be a matter of time before someone points out how overseas users can frig their IP address so they can access this.
But ....
It puts Apple TV behind anyone with Google TV, or any other TV connect based on Android. Those lucky users will be able to use their lounge TV to access iPlayer. Great as the iPad is, surely this is what we want? I would place a large wager on this being delivered very soon and it will be an enormous boost for Apple TV.
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CD Repacking
30/01/11 15:41
Wish I’d thought of it sooner but I didn’t. Instead it took a client to suggest something we should have been doing from Day One.
Many clients are reluctant to part with their CDs for all sorts of reasons, yet they want to save space. Even when it comes to storing CDs in the attic or the basement 200, 300 CDs or more take up a lot os space. A lot of boxes. And they gather a lot of dust. One client, with a lovely flat in the middle of the block, suggested we might return his CDs not in their plastic boxes but in those high capacity wallets. So we took each CD out, along with the sleeve notes that slot into the front of the box, and put them into wallets.
It’s a great solution. The client gets his CDs back along with interesting cover notes but he also saves a massive amount of space. An ideal compromise which we are now happy to offer to all clients. More details on CD repacking here.
Many clients are reluctant to part with their CDs for all sorts of reasons, yet they want to save space. Even when it comes to storing CDs in the attic or the basement 200, 300 CDs or more take up a lot os space. A lot of boxes. And they gather a lot of dust. One client, with a lovely flat in the middle of the block, suggested we might return his CDs not in their plastic boxes but in those high capacity wallets. So we took each CD out, along with the sleeve notes that slot into the front of the box, and put them into wallets.
It’s a great solution. The client gets his CDs back along with interesting cover notes but he also saves a massive amount of space. An ideal compromise which we are now happy to offer to all clients. More details on CD repacking here.
CD to iPod
15/01/11 11:25
When people ask us about getting their music from CD to iPod I usually answer with the thought that they already know that there’s an intermediate step, getting music into iTunes. So when a caller said no, they really did want to get directly from their CDs onto their iPod I was a little taken aback.
So, what about going directly to an iPod and cutting out the middle man? After some thought I guess technically it might be possible to connect a CD ripping program to an iPod and shoot the music files straight there. But ... the iPod listings wouldn’t be updated (iTunes does that), you probably wouldn’t have album art, and if anything went wrong you’d have to do the whole ripping again.
So, what about going directly to an iPod and cutting out the middle man? After some thought I guess technically it might be possible to connect a CD ripping program to an iPod and shoot the music files straight there. But ... the iPod listings wouldn’t be updated (iTunes does that), you probably wouldn’t have album art, and if anything went wrong you’d have to do the whole ripping again.
Apple Lossless = AIFF = CD
07/01/11 08:06
Don’t know about you but I’m quickly bored by technical debates, much loved by audio techies, when they get away from what ears can hear and into graphs of wave forms. So I won’t try to summarise a technical test / debate on the Stereophile website.
This is where they end up - Apple Lossless sounds exactly the same as AIFF (which is a WAV file with a data wrapper) which is exactly the same as the original CD.
I’ll repeat - Apple Lossless is as good as AIFF and identical to the original CD.
This is where they end up - Apple Lossless sounds exactly the same as AIFF (which is a WAV file with a data wrapper) which is exactly the same as the original CD.
I’ll repeat - Apple Lossless is as good as AIFF and identical to the original CD.
iPod Purchased Tracks
03/01/11 22:29
Following Twitter over the last couple of days I noticed some panic about integrating iPod Touch or iPhone purchased tracks into your main iTunes library. As you know you can use WiFi or 3G style connections to access iTunes Music Store and buy tracks directly. The data file containing the music is downloaded directly to your player.
How can you get mobile iTunes purchases into your music library?
The answer is simple - the next time you connect your iPod or iPhone to your computer (Mac or Windows) iTunes will detect the newly purchased content and give you the option to upload it from the iPod into iTunes on your computer. As simple as that.
How can you get mobile iTunes purchases into your music library?
The answer is simple - the next time you connect your iPod or iPhone to your computer (Mac or Windows) iTunes will detect the newly purchased content and give you the option to upload it from the iPod into iTunes on your computer. As simple as that.