10-18-2003, 11:02 AM
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Windows version of iTunes ?
I know this is off topic but a lot of pocket pc users seem to be mp3 lovers so i thought I would post here.
Anyone using the new windows version of iTunes - I downloaded but can not purchase any music - i get the following message
"we could not complete your music store request. There is not enough memory available. There was an error in music store please try later"
any ideas why this is ?
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10-18-2003, 01:32 PM
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I downloaded and installed iTunes Thursday when it came out. I've downloaded about 30 songs so far with no problems. I'm most likely not going to be going to far into ACC downloads because no one other then iTunes and Mac support this format. (Forget about playing the music on your PPC, thanks apple :roll: )
I'd recommend trying the old fallback of uninstalling, reboot, reinstalling the app. Its also possible that Apple's servers are getting the crap kicked out of them at least in terms of registration. I know that D/Ling is working fine. I just D/Led a new song about 10 minutes ago and its 7:30AM CST here.
On another side note I have to admit .99 is rather addicting and the added ability to stream the tracks to the other systems in my house is just down right cool. I truly believe it�s the best DRM system that has been released to date.
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10-18-2003, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonathan1
(Forget about playing the music on your PPC, thanks apple :roll: )
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Have not experimented with any of these pay per download services yet, but am very interested, but only if I can get plain old MP3's that I can put on any device. Is the only way to do this is to download songs, burn an audio CD, and then re-rip the songs?
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10-18-2003, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Goldkey
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Originally Posted by Jonathan1
(Forget about playing the music on your PPC, thanks apple :roll: )
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Have not experimented with any of these pay per download services yet, but am very interested, but only if I can get plain old MP3's that I can put on any device. Is the only way to do this is to download songs, burn an audio CD, and then re-rip the songs? |
As far as I know yes you have to burn, rip, repeat. You will not find any site that does simple MP3 downloads because its easily pirated.
Since the AAC format (Which is an MPEG standard go figure why it isn't being used more.) is DRMed you can't do a simple convert. So its a royal PITA for users who want to play it on anything other then their iPod. I've been arguing this point over and over and over at macrumors.com they just don't GET it.  Broad support for all devices is necessary for any music store. I had held out some hope that iTunes would do AAC to WMA conversion. NOT.
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10-18-2003, 02:00 PM
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Shaun
I've been doing a little digging. Do you have Norton Firewall? It appears there is a problem with this software, and possibly other firewall software?? , and iTunes.
Go to http://discussions.info.apple.com/
Click on iTunes ->> Click on iTunes for Windows. If I had to guess there is a port in there iTunes is using specifically for accessing the store not your typical port 80. Browsing the site it appears the details are still being worked out as to exactly what the problem is but if I had to guess its either a firewall on a router you have or on a computer because that appears the be the common denominator in all the instances on Apple's board.
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10-18-2003, 02:43 PM
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Jonathan1
Thanks for the response - you were right it was norton that was causing the problem - I disabled it and the program works fine - Only problem that Apple do not make clear is...you cant buy the content outside the US.
I live in the UK and would like to get legal access to songs but it seems we are going to have to wait.
Surely this should be made clear before you download the program!
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10-18-2003, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Shaun Stuart
Jonathan1
Thanks for the response - you were right it was norton that was causing the problem - I disabled it and the program works fine - Only problem that Apple do not make clear is...you cant buy the content outside the US.
I live in the UK and would like to get legal access to songs but it seems we are going to have to wait.
Surely this should be made clear before you download the program!
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Ya. That is a problem. :? Last I heard iTMS won't be available for Europe until 1st-2nd quarter of next year. It sucks but I think it�s mainly due to the number of regional laws between the various countries as well as international laws governing copyrights. Hopefully Apple or someone else will get this worked out. I figure once someone irons out the legal issues it will open the floodgates for the other music stores to start peddling their wares. Heck Apple hasn�t even gotten iTMS available to Canada yet. Much to the dismay of many a Canadian. It�s a real mess right now.
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10-18-2003, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonathan1
Heck Apple hasn�t even gotten iTMS available to Canada yet. Much to the dismay of many a Canadian. It�s a real mess right now.
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We do, however, have puretracks™. Haven't tried it yet, though.
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10-18-2003, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonathan1
Since the AAC format (Which is an MPEG standard go figure why it isn't being used more.) is DRMed you can't do a simple convert. So its a royal PITA for users who want to play it on anything other then their iPod. I've been arguing this point over and over and over at macrumors.com they just don't GET it. Broad support for all devices is necessary for any music store. I had held out some hope that iTunes would do AAC to WMA conversion. NOT. |
Well, Apple is pushing AAC because they can't stomach the idea of paying MS license fees for every piece of music sold and every iPod sold. They're doing fairly well, too -- the iPod is the most popular music player today, and Apple is hoping to attract new companies to the AAC platform, which may very well happen.
Too bad the music industry doesn't realize the value of a standard, free, fair-DRM-enabled music format -- they're letting the whole market splinter. I bought one album from iTunes, because it's only available as an import CD and would cost three times as much to get in a physical form, but for the foreseeable future I'll be buying (non-copy-protected) music CDs so I'm not locked into one format. That said, the iTunes setup is very, very slick. 
--janak
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10-19-2003, 03:21 AM
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iTunes for Windows
I've downloaded and installed it, and I have to say that iTunes is the best music organization app that I've ever used. Every other one I have tried pushed me away with a cluttered UI or unclear features, but iTunes makes doing what I want it to do very easy.
I haven't tried to purchase any tracks yet, but I'm looking forward to trying it. The DRM looks just about as fair as DRM can be when it exists at all.
The only real problem with the program is the speed of the UI. I'm not having the horrible problems this guy had, but window resizing is noticeably sluggish (not that my PC is anything like fast).
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