iTunes: It's utter **** isn't it?

I actually really like iTunes but I haven't ever searched around for alternatives.

I remember hating it back when I just used windows though.
 
The interface is fine, but I wouldn't go so far as to say its the best ever. I remember a few versions back staring at the screen wondering how to burn a disc. Why did they hide the command in the playlist context menu? It was fine the way it was. Bizarre.
 
For the people who are having issues with iTunes then I suggest it's more of an issue with Windows.

> Probably junked down with software
> Too slow
> Drivers not up to date
> Windows updates not up to date
> Hardware out of date
> Bad net connections
 
mrbell1984 said:
For the people who are having issues with iTunes then I suggest it's more of an issue with Windows.

> Probably junked down with software
> Too slow
> Drivers not up to date
> Windows updates not up to date
> Hardware out of date
> Bad net connections
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The biggest problem is if you have your music collection on an external HDD. iTunes does a bad job of caching things to your OS drive so iTunes can feel very sluggish.
 
I've used it for years now on Windows and OS X without any real grief. It's a bit slower and clunky on Windows but to be honest I find that applies to Windows in general when compared to OS X.
 
I like and absolutely hate it at the same time, on my old pc it kept randomly launching, and if I closed it out it would relaunch within 15 seconds again, plus all the other services junk it installs in the newer versions is stupid.

I've never really found a media player I really love, was never a big fan of WMP or WinAmp. But I still use iTunes cause I've an old iPod classic, plan on replacing it soon tho so once I do..bye bye itunes.
 
iTunes runs fine on my PC and I never had any issues running it. My library is with approx 50GB worth of music not small.

The only problem I had is that every time I rebuild (I'm not talking about moving my library here) my computer I tend to fail to move my playlists and songs scorings etc properly over, so I'm always starting from scratch and have to rebuild them which is a pain.

I find iTunes could support this a little bit better offering some safe/restore function of the iTunes DB.
 
mrbell1984 said:
Not had that issue, 50GB of music on a USB 2.0 device here.
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Which view do you use? The main problem is when iTunes tries to display artwork thumbnails. Pulling the thumbnails from the files seems to by a synchronous request (at least on Windows) so iTunes stops responding during the process. iTunes-sourced music doesn't have this problem as the thumbnails aren't embedded in the music files. However, it's very notcoable for video files.
 
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