GristyMcFisty used our news submit to tell us that the Apple iTunes service has updated its jukebox software and the QuickTime media code that is behind the service. The new iTunes version 4.5 adds new features, including a lossless encoder which compresses tracks down to half the size of their uncompressed version with no sound quality loss. The jukebox can also take DRM free WMA tracks and encode the WMA files in Apples AAC format. The new software can print out copies of your play lists for use as cd inserts, there are a number of templates that can be used. Album Art for downloaded songs is downloaded automatically, and with dynamic shuffle you will now be able make random play lists out of your downloaded songs or play lists. Play lists from your computer can be uploaded to the Apple store and given a score by other users of the service.
Other fixes include iTunes being able to handle an unlimited amount of play lists on your computer, as well as up to five computers being able to share DRM protected music files. Apple music store has also added movie trailers to the service, as well as a wish list for songs you may want to purchase later.
| Apple has updated its iTunes jukebox software and the QuickTime media code that underpins it.The new iTunes release, version 4.5, adds a raft of new features. As an alternative to the uncompressed AIFF and WAV formats the software already supports, iTunes now includes the iTunes now includes a library list print-out facility but more usefully allows playlists to be printed in a form suitable for making CD case inserts. A variety of templates are provided which are printed out complete with track listing, album art if it has been imported - iTunes now downloads art automatically when you buy songs from the iTunes Music Store - and crop marks for cutting the booklet out. Inserts based on multi-album playlists will show all the album covers in a mosaic. Apple has added Party Shuffle, a dynamic playback system that creates a random playlist from your song library - or individual playlists. iTunes" preferences now allow the Radio icon to be hidden from the Source window, likewise the Party Shuffle icon.Playlists can now be published on the iTunes Music Store - a feature dubbed iMix - where they can be rated by other users. iTunes can now cope with an unlimited number of playlists. Up to five computers can now be authorised to share downloaded DRM-protected songs. The iTunes Music Store has itself been updated to provide movie trailers. The store will also retain "Wish List" selections of songs that can be purchased at a later date.Apple also updated QuickTime to 6.5.1, and released a minor update to its Mac OS movie editing app, iMovie. QuickTime and iTunes are available for both Mac OS X and Windows XP/2000. |
The full story is from The Register. They have also updated their QuickTime software to version 6.51 which is available both on Windows and Mac-OS X.
Source: The Register
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