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iTunes Tops Out At 32,000 Songs

Posted by pudge on from the mo-mp3s dept.

usr122122121 writes "A Macintouch User has discovered that iTunes maxes out at 32,000 songs." I did test this myself (a one-liner perl script to give each file a unique artist/album/title), and it's apparently true. How much it matters is an exercise left to the reader.

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  1. How come 32,000? by ptaff · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Well, that number not being a true power of 2 (that would make 32,768), we should conclude that the limit was forced by design, not by variable-size.

    Now why did they choose put a compiled-in limit below what is possible? To make it possible afterwards to "patch" with a smaller number to comply with a bogus DRM "security measure"?

  2. To paraphrase: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "32K is more than enough for anybody." - Bill Gates