Also: gsfprez tells me he can import the protected AAC files into iMovive, and it is converted to an unprotected (obviously) AIFF. Loses all the meta-information (artist, album, etc.) but better than using Audio Hijack, IMO.
Only one of my posts was specific to the growing pains of the service. And only three of the five posts were complaints. The other two complaints were about bugs/design issues with playlist streaming.
Most CDs I get a. have significantly more than 10 songs and b. cost significantly more than $10. YMMV. That said, I prefer the CD, as I can convert it to what these files are not: higher quality, no DRM, and MP3. I am willing to pay more for that. I can only see myself using this service to get individual songs that I don't care a lot about, but I want (like maybe I want to annoy someone so I buy the Macarena song, just to have it).
FWIW, I didn't even think of this as a "Mac OS on x86" story. We have two new big processors coming out, and we have Apple talking to AMD and we have someone talking about the IBM chip, and we have wild speculation on what will happen, only some of which involves "Mac OS on x86".
After 18 months, a machine at the same price point should be twice as fast. That's basic Moore's law, and PeeCees follow the rule.
Laptops have never followed that "rule," (in quotes because it is not a real rule or law, of course) and it simply isn't feasible to do it with a G4. I am not missing what you are saying, I am saying that what you are saying is imaginary happyland.
Of course it is a different price point. It has a G4 in it! That's the whole point. You put a G4 in it, it costs a lot more. If you want a G4, you can get one, and you pay a lot more. That's how it works.
If you put a G4 in an iBook, what distinguishes it from the PowerBook? Plastic instead of aluminum? Most of the rest of the differences are not very significant. Video card here, Bluetooth there, sure, it adds up, but you can lower the capabilities of the PowerBook and just have a lower-cost 12" PowerBook.
Right now a comparably equipped iBook and PowerBook (256MB RAM, 40GB) are $1349 and $1799, a difference of $450. That's probably pretty close to the cost in aluminum + G4 instead of plastic + G3. You are looking at increasing the cost of the iBook to at least $1300 or so just for a G4, if not more, and that is assuming 128MB RAM and 20GB HD, which is almost useless for that sort of horsepower.
I did look, and there were no solid easy answers that popped up. A lot of people saying some things sorta work but mostly suck and require you to risk severe and permanent damage to your TiVo. Yay, that's helpful.
I did mention it, but oh well, no one is perfect. I forgot to mention a few other things. I suck and next time I will spend two days writing the review.;-)
Seriously, part of the great thing about Slashdot is the readers can add to what I miss. So, thanks for everyone picking up my slack, even if in this case I did note it.:-)
I guess I wasn't explicit: the quality was as good as can be expected. MP3s and audio sound as good as they are recorded/encoded, and as good as your speakers can handle. No sync problems that I experienced (one thing I meant to say is that QCast plays the EyeTV recordings better than EyeTV, especially in regard to A/V sync).
As to video resolution, it handled whatever I threw at it, which is not a wide range of things. Mostly EyeTV recordings. I don't have a lot of high-quality video files around.
That is one option I've worked with in the past, but, basically, the text of most apps are unreadable on the TV. Right now I use an iBook hooked up to the stereo, and am going to likely replace that with an old PowerBook with S-video out, but it just isn't a great solution because it is just too fuzzy.
I wrote that script, and I don't know if it will work with iCommune 2.0. I tried quickly to see if it would work, and it didn't, but I've yet to do any sort of looking into it beyond that.
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Also: gsfprez tells me he can import the protected AAC files into iMovive, and it is converted to an unprotected (obviously) AIFF. Loses all the meta-information (artist, album, etc.) but better than using Audio Hijack, IMO.
Only one of my posts was specific to the growing pains of the service. And only three of the five posts were complaints. The other two complaints were about bugs/design issues with playlist streaming.
Most CDs I get a. have significantly more than 10 songs and b. cost significantly more than $10. YMMV. That said, I prefer the CD, as I can convert it to what these files are not: higher quality, no DRM, and MP3. I am willing to pay more for that. I can only see myself using this service to get individual songs that I don't care a lot about, but I want (like maybe I want to annoy someone so I buy the Macarena song, just to have it).
I did that. Didn't work. (Again, though, mine does work NOW, but it was a day after I did what you described.)
Here are my own notes on problems with enabling my account, problems with (and benefits of) playlist sharing, and extracting cover art.
Here are my own notes on problems with enabling my account, problems with (and benefits of) playlist sharing, and extracting cover art.
FWIW, I didn't even think of this as a "Mac OS on x86" story. We have two new big processors coming out, and we have Apple talking to AMD and we have someone talking about the IBM chip, and we have wild speculation on what will happen, only some of which involves "Mac OS on x86".
After 18 months, a machine at the same price point should be twice as fast. That's basic Moore's law, and PeeCees follow the rule.
Laptops have never followed that "rule," (in quotes because it is not a real rule or law, of course) and it simply isn't feasible to do it with a G4. I am not missing what you are saying, I am saying that what you are saying is imaginary happyland.
Of course it is a different price point. It has a G4 in it! That's the whole point. You put a G4 in it, it costs a lot more. If you want a G4, you can get one, and you pay a lot more. That's how it works.
If you put a G4 in an iBook, what distinguishes it from the PowerBook? Plastic instead of aluminum? Most of the rest of the differences are not very significant. Video card here, Bluetooth there, sure, it adds up, but you can lower the capabilities of the PowerBook and just have a lower-cost 12" PowerBook.
Right now a comparably equipped iBook and PowerBook (256MB RAM, 40GB) are $1349 and $1799, a difference of $450. That's probably pretty close to the cost in aluminum + G4 instead of plastic + G3. You are looking at increasing the cost of the iBook to at least $1300 or so just for a G4, if not more, and that is assuming 128MB RAM and 20GB HD, which is almost useless for that sort of horsepower.
Sorry, next time I won't have an opinion. My bad.
It seems pretty clear to me that Apple is holding their iBook line back, limiting them to G3s, to encourage sales of their pro laptops.
... ;-)
Or maybe to keep the price down, perhaps? Nah, that couldn't be it
If you want a G4 iBook, get a 12-inch PowerBook. Really.
I did look, and there were no solid easy answers that popped up. A lot of people saying some things sorta work but mostly suck and require you to risk severe and permanent damage to your TiVo. Yay, that's helpful.
Since you never offered one to begin with, I won't feel hurt.
I did mention it, but oh well, no one is perfect. I forgot to mention a few other things. I suck and next time I will spend two days writing the review. ;-)
:-)
Seriously, part of the great thing about Slashdot is the readers can add to what I miss. So, thanks for everyone picking up my slack, even if in this case I did note it.
... then what?
Yeah, if it were just for movies, it'd be great, but I want to be able to see my MP3 player etc.
FWIW, automatic updates only work with Windows, according to the insert that came in the package.
Yes.
Although, I didn't test Ogg, because I don't use Ogg. But, yes.
Wow, are you gonna feel dumb when you realize that "the TiVo solution" referred to the "Home Media Option".
I guess I wasn't explicit: the quality was as good as can be expected. MP3s and audio sound as good as they are recorded/encoded, and as good as your speakers can handle. No sync problems that I experienced (one thing I meant to say is that QCast plays the EyeTV recordings better than EyeTV, especially in regard to A/V sync).
As to video resolution, it handled whatever I threw at it, which is not a wide range of things. Mostly EyeTV recordings. I don't have a lot of high-quality video files around.
And how would this let me play MP3s?
That is one option I've worked with in the past, but, basically, the text of most apps are unreadable on the TV. Right now I use an iBook hooked up to the stereo, and am going to likely replace that with an old PowerBook with S-video out, but it just isn't a great solution because it is just too fuzzy.
Yes, but it still takes too long when you have hundreds of directories. :-)
Most likely. If anyone wants to work on it, please send me a patch. :-)
I wrote that script, and I don't know if it will work with iCommune 2.0. I tried quickly to see if it would work, and it didn't, but I've yet to do any sort of looking into it beyond that.