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“Add to itunes as spoken track” file format
When I highlight text and choose "add to iTunes as a spoken track" in TextEdit, it is saving the file as a .m4a audio file.
When I highlight text and choose "add to iTunes as a spoken track" in ...
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Getting iTune to add remote items to library
I keep my music on a local Ubuntu server. Is there any way I can get iTunes to recognize the networked directory as part of its library?
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Convert ALAC to aac 128k with all metadata intact
I have about 300 gigs of ALAC files (m4a container) with well groomed metadata, album art, etc. (Original source: CD rips with dbPowerAmp). I want to convert my music library to 128kbps AAC (still ...
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How to fade out/in in iTunes?
Even in iTunes 11, there is no fade out when pausing playback or fade in when starting playback. How can I achieve this?
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Problem adding large surround sound wav file to iTunes
The Problem
When I attempt to add 5.1 surround sound WAV files, they do not show up in iTunes, and no error is displayed.
(I have checked "recently added," etc.)
Background
I have surround sound ...
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Moving playlists from iTunes library currently loaded on an external HD to a flash drive
I have my iTunes library on an external hard drive and want to put my playlists onto a flash drive to play in my car. I have tried to drag and drop the playlists but I get a symbol that indicates I ...
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Does lossless audio over Apple AirPlay have preserved audio quality?
AirPlay is very convenient to bring up the sound on my big stereo speakers, but I am wondering whether the AirPlay protocol preserves audio quality, e.g. bitrate?
I understand that if the WiFi is ...
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Is surround sound easy on a mac?
My iMac, Macbook Pro, and Mac Mini all have only one stereo audio output each - none of them have digital audio output either (though perhaps other models do?).
Does OS X support surround sound?
Are ...
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Skype way too quiet. How to get louder Skype audio output on my MacBook Pro?
My girlfriend and I are getting really irritated with how quiet Skype is on my new MacBook Pro. Even with the volume turned up to the max, I can still barely hear her even with my air conditioning ...
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What are the afconvert settings for the iTunes Plus AAC encoding setting?
The challenge
I would like to convert a large collection of WAV files to AAC using the "iTunes Plus" setting in iTunes. iTunes describes this setting as:
128 kbps (mono) / 256 kbps (stereo), ...
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How can I tell iTunes to stop playing a song?
I do mean stop, not pause. If one navigates to, say, the iTunes Store, the Pause button changes to Stop, but I want something that always works no matter my location in iTunes.
Workarounds (such as ...
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How to Download to Computer a Voice Memo Received via MMS on my iPhone?
A friend sent me a Voice Memo recorded on their iPhone, to mine through MMS. How might I go about getting this audio from my phone to my computer?
I've already tried syncing Voice Memos through ...
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Is iTunes Match able to recognize songs recorded from analog sources, or only digitally-extracted CD audio?
This question about converting cassette music for an iPod inspired me to ask:
Can the iTunes Match service provided by Apple recognize songs recorded from an analog source, such as recording via ...
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Make iTunes song options stick on other devices?
When I set certain options for a song, such as a Volume Adjustment or Start Time or Stop time, it would be nice if those options were kept when the song is played on another device, such as an iPad or ...
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Free Audio Book (m4a) creator for Mac?
Is there any free and easy to use audiobook creator for Mac?
I need something that could create a .m4b audio book from several .mp3 files and eventually audio tracks. Also possibility to create ...
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Optical out does not work on my new 2011 Mac Mini
I use the optical out on my new Mac Mini to play high quality music over a separate D/A converter and a class A amplifier. This worked fine with the previous Mac Mini revision.
Now, when I connect ...
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Do multiple AirPort Expresses keep iTunes audio synchronized?
I have family members planning a party for next month, and they're looking to get a single audio track/playlist streaming across the house. Their current solution is to pick up another AirPort Express ...
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Is there an app that creates a system-wide audio equalizer?
I like using iTunes' equalizer, but that only works in iTunes.
I'm looking for some software that lets me apply a global, system-wide equalizer to Mac OS X.
The app (or pref pane, etc.) would let me ...
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Can I direct audio from a single app to a particular output?
For example, I would like for iTunes to play thru my iMac's speakers, but iChat's notifications thru my headphones.
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Windows iTunes: Where are the lyrics saved to?
In iTunes, we can right click a track and do "Get Info" and add some lyrics to the track.
I have a text file that is roughly 500 kB.
My MP3 file is 3.47 MB. For some reason, when I set the lyrics ...
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How to join audio tracks into a single audiobook?
I am looking for a solution to join entire CD to a single audio file, preferably with chapterizing functionality.
Usually, Join Toghether should do the job but this solution doesn't work anymore with ...
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What is the optimal setting for importing CDs?
When you use iTunes to import a CD you have several options -- "AAC Encoder," "AIFF Encoder," etc.
I'd like to have the best possible sound quality and avoid any sort of lossy compression.
Which ...
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ITunes volume noticeably lower than browser volume
Can anyone think of a reason why (and a possible solution) the volume on my ITunes player is lower than other apps (like for example playing videos on youtube or music in grooveshark)?
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How should I encode my music for preserving the sound quality and be able to play it on iTunes and iOS?
I have several CDs and other FLAC collections (classical music but not only). I want to add them to my iTunes library but I am looking for some recommendations regarding how I should encode them in ...
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Multiple Bluetooth Speakers
1) Is it possible to output the audio over a2dp to multiple speakers simultaneously?
2) Is it possible to change the audio output to A2DP speakers directly from iTunes or do I have to change the ...
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Can I set up an Apple TV to receive content from a Synology NAS?
I have a Synology DS210j NAS. My music and movies are served from the NAS by its built-in iTunes server. The content is then available on my MacBook in iTunes / Sharing Library.
I am looking for a ...
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Equalizing volume of different songs in itunes
I have enabled the option to equalize volume but it doesn't seem to do anything. Neither does it work for itunes, nor for the songs on my ipod. Is there some option/setting I am overlooking?
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How do I Convert FLAC files to ALAC for iTunes?
I have a pretty large music library in FLAC, and I need to import it to my iTunes library somehow. I want to use the ALAC format to keep everything lossless so I can transcode to different lossy ...
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How to ditch iTunes and find a suitable audio player?
With the recent features added to iTunes player I find it to be pretty heavy and resources consuming, just to do just what I would like it to do, which is play music. It is almost becoming a full OS ...
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Adding MP3s to iTunes 10 Doesn't Work For Some Files
I have recently upgraded to iTunes 10. I had some MP3 files which I would like to add to the library. In the past I have dragged the folder into the iTunes "Library" section which has added all the ...
