Duane Thomas Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Like a lot of people I'm experiencing a failure of my iTunes to burn CDs that has resisted every attempt to fix it. I'm fed up. Can anyone suggest a superior alternative in a music manager/player into which I could transfer my iTunes library? I'm running Windows Vista, BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alma Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Have you considered music.Google.com? You can upload 20,000 sings to them cloud for free and stream or download them from anywhere. I also signed up for the $7.99 ($10 now) monthly music service where I can play anything from the entire store whenever I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 I already have over 20,000 songs in my iTunes. I'd like to keep everything on my computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Like a lot of people I'm experiencing a failure of my iTunes to burn CDs that has resisted every attempt to fix it. I'm fed up. Can anyone suggest a superior alternative in a music manager/player into which I could transfer my iTunes library? I'm running Windows Vista, BTW. itunes, mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Not sure I can really decode the huge amount of information contained in your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alma Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Guess you could try WinAmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Not sure I can really decode the huge amount of information contained in your post. 20k songs? Oh geezus. CD's? OMG! Windows? Not sure we can help you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alecmc Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Guess you could try WinAmp it really kicks the llammas ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Not sure I can really decode the huge amount of information contained in your post. 20k songs? Oh geezus. CD's? OMG! Windows? Not sure we can help you... Other than that pesky "can no longer burn songs" thing I've picked up, iTunes/Windows has been working just fine for me, and my ever-growing music collection, for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Guess you could try WinAmp it really kicks the llammas ass I've read that WinAmp has been discontinued, so it's now an "orphan" program. That's not an absolute deal breaker for me, if it's great though. So, what's so great about WinAmp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alma Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Frankly I haven't used it in ages but it used to be the standard before iTunes came along. I really like Google Music now since I never have to worry about managing those 20k songs on local hard drives again. There is a local client to upload songs but the actual interface is from the Web browser so I can access it from anywhere. It is also definitely the way to go if you have an Android phone since you have access to all of your music from anywhere on your phone as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 Not interested in storing my songs anywhere other than on my laptop. For one thing, I deliberately don't have Internet access at home. Therefore, if I stored my songs off my computer, I'd have to go to a hot spot to listen to music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Round_Gun_Shooter Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I have over 900 GB of music stored on a Tera drive. I am computer illiterate and can easily drag and drop from I tunes to the external and play with Windows Media Player. It will also burn CDs for me. For my truck, I am lucky I have a Ford Synch system with a USB port so I drag onto a 32GB thumb drive and play from that rather than use CDs (I loose or break CDs too easily) Latest group for me was Halestorm. but I have all types of music from Bocelli to Gogol Bordello which makes it rather interesting on shuffle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgnoyes Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Like a lot of people I'm experiencing a failure of my iTunes to burn CDs that has resisted every attempt to fix it. I'm fed up. Can anyone suggest a superior alternative in a music manager/player into which I could transfer my iTunes library? I'm running Windows Vista, BTW. itunes, mac. Yep. But I think your basic problem is Vista. I know this seems totally non-helpful, but anytime anyone brings me a computer problem and I see it and Vista is involved, I assume that is the cause of the issue. Also how current is your iTunes version? That may need to be upgraded. But you're using windows vista drivers to run the dvd/cd burner and that could very well be your issue. Get windows7 if you can; it's what vista SHOULD have been in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 What is wrong with Windows Media Player ?? I've only got about 600 CDs on my laptop but it works perfectly for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 I would say that was actually pretty darn helpful. My real concern now is I'm wonderig, if I switched the library over to WMP, would I be able to keep my individual files? I have well over 2,000 files, so recreating those woudl be a MASSIVE PITA. How much does Windows7 cost - and how involved is the procedure to switch over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alma Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 It's a pretty painless upgrade. You can change the settings in Media player to capture new music as MP3 instead of the default format. What do you mean about keeping your files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Round_Gun_Shooter Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I would say that was actually pretty darn helpful. My real concern now is I'm wonderig, if I switched the library over to WMP, would I be able to keep my individual files? I have well over 2,000 files, so recreating those woudl be a MASSIVE PITA. How much does Windows7 cost - and how involved is the procedure to switch over? As an example only. I have no connection to this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft-Windows-7-Professional-32-bit-64-Bit-Pro-SP1-FULL-Version-2CDs-NEW-/390773513449?pt=US_Operating_Systems_Software&hash=item5afbea9ce9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 It's a pretty painless upgrade. You can change the settings in Media player to capture new music as MP3 instead of the default format. What do you mean about keeping your files? Playlists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperman Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 At one time you couldn't get music out of iTunes if it had the digitial rights enabled. Basically, if you bought it off of the iTunes store, you could only listen to it in iTunes. I don't know if that is still the case. I always used Windows Media Player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Hayden Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I use Windows Media Player.. hated iTunes the way it named files - Media player (although configurable) lets you name the files as you'd like.. It may drive you crazy bringing files from iTunes now - with it's "Apple knows best" naming conventions And I've always used open formats (MP3) for the sings, nothing proprietary your mileage may vary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Smith Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I'm not sure if this would work for you, but I know a few guys that use a DJ software that integrates with iTunes to manage things. As I understand it, there are a few that are free for personal use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Yes, playlists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I had tried I-Tunes and didn't like the way it acted so I deleted it from my laptop. I don't remember it causing any problems as - if I remember correctly - all the songs, etc., were also on WMP. Anyway, that is when I decided I never wanted anything from Apple ever again. When you go to WMP on your computer, what is there presently ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 10 albums and that's it. Other than this pesky "can't burn CDs" problem, I really have very few complaints about iTunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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