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Re: [microsound] iTunes just ate a bunch of my unreleased music

Hi,
You may need to lookup FairPlay DRM, is what Apple uses. The problem seems to happen when iTunes is launched, it parses its database looking for new or changed files. If for example you have copied some DRM'd files from one machine to another and they are not authorized several odd things can happen; for some reason .aif(f) or .wav files can get unlinked in this process. I have not had the deletion problem, but I do think it's possible. 

I also like the 'cog' app, it's simple and handles many more file formats.

Cheers,
Marc

Jared Friend wrote:

I would love to see some documentation on a "DRM filter" in Itunes. I've
never heard of anything like that, and a quick google search doesn't bring
up anything.

I've never had any problems with the very large number of AIFF and WAV files
I have. Chances are (in my experience) it's actually the Itunes file
management settings...  I've had a number of acquantances complain that
stuff in Itunes goes missing (files or links), and the cause was generally
how their files were organized and how that conflicted with the settings
they had chosen in Itunes.

I'm curious about the DRM filter though, because I know about the DRM that
is present on Itunes purchased tracks, but I didn't think there were any
consequences to having non-DRM files in your Itunes library (and my very
large library of non-Itunes purchased tracks has never suffered any losses
that I've noticed as a result of something like this).

Jared

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 6:37 PM, "marc_mcnulty (mærðnír)" <
sound@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Hello all,

       There are some very extreme bugs within iTunes when dealing with
.aif(f) or .wav files.  The problem is that iTunes runs its DRM filter on
all files to see if they are "burned from an cd or bought from iTunes"; the
issues resides in that their DRM filters breaks direct links to files, then
they will not show up in iTunes, the files more than likely still exist.  It
would be to your and all artists benefit to not use iTunes as a tool for
working on serious projects, it is only a consumer tool meant to purposely
limit the content that the end-user can store and play.

All the best,
Marc


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David Maier wrote:


That's interesting.  I just got a MacBook (iTunes 7.6/OSX 10.5 Intel), and
I noticed files disappearing from iTunes – but the files themselves are
still where they always were.  So don't panic if they don't show up in
iTunes – they may still be there.  Still (repeat after me): back up
frequently!  (or get a Time Capsule!)

D.

On Jun 29, 2008, at 7:48 AM, Damian Stewart wrote:

 this is a heads-up for anyone using iTunes to preview/playback their

unreleased music:  my copy (iTunes 7.5/OSX Intel) just ate a bunch of really
nice music that i'd made (aiff files) that i have no way of getting back.

obviously i'm not very happy about this at all, as i didn't have backups.

this isn't the first time i've noticed iTunes deleting files, but it is
the first time i've noticed it deleting files that i was referencing
elsewhere on the harddrive, rather than in its structured iTunes Library
folder.

you have been warned.

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frey | live art with machines | http://www.frey.co.nz





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