yeah, I've been working on that. been talking w/ some users on the Mac message boards about solutions, every one wants it to work. could be in vain though.

just posted on the apple message board looking for an answer. the parallels forums might be a place to look as well.

After a little analysis of my Shuffle's poor shuffling, I figured out that it's not playing songs that were purchased from iTMS. To check, I put only iTMS purchased songs on it, a…

Hello, I had the same problem with some of the iTunes music I purchased. I had to burn to CD and then import back in to iTunes. Another thread here too http://forums.m…

I'm sorry, but this just blows. My Shuffle still won't play the purchased music and there doesn't seem to be an answer. I just got a new 30GB since my 10GB had a dead battery. T…

If both iPods fail to play the music, the it seems fairly clear that there's something odd about your iTunes installation. I don't suppose you have another computer that you can us…

Um the iPod shuffle does not support Apple Lossless encoding. Sez Playlist mag : "Unlike with other iPods, the iPod shuffle can’t play AIFF or Apple Lossless files—files that consu…

What the heck does that have to do with anything, imitchellg5?

Quote: Originally Posted by wallinbl After a little analysis of my Shuffle's poor shuffling, I figured out that it's not playing songs that were purchased from iTMS. To check, …

iTMS content is far from lossless. It's encoded in 128kbps AAC format.

Why do they call it Apple Lossless? All of my iTMS songs are encoded in Lossless.

No... They are not. If you get info on an iTMS file, it should say "protected AAC audio file."

What is the difference between the two? I have always wanted to know.

Just a thought, but could it be that you have 5 computers or devices already authorized to play music and your shuffle makes it 6 and therefore is not allowed to?

Quote: Originally Posted by imitchellg5 What is the difference between the two? I have always wanted to know. Well, Apple lossless is a format that compresses music without …

Quote: Originally Posted by seanc Just a thought, but could it be that you have 5 computers or devices already authorized to play music and your shuffle makes it 6 and therefore…

Is there any way to import files from an audio book that is on CD, and mark it as an audio book in iTunes? I want to take the 30+ files that are generated, and show them as an aud…

I don't know if this is exactly what you mean, but i've done this several times. I create a separate playlist for each CD. I import the songs directly into that playlist -- and sin…

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I have a 30G Viedo IPOD. I am currently lookign for a few things. 1) Speakers- I would liek to get a nice set of speakers for my apartment. I have been looking but I find good a…

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Does anyone know -- Is there a way to get customized equalizer settings to show up on the iPod menu? I've made some customized equalizer settings in iTunes. They're saved there an…