iTunes 7 performance is abysmal

1/5/2007 6:48:54 AM #

Actually... on my Zune it's pretty nice   Seriously though I wonder if it's a function of your library size.  I notice when I first start my Zune software it runs at about 50% for about a minute or two and I think it's rescanning my entire library looking for new items, and that's over 100GB of music.

That was one of the reasons I went with Zune over iPod, while I love the iPod design I know that the software will always play second fiddle to the Mac version.

Lastly, if you're just managing tunes on your iPod you can use WinAmp, as it supports direct iPod playback and managment as well as syncing I believe.  Some of my iPod friends use that instead and find the performance better.

Shawn Oster

1/5/2007 7:19:09 AM #

Hi Shawn,
  Thanks for the info. My music library is quite small as I listen mostly to Yahoo's LAUNCHcast service so I don't think that's it as I mostly use my iPod for podcasts. The Winamp piece is nice to know though so thanks!

-Steve

Steve Trefethen

1/5/2007 9:28:14 AM #

I'd gave it a deeper look using SysInternals tools - just to try to understand what is really doing.

Kent Morwath

1/5/2007 2:19:12 PM #

I don't know if there's an automatic update for iTunes, but the automatic update for QuickTime (Apple Software Update -- start QuickTime player, Edit->Preferences->QuickTime Preferences, Update tab) keeps trying to download the latest iTunes even though I don't have the program installed and even though it fails to find the latest QuickTime security fix, which Apple has rationally chosen to only make available via MySpace:

blogs.teamb.com/.../IsQuickTimeMalware.aspx

Second try at posting this comment; let's see if this time works....

Craig Stuntz

1/5/2007 3:46:49 PM #

Strange. I don't appear to be getting the same performance issues, although I have already upgraded to 7.0.2

John Moshakis

1/5/2007 5:49:55 PM #

Hi Steve,

Just saw this on Digg - some interesting tools to manage a "plain" iPod :

www.makeuseof.com/.../

But of course every self respecting geek with an iPod should be running Rockbox anyway ;) :

www.rockbox.org

Rossen Assenov

1/5/2007 5:58:56 PM #

Hi Rossen,
Sweet! Thanks for the links. I use iTunes so little (just for a few podcasts) that I simply don't have the time nor desire to investigate it's myriad of problems.

Craig,
Thanks for the link! I too have this "ick" feeling each time I have to download and install QuickTime. Sorry about the comment problem, I've been racking my brain to figure out what's going on. I've recently posted several comments on another dasBlog server and had similar problems so I don't think it's just me.

-Steve

Steve Trefethen