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itunes to media player

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Created by grumplestiltskin > 9 months ago, 12 Mar 2009
grumplestiltskin
WA, 2331 posts
12 Mar 2009 6:26PM
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ok, now I dont want to start an apple vs pc flame war, or an itunes vs media player vs winamp vs every other media player flame war either.

I have a simple problem.

I have a mac in one room with itunes on it.
I have a pc in another room with media player
they both have the same songs on them.

what I want to do is copy some playlists from the mac (itunes) over to the pc (media player).
the problem as far as I can see is that itunes will only save the playlist as xml or txt.
I cant seem to find a way of importing them into media player.

Can anyone give me a clue???

Sailhack
VIC, 5000 posts
12 Mar 2009 10:09PM
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Why would you want to play them on media player? itunes is an easier interface and better for playlist setup imho... Download apple itunes onto your pc (free). I use a pc and have itunes playing in the background (except when full mem is required).

Other than that, there should be a way to convert audio files, if that's your question?

grumplestiltskin
WA, 2331 posts
12 Mar 2009 8:21PM
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Yeah, i dont want to convert the actual music files, they are already copied onto both computers.
I only want to copy the playlists.

Its not a massive hassle, I will just recreate the playlists.

The reason I want to copy them is because my Playstation 3 which is in another room again will only stream stuff from a DLNA server, which media player is.
You have to buy software to make Itunes on the mac do that same thing.

Plus I have other things like photos and movies on the PC that I also want to stream to the playstation 3.

fatsurf
QLD, 305 posts
12 Mar 2009 9:24PM
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Ill ask one of my apple guys tommorow for you mate see what they say

Sailhack
VIC, 5000 posts
12 Mar 2009 11:09PM
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grumplestiltskin said...

Yeah, i dont want to convert the actual music files, they are already copied onto both computers.
I only want to copy the playlists.

Its not a massive hassle, I will just recreate the playlists.

The reason I want to copy them is because my Playstation 3 which is in another room again will only stream stuff from a DLNA server, which media player is.
You have to buy software to make Itunes on the mac do that same thing.

Plus I have other things like photos and movies on the PC that I also want to stream to the playstation 3.


Errrrmm...I have a computer with a button that makes it go...besides that, you obviously have more IT nouse than I, so I'll leave it alone, it sounded like an easy question to start with. Good luck with it.

grandfromage
WA, 344 posts
13 Mar 2009 7:37AM
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When downloading Itunes, upon completion a message appears saying "windows found a problem with itunes setup.exe. ...unknown publisher, and the digital signature is not valid."

any body know a way around this?

cheers.

nebbian
WA, 6277 posts
13 Mar 2009 9:39AM
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grandfromage said...
any body know a way around this?


Buy a mac

grumplestiltskin
WA, 2331 posts
13 Mar 2009 11:04AM
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Thanks Nebbsy, option two looks like the go.

evlPanda
NSW, 9207 posts
13 Mar 2009 1:46PM
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grandfromage said...

When downloading Itunes, upon completion a message appears saying "windows found a problem with itunes setup.exe. ...unknown publisher, and the digital signature is not valid."

any body know a way around this?


Probably safe to ignore it and install anyway.



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