January 19, 200917 yr I checked the ALAC issue with my 2nd gen 32gb Touch and sure enough, it skips on ALAC playback. This happens regardless of whether I manually turn the screen off or let the auto-off feature turn it off. Bit annoying, but thankfully, it's non-issue for me as I convert all my music to AAC for the Touch. Hmm, never had that happen, and all the stuff on my Touch is Apple lossless... it's got the latest firmware yes? 2.2.
January 19, 200917 yr Since I'll be using this purely portable (no amp), I've decided to just go AAC. Found some applescripts to do it easily, no more skipping. Not sure what's going on with ALAC, this is latest firmware and ALACs are ripped fresh in iTunes. Cover-Flow is very cool...
January 19, 200917 yr Hmm, never had that happen, and all the stuff on my Touch is Apple lossless... it's got the latest firmware yes? 2.2. Yep, it's a 2nd gen touch with firmware version 2.2. As JimP noted, it appears to be a fairly common occurrence amongst 2nd gen touch owners (who also uses ALAC).
January 20, 200917 yr I use my iPhone 3G all the time with ALAC and there is no skipping unless it is downloading email at the same time.
January 23, 200917 yr Only the 2G Touch has this problem. Some bug in the software. Wow, that sucks. Usually things get better on the 2nd rev.
January 24, 200917 yr yes, it sucks that they can't do there own ALAC. But as a testament to how good the iTouch is, I'm impressed at AAC VBR 256 -- this is now my portable rig straight to IEM. why bother with portable amp. Hope they get the ALAC bug worked out...
January 24, 200917 yr The release notes for the latest Quicktime update said it "improves AAC encoding". Which is nice, I guess. Agree that 256kbps VBR sounds damn good as it is.
January 26, 200917 yr Public Radio Tuner is a pretty useful free app. I've been using it as well.... great little app.
January 26, 200917 yr anyone know anything about the jailbreak development of the itouch 2g? You'll have to be more specific.
January 27, 200917 yr Its supposed to come out this week right? Weren't developers already making the jailbreak software for the 2g ipod touch?
January 27, 200917 yr What's the word on updates to the iPhone? I gotta get a new phone pretty soon but will hold out if there is a chance of a new model. MacRumors says "do not buy" right now but it is unclear when something would likely happen. Thoughts, rumors, etc?
January 27, 200917 yr What's the word on updates to the iPhone? I gotta get a new phone pretty soon but will hold out if there is a chance of a new model. MacRumors says "do not buy" right now but it is unclear when something would likely happen. Thoughts, rumors, etc? Read my replies a few pages ago about the month of Feb! My guess is the mid cycle update with more memory, last year I bought my first Iphone 16g rite when they came out around Feb 05ish.. I would wait till feb 15th if you want a cheaper price or more memory to see what Apple does. rumors of the iPhone Nano and in today's economy who knows if they will do a mid cycle update, but guessing by Apples stock and their past i would bet on more memory or some kind of update. Also look how much Flash Memory has been falling in price... then again maybe the new software update has something to do with what may come in Feb?
January 27, 200917 yr Apple releases Software 2.2.1 for iPhone, iPod touch | iLounge News iLounge reports that this update fixes Apple lossless file skipping.
January 27, 200917 yr Are there any apps that let you record your phone calls? My understanding is there are no apps that touch the phone portion so not so much?
January 27, 200917 yr Are there any apps that let you record your phone calls? My understanding is there are no apps that touch the phone portion so not so much?No, there aren't. There's the phone app, and there are recording apps, but they get suspended by incoming calls.
January 27, 200917 yr Updating my touch now so I'll check to see if the ALAC issue has actually been resolved. The update is taking its sweet time, though.
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