BadApple plugin: search and play any podcast in iTunes

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iTunes Feature wish: podcast this artist

iTunes Feature wish: podcast this artist 06/22/2005 01:46 AM

With the news that podcasting is coming to the next version of iTunes, I had an idea for how podcasting could be used to benefit both users looking for music and the iTunes store for selling music.

I got this idea when I realized how much I enjoyed a Grant Lee Phillips album in my music mix and what an outlier he is in my collection. I love folk music and this guy straddles the line between folk and country (and I'm not much of a fan of country). Anyway, I realized when I was hearing a track that I really need to track down his other stuff. That got me to thinking how I only hear about iTunes albums I should buy from friends that recommend them. I wondered why can't I tell iTunes to email me when he releases a new album?

Taking that further, I wondered if there was a way I could tell iTunes to buy a specific artist's new albums the moment they come out, automatically. Of course, then I realized it could be problematic if artists were releasing re-issues or greatest hits packages I might not be as interested in. Then it hit me: podcasting.

Podcasting is a great thing for amateur DJs and amateur broadcasting, but there are certainly useful aspects that companies could use to improve their business.

My hope is that iTunes 4.9 lets me subscribe to artists, and creates a podcast whenever they offer a free track off their new albums. This feature would be something like "auto-download any new Ben Folds track that is given away free" in a checkbox. Or heck, Apple could even just auto-subscribe me to download freebies for all the artists I've ever purchased off the iTunes Music Store.

As it stands now, I have to load up the main iTunes Music Store page to find the freebies and I only remember to go back once in a blue moon for new ones. Once in a while I find a new band there. It'd be great if I could get a podcast of the main iTunes freebies as well. If there's a free track in iTunes every time I start it up and I start hearing stuff I love I will most certainly buy more albums. Extra points if I can subscribe to all freebies by genre if I want to avoid uninteresting (to me) music. Granted, iTunes would have to loosen their one-freebie-a-week limit to every major artist with a new release.

The coolest aspect of podcasting to me is the nature of its automatic push-pull technology that fetches stuff for me. Just like my TiVo records shows it thinks I might like, I'd love it if my iTunes library had surprises in it every few days. Of course, the ultimate would be if iTunes could offer me free tracks from artists I have never heard of but would enjoy. iTMS knows what I own and iTunes knows what else I listen to ripped from CDs (they could be audioscrobbler if they wanted to). If there's a new album from some artist very closely aligned or contained in my library, grab their free track this week and have it waiting for me.

I guarantee I'll buy more music if my iTunes library suddenly becomes a tool to help me with new music discovery.

Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes
Podcast

Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes
Podcast 12/19/2004 03:26 PM
Doug: “I'm pleased and excited to announce the debut of Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes Podcast.”

Also included is an AppleScript script for NetNewsWire for downloading the podcast. (We haven’t tried it yet, but it sounds cool.)

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How To Play Your iTunes Music On Other
Systems

How To Play Your iTunes Music On Other
Systems 05/18/2004 08:52 PM

Motorola mobiles to play iTunes

Motorola mobiles to play iTunes 07/27/2004 07:37 AM
Computer Buyer Jul 27 2004 10:49AM GMT

Motorola phones to play iTunes

Motorola phones to play iTunes 07/27/2004 04:22 AM
ZDNet UK Jul 27 2004 7:56AM GMT

Motorola cellular phones will soon play
iTunes

Motorola cellular phones will soon play
iTunes 07/27/2004 05:55 PM
CTV.ca Jul 27 2004 8:39PM GMT

Play iTunes tracks without restrictions
under Windows

Play iTunes tracks without restrictions
under Windows 04/26/2004 05:00 AM
Jon "DVD Jon" Johansen has released a new anti-DRM tool called DeDRMs, which enables unrestricted playback of iTunes Music Store tracks under Windows. Andrew is hosting a compiled binary and the source on the San Francisco State University server. Link (Thanks, Andrew!)

Use an AppleScript to remember iTunes
play positions

Use an AppleScript to remember iTunes
play positions 12/02/2003 12:38 AM
Does digital out-do analog every time? Does DVD always beat Video Tape? Do MP3s wipe out Audio Cassettes? Well, quality wise, yes. But the old techs were 'stateful;' they didn't forget! DVDs, MP3s, CDs don't keep where they...

Motorola Cell Phones Set to Play iTunes

Motorola Cell Phones Set to Play iTunes 07/27/2004 09:40 AM
SiliconValley.com Jul 27 2004 1:30PM GMT

Motorola Cell Phones Set to Play ITunes
(AP)

Motorola Cell Phones Set to Play ITunes
(AP) 07/27/2004 07:25 AM
AP - Music listeners will soon be able to transfer songs they buy from Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes music store to Motorola Inc. cell phones.

Play iTunes music during import without
performance hit

Play iTunes music during import without
performance hit 02/16/2004 11:55 AM
Following the Rip Multiple CDs hint, I found a loss in performance when iTunes tries to import the cd and play it at the same time. The solution is to let iTunes import the first track, and then start the playing from the new...

Motorola phones to play iTunes music

Motorola phones to play iTunes music 07/27/2004 02:42 AM
Straits Times Jul 27 2004 5:43AM GMT

Firefox Search Plugin for Sitepoint

Firefox Search Plugin for Sitepoint 06/04/2004 07:06 PM
SitePoint, Australia - 8 hours ago ... search/search.php" >. DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> Install Sitepoint Search Plugin. Put that somewhere ...

Using the Yahoo! search plugin in
Mozilla

Using the Yahoo! search plugin in
Mozilla 02/19/2004 01:24 AM
Somebody was looking over my shoulder the other day as I was using the dropdown list of search plugins in Firefox (nee Firebird nee Phoenix nee Mozilla), and was surprised to see it. Which reminded me that in IE and Safari, the built-in search isn't extensible. ...

Other News: BadApple Podcasting

Other News: BadApple Podcasting 06/22/2005 02:00 AM
Just before its iTunes "podcasting" roll-out, Apple gets some mysterious competition from "BadFruit".

News: BadApple may be a bad apple

News: BadApple may be a bad apple 06/22/2005 02:33 AM
Third-party plug-in for iTunes podcasting causing problems.

Update 4: Motorola Cell Phones Set to
Play iTunes

Update 4: Motorola Cell Phones Set to
Play iTunes 07/27/2004 09:40 AM
Forbes Jul 27 2004 1:28PM GMT

Freezing The Play Order Of A Shuffled
iTunes Playlist

Freezing The Play Order Of A Shuffled
iTunes Playlist 06/22/2005 02:01 AM

By Obaum's Delirium

Motorola Cell Phones Set to Play Songs
from ITunes

Motorola Cell Phones Set to Play Songs
from ITunes 07/27/2004 09:40 AM
Red Nova Jul 27 2004 1:52PM GMT

iTunes Europe: Apple's Next Digital
Music Play?

iTunes Europe: Apple's Next Digital
Music Play? 06/03/2004 06:36 PM
"The faster they can add new markets, [the faster] they will extend their leadership." By Blane Warrene, MacNewsWorld (via MyAppleMenu)

The Register now reports that it's
possible to play iTunes songs on
GNU/Linux

The Register now reports that it's
possible to play iTunes songs on
GNU/Linux 01/06/2004 04:31 AM
hann s binn a gefa t sambrilegt tl .. the new iTunes DRM story .. cracked wide open .. integrated

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Microsoft's Music Play Aims To Put
Apple's iTunes In Juicer

Microsoft's Music Play Aims To Put
Apple's iTunes In Juicer 12/16/2003 08:54 PM
"Microsoft isn't interested in selling music. Microsoft is interested in providing technology that proliferates." By Stephen Lynch (New York Post via MyAppleMenu)

Microsoft's Music Play Aims To Put
Apple's Itunes In Juicer

Microsoft's Music Play Aims To Put
Apple's Itunes In Juicer 12/16/2003 04:25 AM
New York Post Dec 16 2003 3:13AM ET

Allegro serves iTunes to Universal Plug
& Play devices

Allegro serves iTunes to Universal Plug
& Play devices 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
Allegro Software Development Corp. has announced that its Allegro Media Server software is coming in March. Allegro Media Server bridges the gap between iTunes music libraries on Mac or Windows computers and Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)-based digital music players. To find out more, MacCentral spoke to Allegro President Bob Van Andel.

RealPlayer To Play iTunes Downloads;
Real Store To Work With iPod

RealPlayer To Play iTunes Downloads;
Real Store To Work With iPod 01/07/2004 06:15 PM
RealNetworks plans Wednesday to launch a new version of RealPlayer for Windows that will play songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store. (MacMinute via MyAppleMenu)

iTunes User Sues Apple For Only Letting
Music Play On The iPod

iTunes User Sues Apple For Only Letting
Music Play On The iPod 01/05/2005 10:30 PM
Well, this should be interesting. An "unhappy" iTunes user is now suing Apple for antitrust violations, claiming that they broke antitrust laws by only allowing their music to play on iPods -- blocking out other music players from the market. It's unlikely that he'll win the lawsuit, and honestly, it sounds more like a setup by an Apple competitor than just some individual who feels wronged. The guy in question says he was "forced" to buy an iPod in order to make use of the music he bought on iTunes, but the courts will likely point out that he could have gone to a competing online music store. Of course, what this really highlights is how some of these copy protection issues are building fragmented worlds. How would people react if the CDs they bought at Tower Records could only play on Tower-branded radios? Thanks to the way the industry views intellectual property online, the end result is a lot of competing separate worlds, which actively discourages use.

Search for Play Groups around the US

Search for Play Groups around the US 11/18/2003 09:16 AM
If you've got a kidlet and you're looking for a playgroup, check out The Playgroup Finder, recently announced and located at http://www.mommyandme.com . Before you can search you'll have to register. The registration looks intimidating but most of the information...

“Paying to Play” on Search Engines Pays
Off Big

“Paying to Play” on Search Engines Pays
Off Big 08/03/2004 03:55 AM
Expert says this is the most cost effective direct marketing method. [PRWEB Aug 3, 2004]

Search Sites Play a Game of Constant
Catch-Up

Search Sites Play a Game of Constant
Catch-Up 02/01/2005 09:50 PM
The market for search advertising has been growing rapidly, and the competition has increased among search engines.

DevArticles: URLs and Search Engines
Play Nice

DevArticles: URLs and Search Engines
Play Nice 03/06/2004 02:08 AM
While it's not exactly PHP related, there are some tips in a new article from DevShed.com that can make the search engines adore your site.

Ad Agencies & Search Engine Marketing
Firms Beginning to Play Together

Ad Agencies & Search Engine Marketing
Firms Beginning to Play Together 07/08/2004 05:35 PM
Source: SearchDay - Advertising agencies are spending more on search engine marketing, with one in five marketers buying in excess of 1,000 keywords, according to Jupiter Research....

Search iTunes Music Store via LaunchBar

Search iTunes Music Store via LaunchBar 04/28/2004 11:33 AM
In the comments to this hint and others, the protocol for an iTunes Music Store search is listed. These protocols will open iTunes and take you directly to the search results page. This works great as a search template in Lau...

Use Sherlock to search for iTunes album
covers

Use Sherlock to search for iTunes album
covers 03/14/2005 04:29 PM
I found a Sherlock utility for grabbing album cover art from Amazon. I kind of wish it was more simple but here goes. Using First River, find the album you want, click on Tracks in the tabs at the bottom of the window, and ...

tech.life@play | Xbox's exclusives play
starring role

tech.life@play | Xbox's exclusives play
starring role 05/27/2004 04:43 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer May 27 2004 8:10AM GMT

great web searching tool, free download,
cool search web, search the web, google
web search, web search engine

great web searching tool, free download,
cool search web, search the web, google
web search, web search engine 06/20/2004 03:27 AM
Re-Search is a new product that you can load it on your desktop. Of course it is totally free. Search the web became easy, fast and effectively! [PRWEB Jun 20, 2004]

Play-by-play at E3 games expo

Play-by-play at E3 games expo 05/14/2004 10:41 AM
CNET May 14 2004 2:32PM GMT

MP3-Podcast-0.01

MP3-Podcast-0.01 04/13/2005 08:22 AM

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BadApple plugin: search and play any podcast in iTunes

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