LimeWire reportedly unhappy with iTunes 7.1

It looks like Apple changed the format of its iTunes Music Database.

I have also noticed that the iTunes-LAME Plugin does not work very well under iTunes 7.1. The Genre and Album name does not get imported properly for some of the tracks. (For other tracks the MP3 tag info gets imported fine). Very Strange.

I hope the ITunes-LAME Plugin gets updated. I prefer ripping using LAME.

See http://blacktree.com/apps/iTunes-LAME/

Hmm.. I am surprised people are still using Limewire. Due to all the pressure from the RIAA, limewire was forked into a TRUE Open Source Project called Frostwire. If you want to use P2P, Frostwire is the way to go IMHO.

FROSTWIRE rules...

"Bit Torrent does the same kind of damage over time, usually pretty severe."

Bollocks. Let's see you back that up with some examples.

What about Azureus, instead of the "official" BT client, Zadl? I'm going to want to BT the stuff SXSW puts out for free again this year, since I liked what they gave away last year. But I don't want my drive to die.

Zadl, thanks for your willingness to share your expertise and your advice.

Everyone, let's keep in mind that even if you have not personally seen drive or directory issues associated with BitTorrent use, that does not invalidate the experience Zadl's had with supporting clients with said issues.

Personally I've used Acquisition and Transmission without any BT-associated directory issues, but I also run a quarterly-or-so DiskWarrior pass as a preventative measure.

I hope you don't treat your auto mechanic or doctor with such disregard to their experience. But then, it is pretty typical of people to second guess career geeks.

Anyway, I refuse to enter into a flame war. You've been warned, and friendlily so. No need to attack the messenger. I am simply offering the advice and experience of someone who earns his living cleaning up other people's messes. Do with that what you will, and I wish you all well.

#4: Not too much of a surprise that you're an ex-Genius. You're spewing the same sort of pseudo-knowledge I'm used to from Mac Geniuses. Bit-Torrent causes directory corruption? LimeWire is definitely not the safest program to run, but to say it causes directory corruption that leads to an unbootable system... sorry to say, you're just covering up for a lack of understanding of what is really going on with that particular machine.

Hmmm. I've been using Limewire for years, never had a problem. Just lucky I guess…

I've had ZERO limewire probs over the past year or so of using it (if not slightly longer)

Yet i've only successfully downloaded 1 thing from bittorrent, not sure what all the fuss is about.

Apart from that, thanks for the HU on the potential prob with iTunes :)

James - Regarding Bit Torrent: As I said above, I work for an ASP, and I was a Mac Genius for Apple for several years. This is my profession, my job. I have over a decade of experience repairing or supporting Macs for 40 hours a week or more. I am an expert.

That said, yes Bit Torrent can cause directory corruption and file loss. It's not as prevalent as LimeWire, but when it happens, it usually happens to frequent users and it's usually pretty devastating to the system. I finished repairing / restoring data to a stricken Mac just last week, and it cost a couple of hundred dollars to set right. I make a fair chunk of my earnings in this way, so please trust me. I'm not trying to BS you.

That said, all you need to do to prevent issues from cropping up is run Disk Warrior from time to time. Problem solved. And no, I don't work for Alsoft.