Re: iTunes 7.3.2
Excuse this, but this thread was splitting apart, so I cut and pasted from
your other answer to this one.
"Angel" <angel@noway.com> wrote in message
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| "MEB" <meb@not
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| > "Angel" <angel@noway.com> wrote in message
| > news:O%23cWWLB9HHA.600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
| > |
| > | "Vince" <nobody@home.invalid> wrote in message
| > | news:6plae3lv2krb0i3io9tetleddt5ie45bsd@4ax.com...
| > | > On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 14:42:28 -0400, "Angel" <angel@noway.com> wrote:
| > | >
| > | > >Some podcasts do work without iTunes. Example: 1.1. Our teacher
uses
| > the
| > | > >iTunes 7.3.2. I have tried his links without the iTunes and I could
| not
| > | get
| > | > >it. Maybe his link was wrong, I will keep trying. I found the
iTunes
| > | 7.3.2
| > | > >by Googling it. The site said that Windows 2000 was required. The
| > newer
| > | > >version 7.4 requires XP or later.
| > | >
| > | > The real question is - where is he distributing his content? If
it's
| > | > only available from the Apple iTunes web site, it's iTunes only. If
| > | > it's available from another web site, via RSS or some other vehicle,
| > | > you should be able to download the content and access it with
programs
| > | > that work on Windows 98.
|
| All I know about it is that you need iTunes to get the podcast notes.
| The instructions say, that "after you download the iTunes Version 7.3.2,
| then restart the computer. Use the link again. Once you arrive at the
| Univesity's region of the iTunes network, navigate to the Arts and
Sciences
| icon, click on that. then click on the course of his that you want, then
| click on the podcast you want, and then it should start for you."
| When I used his link it did not work. When I typed his link in the
| address bar it came up at the Apple website to download the Version 7.4.
| The link I sent you was the link from the Help Desk of the library not
| his.This was the link that they said to use to download the Version 7.3.2.
| Angel
Again, understood. So as you were advised, if its on the Apple iTunes site
as a pod cast, either you find some software to access it or you will have
to access it from some other computer.
|
| >
| >
| > "Angel" <angel@noway.com> wrote in message
| > news:O0DotTJ9HHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
| > | MEB,
| > | I am not trying to download anything to the iTunes. I am trying
to
| > get
| > | the notes that our professor downloads to iTunes. His podcasts of the
| > | classes. You need the 7.3.2 version to get his notes. So that is as
| simple
| > | as I can describe the problem. The Link that the dept. gave me won't
| work.
| > | So I guess that the best I can do is try to get it up at the
University.
| > If
| > | that does not work, then I am OOL! Oh, well, that's life!!
| > | Angel
| >
| > Okay, that was already understood.
| > What I was indirectly trying to show was; that if one intends to
attempt
| > iPod/iTunes usage in 9X/ME, one will likely need to use a *non-official*
| > program or pluggin during the attempt. Though the iPod can be used for
| > pretty much anything, i.e. from a mobile *hard drive* to a music/video
| > player [depending upon the hardware version/supported aspects], to
provide
| > this in an *unsupported* OS like 9X apparently requires something other
| than
| > one of Apple's official versions.
| >
| > Several parties on the NET are working on *pluggins* and/or programs to
| > allow such usage, but these will NEVER be official *Apple authorized*
for
| > 9X/ME as Apple never really intended such usage. Apple is also
constantly
| > creating newer versions which apparently are NOT compatible with
previous
| > versions. One could reasonably claim this is done to ensure Apple
remains
| in
| > control of its products and software necessary to use them. One could
also
| > raise claim that this may be an attempt to force iPod users to upgrade
the
| > device. I have seen materials which claim Apple feels that four years
[or
| > less] is the *life* of one of its devices.
| > That, of course, remains the major points of contention to the users of
| > Apple's products, be the user running 9X/ME or one of the officially
| > supported applications from Apple..
| >
| > |
| > | "MEB" <meb@not
here@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| > | news:%23KFKqiF9HHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
| > | >
| > | >
| >
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/29621&vid=44272&mode=inf
| > | > | Maybe you can try to find out if it will work. It took me to a
| page
| > | and
| > | > | would not even try to download.
| > | > | Thanks,
| > | > | Angel
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | >
| > | > Tried that link, no luck, though it will show info back to version
| 4.1
| > | > [2003].
| > | >
| > | > Are you downloading TO an iPod, or are you trying from your hard
| drive,
|
| No, I do not have an iPod. My teacher does.
Right, and there lay the problem. If you had an iPod then this discussion
would be leading in a different direction.
|
| > | or
| > | > directly from the NET?
|
| From the NET, I guess.
Right, and off of Apple's own site apparently.
|
| > | >
| > | > How about these for 98SE:
| > | >
| > | >
http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/ - costs
| > | >
http://www.98-drivers.com/ipod.html - MUST donate 5 dollars
| > | >
| > | > Or how about WinAMP?
| > | >
| > | > ALL require that you have an iPod [proprietary format]...
|
| What is *an iPod [proprietary format]*
Hmm, think of it like a picture [bmp, gif, jpg, wmf, etc.], or sound [wav,
mp3, asf, ogg vorbis, aaif, etc.]. Each differing format requires a program
which supports that format.
Podcasts require something that can decrypt/interpret the format. Though
there are other *podcasts* [non-Apple formats] the ones you're trying to
access:
1. Are on an Apple forum/site.
2. Were created with Apple's software in its format.
2. And the site checks for iTunes on your computer.
How?
Here you need to think of something like Adobe Reader. When you access a
site with a PDF, the Reader is called via its BHO hook to access, decode,
and view the PDF. If you haven't installed Adobe Reader [or a program that
provides that function AND places a hook] then the site link errors. Your
only option is to download the PDF, and use some other local PDF viewing
program to open it.
Same holds true for iTunes/iPodCasts. IF [emphasis] it were possible to
access the podcast and download it to your computer, then you could use some
program [which supports that format] to view/listen to the teacher's
lecture. OR you have to search for some *player* which supports the
iPod/iTunes format, works in 98 AND could pass the site check [not likely].
Apparently though, as the intended podcasts are on Apple [or some
subsidiary], likely someone else would have to access the files and download
them for you since you will fail the installed iTunes\iPod software
installation check for the site. I checked iTunesU, and could find no public
*backdoor* area [even the xml page requires iTunes]. Or as you have
suggested, perhaps the school's library or computer area can be used to do
so..
If you could then tranfer that downloaded lecture/class notes to some
mobile storage device, you could possibly then use a non-official PodCast
viewer/player on your 98 system after loading on your hard drive.. however,
you may have another stumbling block: requires QuickTime [7.1.6], though
perhaps that has also been addressed within an unofficial application ...
Here's another one.
http://www.yamipod.com
http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/docs/
Anyway, seems we've come to a close on the issue. SOL
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