http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/ Engadget Comments for El Tunes gives Linux users iTMS playback capabilities http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/:)]]>Jul 26th 2008 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/
Until then, I'll sit there with my starving babies, iPod Touch and openSUSE, waiting for the deadbeat father, Steve Jobs, to get off his balls and give me an iTunes for Linux.

But that won't happen because they're afraid Mac OS X users will realize "there's a Unix-based OS we don't have to pay for?" and jump ship. That's not likely... you're just likely to get a new market for your Touch lineup.]]>Jul 26th 2008 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/:)]]>Jul 26th 2008 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 26th 2008 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 26th 2008 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/dmusic/help/amd.html?ie=UTF8&forceos=LINUX

The only hack you may need to do is trick the 64bit distro to accept the 32bit build. Other than that, no problems, and 256Kbps, no DRM, and cheap!]]>Jul 26th 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 26th 2008 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Aug 2nd 2008 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 28th 2008 3:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 26th 2008 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 26th 2008 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/actually, were just hard to find due to poor social skills]]>Jul 26th 2008 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 26th 2008 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/
Amorak still barfs at any samba-mounted drives during indexing, too. Amorak is popular because it comes pre-installed in many distros. It isn't the best though, not by a long shot.

This is a pretty cool bit of hacking. Sadly, Apple will pull down their code and see how they hacked iTMS and just release an "update" that will "update" all your old tracks and probably install more crap on whatever you're using to get iTunes music in the first place.]]>Jul 28th 2008 4:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 26th 2008 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 26th 2008 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 26th 2008 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 27th 2008 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Allow me to regain my composure.]]>Jul 26th 2008 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 26th 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/We're seeing for a third time with the Yahoo music store how dangerous DRM can be. I'm happy to support artists who release their music in a drm-free format so that I can enjoy it freely on any personal device. I pay for the right to enjoy the music, without limitations on how to enjoy it.]]>Jul 27th 2008 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 26th 2008 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 27th 2008 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 26th 2008 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/
I can tell something has changed because Rhythmbox no longer says "This file is encrypted and cannot be played", it just says "There was an error in Gstreamer or Rhymthmbox".

So yeah...]]>Jul 27th 2008 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 27th 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 27th 2008 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 28th 2008 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 27th 2008 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 27th 2008 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/Jul 28th 2008 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/el-tunes-gives-linux-users-itms-playback-capabilities/
And yeah, Apple did get pissy, so it's on the torrents now.]]>Jul 31st 2008 10:50PM