Comments on: iTunes Music Sharing – Count Me In, Please? http://www.mcelhearn.com/2006/05/27/itunes-music-sharing-count-me-in-please/ Writings about more than just Macs, by Kirk McElhearn Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kirk http://www.mcelhearn.com/2006/05/27/itunes-music-sharing-count-me-in-please/#comment-253 Kirk Sun, 27 Feb 2005 12:32:29 +0000 http://www.mcelhearn.com/wordpress/?p=110#comment-253 It's true that you might want your counts to be more granular. So the ideal way would be that the <i>client</i> copy of iTunes, the one getting the music from the server, have an option to not increment play counts on a shared library as well. Recording play counts per user might be overkill, though it is certainly possible. After all, iTunes is just a database with a music player attached to it. It’s true that you might want your counts to be more granular. So the ideal
way would be that the client copy of iTunes, the one getting the
music from the server, have an option to not increment play counts on a
shared library as well.

Recording play counts per user might be overkill, though it is certainly
possible. After all, iTunes is just a database with a music player attached to it.

]]> By: vpace http://www.mcelhearn.com/2006/05/27/itunes-music-sharing-count-me-in-please/#comment-252 vpace Sun, 27 Feb 2005 04:01:38 +0000 http://www.mcelhearn.com/wordpress/?p=110#comment-252 <p>This is a great idea, but I'd take it one step farther. Logging what everyone is listening too is nice, but what if you're only interested in what you yourself are listening too? You might want to count what's played on the server, on your laptop, but not on your wife's laptop. Even if you do count your family's played tracks, you might not want to count the weird stuff that exchange student who spent a year in your house listened to. So there should be a specification of which users should be counted beyong just counting everybody.</p> <p><a href="http://www.vincentpace.info/mac/">Biting the Apple</a></p> This is a great idea, but I’d take it one step farther. Logging what
everyone is
listening too is nice, but what if you’re only interested in what you yourself
are listening too? You might want to count what’s played on the server, on
your laptop, but not on your wife’s laptop. Even if you do count your family’s
played tracks, you might not want to count the weird stuff that exchange
student who spent a year in your house listened to. So there should be a
specification of which users should be counted beyong just counting
everybody.

Biting the
Apple

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