http://www.mcelhearn.com/2008/12/02/learn-how-to-trim-your-music-tracks/ Writings about more than just Macs, by Kirk McElhearn Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:45:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.mcelhearn.com/2008/12/02/learn-how-to-trim-your-music-tracks/#comment-830 Kirk Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:29:49 +0000 http://www.mcelhearn.com/wordpress/?p=362#comment-830 Yes, you're right. I just tried it, and that's indeed a bug. I'll file a bug report with Apple. Yes, you’re right. I just tried it, and that’s indeed a bug. I’ll file a bug report with
Apple.

]]> http://www.mcelhearn.com/2008/12/02/learn-how-to-trim-your-music-tracks/#comment-829 asmeurer Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:35:17 +0000 http://www.mcelhearn.com/wordpress/?p=362#comment-829 No, I mean that it plays the commentary, completely ignoring the start time tag. I can understand that it would not reset to the start time after skipping forward and backward a track if it is already playing in the commentary (this is a trick that I would sometimes use if I rewound a track past the start time), but just starting to play the track for the first time starts at 00:00 instead of my set start time. No, I mean that it plays the commentary, completely ignoring the start time tag.
I can understand that it would not reset to the start time after skipping forward
and backward a track if it is already playing in the commentary (this is a trick
that I would sometimes use if I rewound a track past the start time), but just
starting to play the track for the first time starts at 00:00 instead of my set start
time.

]]> http://www.mcelhearn.com/2008/12/02/learn-how-to-trim-your-music-tracks/#comment-827 Kirk Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:11:24 +0000 http://www.mcelhearn.com/wordpress/?p=362#comment-827 Yes, I can understand the the playback position being remembered overrules the start time. But what you mean is not that they start at the beginning and play the commentary, but rather that they pick up where you last stopped? That would be logical. Yes, I can understand the the playback position being remembered overrules the
start time. But what you mean is not that they start at the beginning and play
the commentary, but rather that they pick up where you last stopped? That
would be logical.

]]> http://www.mcelhearn.com/2008/12/02/learn-how-to-trim-your-music-tracks/#comment-826 asmeurer Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:28:32 +0000 http://www.mcelhearn.com/wordpress/?p=362#comment-826 I have always used the start-stop tags for this, with the help of the "Player Position to Stop or Start" script at dougscripts.com . But I have recently run into a problem with it. Some of my classical music tracks that I have downloaded have a person speaking before the music. I like to keep the commentary, but not always hear it (for example, the Beethoven Experience symphonies have this, as do many podcast music files). This has always worked, until I decided to set all my tracks to remember playback position, so that when I stopped them accidently in another playlist, I could still go back to where I was. At least with party shuffle, this setting causes iTunes to ignore the start time. Any ideas on how to fix that? I have always used the start-stop tags for this, with the help of the "Player
Position to Stop or Start" script at dougscripts.com . But I have recently run into
a problem with it. Some of my classical music tracks that I have downloaded
have a person speaking before the music. I like to keep the commentary, but
not always hear it (for example, the Beethoven Experience symphonies have
this, as do many podcast music files). This has always worked, until I decided to
set all my tracks to remember
playback position, so that when I stopped them accidently in another playlist, I
could still go back to where I was. At least with party shuffle, this setting causes
iTunes to ignore the start time. Any ideas on how to fix that?

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