iPod & iTunes portable genius (2nd edition) -- Jesse David Hollington

p.51 BPM Bears per minute
MIXmiester BPM Analyzer: free for Mac/Windows, no AAC support
iTunes-BPM (blacktree.com) free for Mac.
Tangerine (potionfactory.com) $25 for Mac
beaTunes $25 for Mac/Windows

p.52 Tagging multiple tracks simultaenously
1. Select tracks
2. Choose fILE-> get info
3. Fill in the common properties. Check the boxes
4. ok

p.65 Adding lyrics automatically
Sing That iTune! Dashboard widget. (Windows version: widgets.yahoo.com)
Get Lyrical (shullian.com/get_lyrical.php)

p.83 Sound Check
iTunes analyzes the volume levels for balanced listening.
1. iTunes preferences -> Playback
2. Sound Check -> OK


p.223 Hand Brake
handbrake.fr
iPod preset: H.264 video files in a 640x480 resolution at 1500 bps.
1. Insert dvd
2, start HandBrake
3. Browse under Destination
4. Universal preset.

If you want to convert multiple titles from the same DVD in one session, click the Add to Quque button instead of the Start button. HandBrake adds the currntly selected title to the quque, and you can then select another title from the same DVD. When you are finished adding to the queue, click the Start button to begin conversion.

p. 285 Moving your iTunes library to an external HD
Specifying a different iTunes Media folder location
1. iTunes preferences -> Advanced
2. Change
3.new folder location. OK.

P.287 Moving and consolidating yout itunes media
iTunes -> new location ->File -> Library -> organize Library -> select Consolidate files.

p.329
3hive.com: free MP3
garageband.com
mfiles.co.uk: fre classical music