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iTunes 7.4 Adds Ringtones, Closed Captioning [Updated]

Thursday, September 6th, 2007 at 7:35 AM - by

Apple released iTunes 7.4 Thursday morning with compatibility with the third generation iPod nano, iPod classic, and iPod touch. The update to the media jukebox application added support for custom ringtones as well as the ability to display closed captioning where available.

Once Apple enables the ringtone feature at the iTunes Store, iPhone users will be able to customize purchased tracks to use as ringtones. Ringtones will cost an additional US$0.99 on top of the $0.99 per track price. Customers get to keep the original track and custom ringtone.

The update also included a security update to prevent a maliciously crafted music file from crashing iTunes or allowing arbitrary code execution.

iTunes 7.4 also added the ability to rate albums with one to five stars, and watch videos at a larger size inside the iTunes window.

iTunes 7.4 is free, and requires for Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher or Windows XP and Vista. It is available for download at the Apple Web site, or current users can obtain it through Apple's Software Update application.

[This article was updated with additional information about the iTunes 7.4 update.]

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Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:54 am

Apple itunes 7.4 is erasing data from iPhones. I just installed it and it wiped out my iPhone!

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MobiWan said:

member since 23 Jun 2006 with 7 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:45 pm

Did you have any hack software on the iPhone? And define 'wiped out'. Did it also erase your address book/iCal, etc...?

-M

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deasys said:

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Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:11 pm

It wiped out your iPhone?

Maybe the dingo ate your iPhone.

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Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:31 am

Well, it didn't touch my iPhone, and it's been "hacked" to a fare-the-well. I suspect the original commenter messed something up.

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gslusher said:

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Fri Sep 07, 2007 3:32 pm

Guest wrote:
Well, it didn't touch my iPhone, and it's been "hacked" to a fare-the-well. I suspect the original commenter messed something up.

Or lied. Given that he/she/it posted anonymously, that's always a possibility.

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Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:52 am

We have developed a new workflow for creating captions for Quicktime. It requires no re-compression.

This means that it's possible to dynamically add captions to already purchased audio/video content via iTunes.

Below is a link to some samples of our new technology for audio/video Podcast with Closed-Captioning. Please make sure you have the latest version of iTunes.

www.multimediatest.com/Site/ Press "Subscribe" to download the podcast samples and how-to video.

The 3rd Gen iPod nano, iPod Classic, iPod Touch can turn on captions in their video settings but after tests captions only appear if you have a Universal Dock with video out on your TV set.

Contact me if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Giovanni Galvez

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