iTunes

[kinglarris]

How do I make it so when I launch tracks in my library, iTunes is the player. I recently bought an iPod and have been able to transfer tracks, but I'd like to be able to download and then hit launch and have iTunes automatically start playing. Is that possible?

[Joakim Agren]

Hello!

Yes it is possible actually that is the way it is supposed to work.To fix this do the following:

Open iTunes and go to:

Edit>Preferences>General tab>

Here click the button "change"

next to the text "Use iTunes for Internet playing"(Or something similar).

Now iTunes should launch automatically and play the tune when you click the Launch button inside LW but ofcourse you first have to make sure that the file in question is marked inside the download area and then hit Launch and the file will launch.

If this still do not work then do the following:

Go to:

Apple menu>Control Panels>File Exchange

and under the PC exchange tab browse down the list to iTunes and make sure that iTunes is selected as the default app for mp3 files Notice! Once you found iTunes in the list do not stop there instead continue down and you will see that iTunes appears several times on different places in the list once you have checked them all and you see that mp3 is not one of the selected file formats then you should highlight iTunes and click the add button and select mp3.Then click OK and you are done now it must work.

[kinglarris]

thanks for the advice, but the first choice didn't work. I guess I'm a bit of a novice but when I tried going through the file extensions part - I don't really understand how I select MP3s. I saw mp3U on there, and when I tried to add to iTunes, it put me through some mapping screen. If you could be more specific that would help me. Thanks again for any advice.

[Joakim Agren]

Hello!

Sure I will help you further!

Do this!

Go To Apple menu>Control Panels>File Exchange

In here just click the add button.

Now you will be presented with a new window.In this window browse down the list of programs untill you see iTunes select it.Now in the text area suffix write mp3.Now under the "File type pull down menu" select mp3 as the format.Now click the Show advanced options button and make sure that the following options is selected:

Connect incoming
Connect outgoing
Raw data
And from the second pulldown menu make sure to select the option Handle/Process with program(or something similar) and not the option "save to file".Notice!You still have to have iTunes highlighted in the program list otherwise it will be the wrong program that will be assigned the extension.

Now click the "Hide advanced options button" and then click Add and you are done but you have to repeat this entire procedure once more but instead in the file type pulldown menu select MP3(With capitalized letters).The other options should be identicaly selected as you did above.This is so that mp3 files that you download that has the mp3 extension written with capital letters also will be played correctly trough iTunes.
Please let me know if it worked!
Hope That I have Helped You!