Well, I have temporarily fixed my iTunes 7 for Windows sound problem. After searching through forums I discovered that people were having luck playing with the Qucktime audio settings (Start>Contrl Panel>Quicktime>Audio Tab). For me, it’s the the Size under the Sound Out section, it appears iTunes doesn’t like 24 bit, so changing it to 16 bit has some what fixed the problem. The only thing is now the audio is noticeably quieter. What used to be 2 notches is now 10 (when using my diNovo to adjust volume levels). Others are having to turn on Safe Mode and adjust the Rate in order to fix their problems, I wasn’t deep I guess.
But fear not, for iTunes 7 has many more issues around the corner. Now, for whatever reason it’s taking around 5 minutes from the time I click the iCon to the time it is able to play music, and it wouldn’t stop bugging me to register my iPod, which actually caused more freezing. I think once Apple gets these problems fixed iTunes 7 will be loved by all, but until then I would probably recommend against upgrading.
One new feature that I discovered today was the option to back up your music to a disc. I would be fine with losing all my hard drives that contain documents, operating system files, and images, but if I lost my music hard drive, I would be devastated. So this seemingly easy to use back up method is a godsend. While I cringe at spending 11 DVDs on it, I know that one day those drives will die, so I’m sure once Apple fixes everything I will be backing it all up. Hopefully DL DVDs will have come down in price by that time too, that or HD DVD will be readily available for PCs. View the full guide at http://www.tuaw.com/2006/09/12/how-to-back-up-your-music-using-itunes-7/.