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Listen to music while downloading iTunes Music Store videos Apps
Hopefully this isn't too obvious, but I didn't notice this until just now, and it's not posted here already...

As you've no doubt noticed, trying to download and watch a video on the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) stops whatever other music you're currently playing. And given how long it takes to download the videos, especially the large ones, it gets annoying to have the music stop for the duration of the download and viewing.

Turns out that if you double-click a playlist to open it in a separate window and play the songs from there, they will play while the video is downloading. But that's not all. If you open the iTMS and start downloading the video before you open a playlist, don't worry. Just double-click the playlist to open it in a separate window, and even if the main window switches to that playlist (for example, you might click on the name instead of the icon and get the rename rectangle), once you actually get it open in a new window, the main window switches back to the downloading video.
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Another method, without opening a new window...
Authored by: kowe on Jun 09, '03 01:12:22PM

I've noticed that if you are playing a song in iTunes, and you start to download a music video, you can select "play" from the menu in the dock and it will continue to play where you left off.



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I Did Not Know That
Authored by: Bookman on Jun 09, '03 02:45:45PM

Don't see any other comments here, so I just wanted to say 'thanks' since IDNKT. (Don't want you to feel your effort was for naught. Keep posting 'em when you find 'em!)

--Books



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Videos?
Authored by: RodK on Jun 09, '03 07:41:26PM

My God I must be the lamest person on earth. Where are the videos in the iTunes music store? I didn't even know there were videos!



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Videos?
Authored by: readparse on Jun 10, '03 07:21:36AM

Yeah, what he said. Is it April 1st again already? Videos?!?!? WTF?!?!?



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The coolest feature for me...
Authored by: GORDYmac on Jun 10, '03 12:53:34PM

Look in the featured artist section, I know Missy Elliot and U2 have videos. Jewel too.



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Listen to music while downloading iTunes Music Store videos
Authored by: cllcomputers on May 18, '04 10:37:14PM

I usually just double-click the iTMS section on the left to load the iTMS (iTunes Music Store) in a new window, and then hunt down the video for viewing.

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