itunes keeps sucking (lagging)

[fluorescenthippo]

ive been downloading and watching Lost through itunes. what a horribly crapping program. it lags whenever i have itunes not minmized. also, each episode lags the entire way through. is there a way to fix this? or even another place i can buy lost without giving apple any money?

[BiPolar_Nut]

sure it's not a computer problem? (lack of RAM, Celeron processor, or most likely a malware problem?)

[fluorescenthippo]

well no but everything else on my computer works fine and if you search google for itunes lag there are lots of results. ill look into malware though, thanks

[BiPolar_Nut]

personally, I haven't experienced any iTunes lag....never googled the problem. Suggesting malware was a standard knee-jerk reaction...which usually is the case for unusual system slowdowns. There very well could be som eiTunes-specific problem I'm not aware of. *shrug*

Either way...GL!

(What video format are you trying to play?...that may help others offer alternative solutions for players the may not have the same lag problem...I'm not a video expert)

[fluorescenthippo]

.m4v are the files

ill see if i get the lag on my laptop as well

[Keyser.]

I just came to this forum to make a thread about having the same problem with itunes. It's so bad I can't even have itunes open while I play poker. Any fixes for this? Or any recommendations for a music player that doesn't suck?

[Zobags]

The new iTunes tv shows require a certain amount of CPU speed to work correctly. I am not sure what that number is but can no longer watch them on my laptop.

[fluorescenthippo]

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I just came to this forum to make a thread about having the same problem with itunes. It's so bad I can't even have itunes open while I play poker. Any fixes for this? Or any recommendations for a music player that doesn't suck?

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i think i found one reason. do u use multiple monitors? i noticed that when i have a video going in itunes when i have something overlapping onto that monitor it lags hugely. im taking like an AIM window with 1 pixel on the monitor with itunes and it still freaks out. i have 4 monitors and two video cards btw.

[fluorescenthippo]

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The new iTunes tv shows require a certain amount of CPU speed to work correctly. I am not sure what that number is but can no longer watch them on my laptop.

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alright this is probably some of it to even though my computer isnt that old. ill try and run it on my newer laptop when i get the chance.


thanks everyone for your help so far

[SamIAm]

For a while, iTunes ran REALLY poorly when I had it on my secondary monitor. That was a couple updates, ago.