New feature idea: a "loan" organizer for albums loaned to friends/family.

[GadgetGuru72]

This isn't an original idea. I was reading some tech stories on Yahoo News and found a story about Music Label 2005:

http://www.codeaero.com

It's basically a music manager. It doesn't support AAC files, so it's not something I would consider getting. However, that having been said, I was intrigued by one of the features -- the "loan manager." It has a section where you can indicate which CDs have been loaned to which people.

Since I listen to music primarily on my iPod, I have absolutely no problem letting friends and family borrow my CDs. Further, because I never really use the CDs once they're ripped to my iPod, I often forget to ask for the CDs back. It would be cool if iTunes had a section that let me indicate which CDs were loaned to which people.

I know that iTunes is more about managing digital music rather than CDs, but it would be a great addition in my opinion.

What do the rest of you think? If enough people think this is a good idea, I'll e-mail a link to this thread to Apple and maybe they'll consider implementing it. If most of you think my idea sucks, I'll delete this thread and forget about it. ;)

[Madkins007]

Heck, just use the star ratings, composer, comments or another field you are not using.

[GadgetGuru72]

Originally posted by Madkins007
Heck, just use the star ratings, composer, comments or another field you are not using.

That's not really a workable solution. How would I do a search for all CDs that are loaned out? How would I do a search for all CDs loaned to "person x"?

Anyway, due to the lack of responses, I seem to be alone in thinking this is a good idea. So be it.

[Galley]

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[Madkins007]

Originally posted by GadgetGuru72
That's not really a workable solution. How would I do a search for all CDs that are loaned out? How would I do a search for all CDs loaned to "person x"?

Anyway, due to the lack of responses, I seem to be alone in thinking this is a good idea. So be it.

On your iTunes, just do a search. If you use the composer field, just use music/composer on the iPod.

If you loan a song on the fly, just tag it with a single star then fill in the data when you get back to the computer.

[Hit'EmUp]

or maybe you could just go to staples and buy a notepad to write down which cds you loaned