I got an Ipod!

[John L]

Since I started using multiple hard drives, I have been increasingly frustrated by bugs in iTunes. Every now and again, iTunes refuses to recognize (or forgets) where files are located, and the only function to get it to recognize files is to go track-by-track, something that would take longer than just deleting the whole iTunes program and starting over, or alternatively deleting the relevant iTunes entries and reloading them all folder-by-folder. I have had to do that several times. It lets me edit the files on some hard drives and not on others, even though it recognizes and plays the files on both hard drives. And so on.

Please give me the link to WinAmp.

Edited June 12, 2008 by John L

[Shawn]

Since I started using multiple hard drives, I have been increasingly frustrated by bugs in iTunes. Every now and again, iTunes refuses to recognize (or forgets) where files are located, and the only function to get it to recognize files is to go track-by-track, something that would take longer than just deleting the whole iTunes program and starting over, or alternatively deleting the relevant iTunes entries and reloading them all folder-by-folder. I have had to do that several times. It lets me edit the files on some hard drives and not on others, even though it recognizes and plays the files on both hard drives. And so on.

Please give me the link to WinAmp.

http://www.winamp.com/

[John L]

I've got it working a different way. I don't want more than one iTunes library, but I have files stored in iTunes folders on multiple drives. iTunes does given you the option to do this, but then you get can pelted by various bugs. I know about the "consolidate library" function, and have had problems with that as well.

I have one 1TB drive that I use for backup of all my MP3s. One option is to by another one and consolidate my library in one place.

Or I will use the link that Shawn provided and see what I can do. Thanks, Shawn.

Edited June 12, 2008 by John L

[sjarrell]

Today my kid gave me a plastic shell for the iPod so I can be more careless. And to top it off he handed me a Moon Pie for breakfast. Happy Father's Day!

I got my 80gb one in February, and now every time I want to add something I have to remove other stuff. I wish I'd gotten the 160! But it goes everywhere with me- car, work- there's no system I can't run it through. CDs? Bah. Cumbersome.

[Parkertown]

You filled up a 80GB? Man...that's a shitload of music....

Moonpie...that's one of my favorite words...ever...

It fun to say and to eat!

[Noj]

I want to upgrade to a 160gb, too. My 80gb has 14,533 songs on it and is pretty much full. Yet, for some reason I have trouble finding something I want to delete to make room for newly purchased stuff.

[Hot Ptah]

I want to upgrade to a 160gb, too. My 80gb has 14,533 songs on it and is pretty much full. Yet, for some reason I have trouble finding something I want to delete to make room for newly purchased stuff.

That Milli Vanilli playlist.....yeah it's a guilty pleasure....but can't you just play the CD in the car when you have to hear them?

[7/4]

I want to upgrade to a 160gb, too. My 80gb has 14,533 songs on it and is pretty much full. Yet, for some reason I have trouble finding something I want to delete to make room for newly purchased stuff.

That Milli Vanilli playlist.....yeah it's a guilty pleasure....but can't you just play the CD in the car when you have to hear them?

But then you don't get to use the MP3 player. What's the point of having the MP3 player if you can't use it???

[Noj]

I don't delve quite as low as everyone's favorite braided lip-syncers, but I do have a big playlist of pop hits.

[Jim Alfredson]

I've got about 17gb on mine. I downloaded Peter Gabriel's UP last night; I used to be a huge Gabriel fan through middle / high school and college. Man, what an amazing record. Tons of ideas to be gleamed from that one.

Yesterday my wife and I looked at a Scion Xb, which has an iPod connector for the radio. Sweet!!!

[kh1958]

I want to upgrade to a 160gb, too. My 80gb has 14,533 songs on it and is pretty much full. Yet, for some reason I have trouble finding something I want to delete to make room for newly purchased stuff.

About 12,000 songs on my 80gb. Itunes library now has about 13,000 songs, so I'm going to have to upgrade in the near future.

[Teasing the Korean]

I just got an interpods also, and I need halp.

I don't understand how to delete individual tracks from it. Does it just synch with iTunes, or is there a way to customize the playlist separately from what's on the iTunes playlist?

HALP!

[GregK]

I just got an interpods also, and I need halp.

I don't understand how to delete individual tracks from it. Does it just synch with iTunes, or is there a way to customize the playlist separately from what's on the iTunes playlist?

HALP!

Good luck. I've had mine for almost 2 years and I still can't figure iTunes out.

[Noj]

TTK, connect your iPod to your computer and select your iPod in the left-hand column. There is a check box under Options which reads "Manually manage music and videos." Check this box. Now your iPod will not automatically sync to iTunes when it connects to the computer.

[Teasing the Korean]

TTK, connect your iPod to your computer and select your iPod in the left-hand column. There is a check box under Options which reads "Manually manage music and videos." Check this box. Now your iPod will not automatically sync to iTunes when it connects to the computer.

THANK YOU!!!!

[Teasing the Korean]

NOJ, this isn't working. When I click on the icon, I don't see a choice either for "Options" or "Manually manage music and videos." Is there a step I'm missing? I see:

Open

Get Info

Open Enclosing folder

Copy iPod

Eject iPod

Rename iPod

Remove from Sidebar

Automator

Disable Folder Actions

Configure Folder Actions

Attach Folder Action

[Noj]

Be sure you're looking at your iPod in iTunes, not just on the desktop or in My Computer. "Options" should be under "Teasing The Korean's iPod" as it appears in iTunes.

[sjarrell]

I've got about 17gb on mine. I downloaded Peter Gabriel's UP last night; I used to be a huge Gabriel fan through middle / high school and college. Man, what an amazing record. Tons of ideas to be gleamed from that one.

Yesterday my wife and I looked at a Scion Xb, which has an iPod connector for the radio. Sweet!!!

I've got an '05 XB, and with the exception of the really loud road-noise at highway speeds, I love it. I got it used and sans pod-port, so I have to use a transmitter, though. But, really, swell car.

[sjarrell]

You filled up a 80GB? Man...that's a shitload of music....

Moonpie...that's one of my favorite words...ever...

It fun to say and to eat!

I watched Alton Brown make moonpies on Good Eats a couple weeks ago. I've got to try it at home, 'cause they looked even more fun to eat.

My shitload was aided by 6+ yrs of emusic subscription. I was ready for the player!

[Teasing the Korean]

I chose "manually manage music" through iTunes. However, I can't pull up a list of tunes my computer (the various music choices are greyed out), and the iPod says "Connected" so I can't see the track menu on there.

How do I see the song menu on the iPod while it's connected, so I can manually delete tunes via the keyboard?

[Noj]

I'm not sure why the music on your computer would be greyed out. What format is the music in? Does it all belong to you?

In the left hand column of iTunes, there should be an arrow next to your iPod icon. Click on this arrow to expand the iPod's various categories, which should include "Music." Then you should be able to scroll through all your music files and delete the ones you don't want off the iPod.

[Teasing the Korean]

GOT IT! I'm technologically challenged.

Thanks all for your help!

[A Lark Ascending]

After refusing to even consider an ipod for the last few years (for no other reason than its trendiness) I got to a state last week where my Archos 20GB finally filled up. Looking around Archos seemed to only offer something more expensive clearly designed mainly for showing films.

So I bit the bullet and bought an 80GB ipod - well, what a revelation. So much simpler to load than the Archos (which had some bizarre ways of storing tracks even within the same album!). Having spent the last few days loading up I today experimented with the shuffle...what a great facility. I just had to make sure I excluded all the classical stuff first...a 20 minute Mahler movement doesn't quite work next to Hank Williams, The Hollies and Sonny Rollins!

And I've also got one of those gizmos that allow you to play it through your car stereo via a free radio frequency. 5 years ago I took off on holiday with a large box of CDs. Now I've got oodles more in the palm of my hand.

What amazing days we live in. When I consider the crappy record player that I started out with in 1970 where I had to sellotape a coin to the cartridge to stop it skipping!

[Jazzjet]

After refusing to even consider an ipod for the last few years (for no other reason than its trendiness) I got to a state last week where my Archos 20GB finally filled up. Looking around Archos seemed to only offer something more expensive clearly designed mainly for showing films.

So I bit the bullet and bought an 80GB ipod - well, what a revelation. So much simpler to load than the Archos (which had some bizarre ways of storing tracks even within the same album!). Having spent the last few days loading up I today experimented with the shuffle...what a great facility. I just had to make sure I excluded all the classical stuff first...a 20 minute Mahler movement doesn't quite work next to Hank Williams, The Hollies and Sonny Rollins!

And I've also got one of those gizmos that allow you to play it through your car stereo via a free radio frequency. 5 years ago I took off on holiday with a large box of CDs. Now I've got oodles more in the palm of my hand.

What amazing days we live in. When I consider the crappy record player that I started out with in 1970 where I had to sellotape a coin to the cartridge to stop it skipping!

Wait till you try the Smart Playlist feature. This lets you set rules for iTunes to automatically place songs that meet those rules into a playlist. For example, you might want one that collects all the R&B songs between say 1955 and 1959. Or one that gathers together all songs that have the word 'moon' in the title. Best of all, if you take the trouble to put a code in the Comments field for the relevant songs you can gather all those songs together ( I use JF to signify Jazz Funk for appropriate songs and then iTunes groups all those together in a smart playlist for me ). Then, for more fun you can set shuffle within a Smart Playlist to avoid the songs being played in the order you uploaded them or in artist order etc.

I can't understand why anyone would have a problem with iTunes. Its not particularly sexy to look at but it does what it does extremely well.

[kh1958]

After refusing to even consider an ipod for the last few years (for no other reason than its trendiness) I got to a state last week where my Archos 20GB finally filled up. Looking around Archos seemed to only offer something more expensive clearly designed mainly for showing films.

So I bit the bullet and bought an 80GB ipod - well, what a revelation. So much simpler to load than the Archos (which had some bizarre ways of storing tracks even within the same album!). Having spent the last few days loading up I today experimented with the shuffle...what a great facility. I just had to make sure I excluded all the classical stuff first...a 20 minute Mahler movement doesn't quite work next to Hank Williams, The Hollies and Sonny Rollins!

And I've also got one of those gizmos that allow you to play it through your car stereo via a free radio frequency. 5 years ago I took off on holiday with a large box of CDs. Now I've got oodles more in the palm of my hand.

What amazing days we live in. When I consider the crappy record player that I started out with in 1970 where I had to sellotape a coin to the cartridge to stop it skipping!

Next, I recommend a mac.