Ipod?

sam · Post by **sam** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 7:41 pm

Ok, well im hoping to get an Ipod, I have a bunch of old Album's, ian anderson, hendrix, floyd, ect ect. Will these work threw itunes?, and would they work threw the Ipod. Thanks for looking.

jaytee · Post by **jaytee** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:10 pm

congrats on the ipod

as for the music working, if by albums, you mean CDs, yes, they should work fine in iTunes. pop them in, import, put them on the iPod.
if you meant tape or LP, you'll need to convert them first (obviously)
if you meant you bought them from another online store besides itunes, you'll need to do a little workaround, but you can get them to work.

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:25 pm

actually, you can use it only though iTunes. There is one thing I absolutely DESPISE about the iPod: you can't really take songs from the iPod to your computer, and if you do a standard sync it deletes the songs that are not on the library on your computer

sam · Post by **sam** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 10:08 pm

jaytee wrote:congrats on the ipod

as for the music working, if by albums, you mean CDs, yes, they should work fine in iTunes. pop them in, import, put them on the iPod.
if you meant tape or LP, you'll need to convert them first (obviously)
if you meant you bought them from another online store besides itunes, you'll need to do a little workaround, but you can get them to work.

Thanks, and im HOPING to get an ipod soon, im not sure if i will or not, you guys cleared up my question, thanks.

yalborap · Post by **yalborap** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:36 pm

SpongeBuell wrote:actually, you can use it only though iTunes. There is one thing I absolutely DESPISE about the iPod: you can't really take songs from the iPod to your computer, and if you do a standard sync it deletes the songs that are not on the library on your computer

there's a winamp plugin, ya know....

it's the very thing I'm planning on using so that I don't have to use itunes. although there IS something annoying about not being able to just drag n' drop(one of the few advantages of my lyra AV jukebox. not enough to make me want to keep it, though.)

jaytee · Post by **jaytee** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:54 pm

SpongeBuell wrote:actually, you can use it only though iTunes. There is one thing I absolutely DESPISE about the iPod: you can't really take songs from the iPod to your computer, and if you do a standard sync it deletes the songs that are not on the library on your computer

if you don't know by now how to get songs from the ipod onto your computer or how to use your ipod with things besides itunes (though why would you want to?), you don't deserve an ipod. ever.

yalborap · Post by **yalborap** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:58 am

jaytee wrote:
SpongeBuell wrote:actually, you can use it only though iTunes. There is one thing I absolutely DESPISE about the iPod: you can't really take songs from the iPod to your computer, and if you do a standard sync it deletes the songs that are not on the library on your computer
if you don't know by now how to get songs from the ipod onto your computer or how to use your ipod with things besides itunes (though why would you want to?), you don't deserve an ipod. ever.

because winamp is roughly equal with itunes(NOTE: I am of the opinion that winamp is a thousand times better due to plugins, but out of the installation EXE both are about equal.).

sam · Post by **sam** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:55 am

Wait wait wait, isnt the Ipod looked at by your computer as an external harddrive?, if it is why cant you just "go in it"? is there something im missing?

yalborap · Post by **yalborap** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:17 am

sam wrote:Wait wait wait, isnt the Ipod looked at by your computer as an external harddrive?, if it is why cant you just "go in it"? is there something im missing?

you can, but if you just drop mp3s on there the ipod won't recognize them. you need to run it through an ipod-compatible program, like itunes or winamp+plugin. a minor annoyance at best, considering most people will transfer through their media player anyways(I certainly know I do.)

sam · Post by **sam** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:46 am

Boy is my face red

. Thanks for the clarification man.

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:43 pm

yalborap wrote:
SpongeBuell wrote:actually, you can use it only though iTunes. There is one thing I absolutely DESPISE about the iPod: you can't really take songs from the iPod to your computer, and if you do a standard sync it deletes the songs that are not on the library on your computer
there's a winamp plugin, ya know....

it's the very thing I'm planning on using so that I don't have to use itunes. although there IS something annoying about not being able to just drag n' drop(one of the few advantages of my lyra AV jukebox. not enough to make me want to keep it, though.)

I know that you can look at it through Windows Explorer, but your average Joe is going to use iTunes. When using a Mac I don't think you can do it at all

chicken strip · Post by **chicken strip** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:08 pm

It's an iPod. Not an IPod. All I have to say. LOL

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:24 pm

^ http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000890036534/
Thats what hes talking about.

chicken strip · Post by **chicken strip** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:30 pm

AH NO PLZ NO IT BURNNNSSS!!!!

It's a sad day for the iPod... AND AN EVEN WORSE ONE FOR THAT KNOCK-OFF

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:28 pm

Actually, THIS ONE'S EVEN WORSE!!! An exact copy!!!

Guess what? Go SUPER SHUFFLE with a fake Ipod Shuffle!!!

Look, fake Super Shuffle Posters!