only 160 songs on 1gb shuffle?

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in iPod + iTunes + AppleTV edited January 2014
ok my mom has a shuffle and apple claims it holds 240 songs but i can barely get 160 songs on it. i just dont get it

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  • Reply 1 of 9
    What are you encoding your songs at, how long are they?
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    nauticalnautical Posts: 109member
    In order for your 1 Gb Shuffle to muster 240 songs they most be encoded using 128 kbit AAC and be an average of 3 minutes long. Anything higher or longer than that means your Shuffle will swallow fewer tunes.
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    flounderflounder Posts: 2,674member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Nautical

    In order for your 1 Gb Shuffle to muster 240 songs they most be encoded using 128 kbit AAC and be an average of 3 minutes long. Anything higher or longer than that means your Shuffle will swallow fewer tunes.



    I think it's 4 minutes, not 3.
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    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Flounder

    I think it's 4 minutes, not 3.



    Correct.

    Quote:

    Music capacity is based on 4 minutes per song and 128Kbps AAC encoding.



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    nauticalnautical Posts: 109member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Flounder

    I think it's 4 minutes, not 3.



    I stand corrected. Thank you!
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  • Reply 6 of 9
    shady104shady104 Posts: 332member
    well id say average is about 4-5 minutes and they are all 128 MP3...its suprising because normally ive been able to fit more then they say. for example on my old 4 gb mini i was able to fit almost 1100 songs well beyond there cliam of 1000.
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    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    Are you using AutoFill?
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    shady104shady104 Posts: 332member
    yes i am
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  • Reply 9 of 9
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    Looking at the number of songs is pretty misleading. One audiobook, for example, will kill it. Instead, look at how much space is used/available on the ipod. Could she have some space separated out into "hard drive" space, thus reducing the space available for music?
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