Adventures with iPod and .m4a
I got the 15g jobbie a few weeks back and I love the thing. I dropped it twice, so I got a case (the one with the drawstring and I like it because it has a good belt clip.
But I ran into a problem, my ~40gig music collection. I went on a mission of rating. As it stands now I have 6804 total tracks and only 864 remain unrated. So I set it for automagic update with some selective lists and it could not even fit all of my 4 & 5 star music.
I was at 2301 songs and 8MB of free space when I decided to try out 128kbps AAC.
Currently on the iPod:
2775 songs and 1.6GB free.
I honestly do not hear any quality difference. It was a lot of work but I now have plenty of room to acquire new music and put it on the iPod before worrying about rating it.
What a nice little codec AAC is.
But I ran into a problem, my ~40gig music collection. I went on a mission of rating. As it stands now I have 6804 total tracks and only 864 remain unrated. So I set it for automagic update with some selective lists and it could not even fit all of my 4 & 5 star music.
I was at 2301 songs and 8MB of free space when I decided to try out 128kbps AAC.
Currently on the iPod:
2775 songs and 1.6GB free.
I honestly do not hear any quality difference. It was a lot of work but I now have plenty of room to acquire new music and put it on the iPod before worrying about rating it.
What a nice little codec AAC is.
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Sigh...I'm currently making "getting an iPod" into a multi-year art project.
Honest to goodness, I was going to get one pretty much NOW. But then all that business slated for April 18 at NAB and the Apple event scheduled. One more month, then I pull the trigger, no ifs, ands or buts.
I think I'm the only person here without an iPod.
The iPod is one of those "how did I live without this?" devices.
I only wish I could hook it up to a computer and burn a quick CD... ah well.
Originally posted by groverat
The iPod is one of those "how did I live without this?" devices.
I've been saying that for years. You never know what it's like til you have one.
I only wish I could hook it up to a computer and burn a quick CD... ah well.
You can, but you have to manage your playlists manually if you want to do that. If you manage your playlists manually, you'll get all the same options of a regular iTunes playlist when you plug the iPod in. Not an ideal solution but it works.
Originally posted by groverat
No, it's a Belkin, $15 at Target.
The iPod is one of those "how did I live without this?" devices.
I only wish I could hook it up to a computer and burn a quick CD... ah well.
there's also a program on VT that lets you burn a cd in toast 5 directly from the iPod
I will just switch off the auto-update before disconnecting, I'll see if that does it.