IPOD questions

[jaysun]

All I can really say is that if music is your life, you will never regret buying an iPod...it's that good- believe the hype.

iPod + iTunes + iTunes Music Store- the seemless interaction between these products cannot be over looked- I'm sorry.

As for price, yes, they are expensive. However, cheaper 2bg & 4gb models are on the way- check out Apple.com on Jan 6th and be prepared to drool.

The iPod is #1 for a reason, and if you adore your music collection, do yourself a favor and just buy one. You won't regret it.

"The iPod will change your life" -Unknown

[Nomi]

Don't get me wrong- I love my iPod. It's borderline perfect for me.

Except the price. I got mine for a bargain, all things considered, and over a year later it still kind of stings.

The junior versions, however, are very appealing. Had they been out at the time, I think I would have gone for the lower-capacity and budget one. They're an excellent alternative, it seems, and it's about time Apple made a version more available to the cheap-ass masses ^_^

But life changing, I don't know. And as for the Music Store being an integral part of the equation, I disagree. I could care less. I think it's a good step and neat technology and it'll shut some people up and all, but I've never used it, nor do I have the desire to. It's a flashy option, but it isn't necessary for a lot of iPod owners.

[stormy]

And as for the Music Store being an integral part of the equation, I disagree. I could care less. I think it's a good step and neat technology and it'll shut some people up and all, but I've never used it, nor do I have the desire to. It's a flashy option, but it isn't necessary for a lot of iPod owners.

Agreed. i'll never pay for music downloads until they are available at full quality. MP3 is fine for my iPod, but not for my home setup. If i'm paying, I want the highest quality available.

[Nomi]

I'm pretty much deaf to the difference between most MP3 and the other higher-quality files. Play me the same song in AAC, OGG and MP3 and I doubt I could tell the difference. I've no issue with the iTunes Music Store as far as filetype goes, I just don't find the need for the store. It's a nice thing to have around, but one I just don't feel the drive to us.

[bbobb]

I wish I could afford an Ipod.

[Cheebs]

Agreed. i'll never pay for music downloads until they are available at full quality. MP3 is fine for my iPod, but not for my home setup. If i'm paying, I want the highest quality available.

Amen to that. I buy my CDs at the store, rip them onto my hard drive, and then zip them up with lossless FLAC compression. When online downloads offer FLAC (like Phish does), then I'll look into it.

[Josh]

FLAC compression... OMG TELL ME MORE!

[carjac]

I was given a ipod and have know clue how to use it. It was used but there were no songs on it but there was not all the space available.It's a 1GB and should hold about 250 songs and only holds 80. Can someone please help me free up this space! I have tried to rest it and nothing seems to work

[Nomi]

When the box says that it holds 250 songs, that is an estimate. It only has (most of that) 1GB to use. The 250 song estimate is based on a medium-compression and average song length of around 3 minutes each. If you are putting long songs on it, it holds less than 250. If you have high-quality music that isn't very compressed, it takes up more space and thus the iPod can't hold 250.

If you want to put more songs on the iPod, you need to change the compression on them. A simple way to do this is in iTunes under Preference->Advanced->Importing and change the bitrate of the music that you import. All new songs will be more compressed, and thus take up less space on the iPod. Other people here will most likely point out a better way to do it, but I'm trying to keep it simple for you.

And since you got it used, use the iPod software to Restore Factory Settings. The previous owner might have stored non-music files on there that are taking up space and you just might not be able to find them.

[Hubbitron]

I updated the software on my ipod video. It will now ONLY play videos directly downloaded from apple. My ipod is dead to me.