OK technical boys, quick question. Is there any way I can play regular MP3s on an iPod? Miss Sinister has leant me hers for the weekend, but - to my twentieth century, neanderthal surprise - you can't play MP3s as they aren't supported by smug Apple's self-sufficiency, yes?
Is there any kind of sneaky trick or conversion program - not iTunes! - that I can use to get round this?
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MP3's work on my ipod, always have done. Work quite happily thorugh itunes and the ipod. And my previous ipod
Not really sure if this helps, other than confirms it can be done. Isn't there an option in itunes that allows you to choose mp3 or AAC format?
Not really sure if this helps, other than confirms it can be done. Isn't there an option in itunes that allows you to choose mp3 or AAC format?
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it wont play mp3s? are you sure? have you tried?
must be down to some strange uber-encoding on your mp3 files, tim
they usually play mp3s with no additional tweaking or pi$$ing about required...
http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html
must be down to some strange uber-encoding on your mp3 files, tim
they usually play mp3s with no additional tweaking or pi$$ing about required...
http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html
Apple wrote:Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Music Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV
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Madness! I just dropped 'em into the necessary music folder on the IPOD removable device on My Computer, but they aren't appearing on the pod's navigation system. You can see all the albums when you look at it through Windows Explorer though...
What's this all about, eh?
What's this all about, eh?
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Tim
Perchance you have the Ipod confused with a brick?
Perchance you have the Ipod confused with a brick?
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I wondered what all this plaster was about!
Own software? Que?
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iTunes, or Yamipod
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aye. its not like a lot of other p3 players - you need to import them through itunes
it renames the files to stuff like "566643.mp3" and then builds an xml "lookup table" using the mp3's ID3 tags
very longwinded way, but thats how it is. dragging and dropping through explorer wont work as it doesnt update the lookup table
it renames the files to stuff like "566643.mp3" and then builds an xml "lookup table" using the mp3's ID3 tags
very longwinded way, but thats how it is. dragging and dropping through explorer wont work as it doesnt update the lookup table
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Kudos to the Heartland durch Teknik mob, we are now fully mobile with an iPod. Cheers muchly, boys and girls. See you all in Leeds in a number of hours!
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weebleswobble wrote:Tim
Perchance you have the Ipod confused with a brick?
Ah ! Someone else with the 60 GB video model !
transfers still a pain in the arse. I stopped using itunes, now use
anapod : that now crashes regularly.
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weebleswobble wrote:Tim
Perchance you have the Ipod confused with a brick?
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I just click import from whichever directory I've saved them to. Never fails Tim.
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