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timsinister · 14 Jul 2006, 09:45

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?

Ta!

twp · 14 Jul 2006, 09:48

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?

14 Jul 2006, 09:51

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

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

timsinister · 14 Jul 2006, 09:56

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?

mh · 14 Jul 2006, 09:57

Ah, it just needs them to be transferred across using it's own software, that's all.

weebleswobble · 14 Jul 2006, 09:57

Tim

Perchance you have the Ipod confused with a brick?

timsinister · 14 Jul 2006, 09:58

I wondered what all this plaster was about!

Own software? Que?

hallucienate · 14 Jul 2006, 10:26

iTunes, or Yamipod

14 Jul 2006, 10:57

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

Dark · 14 Jul 2006, 11:58

I recommend getting a cassette player. Works fine for me (I broke my mp3 player from overuse).

Or MiniDisc. I heard they're good..

Erudite · 14 Jul 2006, 11:59

I usually copy the files into the bottom of the iTunes music library folder and then double click on each one, which opens it throough iTunes, if that's any help.

timsinister · 14 Jul 2006, 13:03

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!

Ocean Moves · 14 Jul 2006, 14:14

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.

Dark · 14 Jul 2006, 17:24

timsinister wrote:Heartland durch Teknik

Herzland durch Teknik.

robertzombie · 14 Jul 2006, 18:37

weebleswobble wrote:Tim

Perchance you have the Ipod confused with a brick?

EvilBastard · 14 Jul 2006, 20:34

Dark wrote:
timsinister wrote:Heartland durch Teknik
Herzland durch Teknik.

Herzland durch Technik, even...

Dark · 14 Jul 2006, 20:37

Tha's the one.

EvilBastard · 14 Jul 2006, 20:45

Dark wrote:Tha's the one.

I'd like to thank David "Sweaty" Matthews - all those hours sitting in your tiny classroom that reaked of your BO as you tried to drum the fundamentals of German grammar into my bored 17-year old brain finally paid off

PS DGM, if you're reading this, Der Schimmelreiter has to rank as The Most Boring Book On The Planet

14 Jul 2006, 22:06

I just click import from whichever directory I've saved them to. Never fails Tim.