Marc, Thanks for the play-by-play. This is sounding better. I've been ripping my CD collection to mp3. I've currently ripped about 175 CDs. Based on what you've stated, it seems I'll be able to simply copy the mp3's to the ipod or in reverse direction. With my current ripping parameters, I'm projecting a 580 CD capacity on the 60 Gb ipod. (256, variable bit rate, high quality, 5-6:1 total compression). I'll be able to squeeze the current collection onto the ipod with a little room left over (I haven't counted the CDs yet, but I have somewhere between 400-500 now).
How does the ipod manage the ID3 Tags? Do I need to rename the mp3 files to meet a certain naming convention for the ipod (e.g., Artist-Album-Track-Title.mp3, etc.,)? Or, does the ipod simply store the file and sort on ID3 based on how you search? Thanks for the help. I know that the day these are delivered, my wife is going to want hers with music installed and no problems. R.Baker -----Original Message----- From: Marc Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: iTunes replacement 1.) Yes the iPod is seen by the PC as a removable storage device HD unit. The iPod comes with all the neccessary software and hardware, the usb docking cradle so that you can attach the iPod to the docking cradle after the iTunes software has been installed. The only piece of software that you'd need is iTunes to enble the connection between the iPod iTunes client and the PC. But Windows XP can automatically detect the device as well and you can use Windows Explorer to drag and drop files to and from the iPod. The only disadvange to this is that the files will be stored in either wmp, wav or acc format and you'll need either iTunes, nero, roxio or a freeware substitute to convert the wmp, wav, acc files into mp3. 2.) iTunes makes it very easy to transfer mp3, data and other files (media, if you have the new video model) from the PC to iPod and vice versa. The source window on the left will list all the playlist, library, radio podcasts, videos and iPod device locations. On the right you have a library list which list all of the mp3 tracks that you have currently stored in your library on your PC under the Library folder which is where all your mp3 files would be stored on your PC. On my PC I prefere to store them in E:\Documents and Settings\My Music\iTunes for instance. Transfering tracks from iPod to PC To transfer the mp3 tracks that you want from your iPod to the PC, on the left click on iPod or My iPod and select the playlist that you want to display the tracks that are on your iPod. Hold ctrl key while clicking on the tracks you which to select at random. To select a bunch of tracks as a group press shift and click the last track to highlight the group. This works very much like Windows Explorer in the same way that you select files to be copied. Simply drag and drop the files to the Library folder inside of iTunes on the left window and at top center you'll see a grey progress bar showing you the percentage and name of each track being transfered. To transfer files from PC to iPod do the reverse of the above. Or simply use windows explorer in the same way. -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
