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What do you mean by "shutting down is so gay" ?
Also, you can organise your music in any way you want. Just turn off the "Keep iTunes Music Folder organised" option in iTunes preferences, then you can sort, name, create folders, rename and do whatever you want with the tracks on your hard disk.
The iPod itself only sorts tracks using the information you give it. So editing the MP3 tags is pretty important. If you want to group songs together on the iPod, just make a playlist. Simple!
[ This Message was edited by: JoolsG3 on 2003-08-20 11:03 ]
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Posted: 2003-08-20 12:00:05
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screw making a playlist
shutting down is gay as in there is no "on/off" button
I organize my songs on my HDD using my own folders
like "Others", "Rap", "Rock", "Techno", "Oldies", "Misc", "TV Shows" etc...
I want to just go in there and select the song I want from dat folder
the same way u wld do for winamp or something...
w/e.. I'll take a look at it later
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Posted: 2003-08-20 12:07:20
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> screw making a playlist
That's one of the best features of the iPod - that's what makes the organisation of songs so powerful!! When you've got 3-5000 tracks on your iPod you'll welcome Playlists!!
> shutting down is gay as in there is no "on/off" button
It doesn't need one. It turns itself off after 30 seconds of inactivity. Or you can just hold down the play (I think) button for 2 seconds.
> I organize my songs on my HDD using my own folders
> like "Others", "Rap", "Rock", "Techno", "Oldies", "Misc", "TV Shows" etc...
> I want to just go in there and select the song I want from dat folder
> the same way u wld do for winamp or something...
You can do that easily. Just set the Genre tag to those labels. You can then choose tracks on the iPod by Genre, if that's how you want to do it.
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Here's an article about that video iPod. But it also quotes Apple CEO Steve Jobs as saying: "I'm not convinced people want to watch movies on a tiny little screen."
On Google you'll also find many links to
pages claiming Apple was to release a video iPod in January this year - obviously that never happened...
Another interesting
page.[ This Message was edited by: JoolsG3 on 2003-08-20 11:21 ]
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Posted: 2003-08-20 12:14:27
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I want to be able to do it without ID3 tags
I hv some folders like "arabic" "french" "turkish" "italian"
that is not a genre
I can set that folder
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Posted: 2003-08-20 12:32:20
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You can set Genre's to be anything you want including "arabic", "french" etc. and they'll appear like that on the iPod.
Unfortunately this does mean editing MP3 ID tags, but as the iPod is an MP3 player, it uses MP3 ID tags extensively. It's definately worth the effort though.
I know on the Mac there are tools to edit MP3 tags automatically, or in groups etc, (and in iTunes) so you don't have to manually do each one. I guess there are similar tools for Windows.
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Posted: 2003-08-20 12:43:12
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Windows media player 9 gives you full tag edit functionality including single or multiple files... it does WMA too! (of course!)
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Posted: 2003-08-20 12:51:47
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dagnabit..
oh well.. I guess I'm screwed
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Posted: 2003-08-20 13:00:34
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Looks like Apple
are developing some kind of next generation iPod that has video support! Have a look at this job advert on Apple's site:
https://jobs.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Employment.woa/wa/jobDescription?RequisitionID=2075781
Seeking a highly motivated engineer to develop next generation iPod product. Must have experience in overall system design of audio and video products.
- Requires a thorough knowledge of multimedia file formats (MPEG-4, QuickTime).
- Minimum 5 years of development in embedded system environments.
-Strong C, C++ and RISC assembler is required, experience with DSP
programming is highly desired.
- Knowledge intricate interfaces details associated with audio and video codecs.
- Familiarity with audio and video compression standards (MP3, MPEG-2, H.263)
- Work seamlessly with third party vendors.
- Familiarity with overall architecture of consumer electronics products.
So maybe Steve Jobs has had a change of heart on video iPods...
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Posted: 2003-12-19 22:15:39
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hi i have 3rd gen 10gb bought instead of archos.
i think it is awsome and as it is developed in the future will keep its grip as the no1 in entertainment, i know loads of people snapping it up for christmas and apple is on a good thing.
although my friend has had problems and had to return his for a new one when his broke and i have herd a few other problems but they seem to sort them out quikly so nothing wrong.
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Posted: 2003-12-19 23:13:44
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fijbert, I absolutly agree with you about arranging music on the ipod. I wish that you could just put it into folders yourself because the way iTunes does it is gay. Though I do love my ipod, don't get me wrong, its just that way it's all organised is frustrating.
And Jools there isn't a proper on/off button, because when you hold down play for 2 or 3 seconds it does go off, but still keeps power to the RAM so it plays as soon as you press play, though this is a nice feature, it does go through the battery a bit, it would be nice to be able to have the choice to properly turn it off if you want.
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Posted: 2003-12-20 00:47:29
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