iPod

Has anyone got a gun?

yo snow dog how do you get that last FM most played artists thing in your pro

Hope I get one for Christmas. It's about time I replaced those dang 8-tracks.

Edited by Rust

how much Gig is it?  mine is 20 and only holds about 2800 songs, althiough I do have ~300 epics

My 40Gig is almost full
5300 songs = 30 gig, but I only have about 7 gig to fill because when they say 40 gigs they dont actually mean 40.

Make sure you back up your files on another HD tho, my pod has failed on me twice.

Rust wrote: how long do any of you suppose a gig is in time, or how many average sized albums, (45 mins) could fit into a gig. I have no idea how many songs I could fit into a 40 gig since there is no average time for a song when it comes to prog.

It all depends on what bitrate your music is ripped at.  I recommend at least 192kbps, which translates to roughly 1MB per minute of a song. 
like I said before, I have fit about 5300 songs into 30 gigs so far, all at 192kbps or above, and most of it prog.  At the bottom of the iTunes display, it tells you how large your library is, and mine is 17.6 days worth of music, in other words i could listen for the better part of a month without hearing the same song twice.  I have lots of DT, classic prog, fusion, and post-rock tracks in excess of 15-20 minutes on there, too.

I've got the big 60GB iPod.  About 4,000 songs right now, taking up about 20GB or so.  I love it.  I can plug it into my stereo and never have to get out a CD.  I'm still keeping my CD collection, but now I don't have to worry about misplacing or wearing out any.

I have a question for any of you other iPoders.  I would like to find a way to keep certain tracks playing in order while shuffling.  For instance, an epic that is separated into multiple tracks.  In shuffle mode, it might play a middle part, then several other songs, then another piece of the epic, then a few more.  I'd like to be able to designate those tracks to always play together in shuffle mode.

Apple has got to know that this is a shortcoming of the iTunes software.

Any suggestions?

 

Fragile - I really enjoyed C&C's latest album

Most of my mp3's are 128kps (that's CD quality).
I don't keep much of my music on my computer, but my iTunes displays the following:
1930 songs, 6.6 days, 7.93 Gigs
I've also ripped at 56kps, and that still sounds fine to me; I'm not too picky.

Viper, I've had my 40GB iPod for a couple of years, and the easiest way I've
found to keep multi-part epics together is to shuffle by album.

If you want to also shuffle by song, you could create a separate library for
this. I don't think the software lefts you specify different kinds of shuffle at
the same time.

I only have 2 GB left -- I have about 5100 songs at 24.2 days -- many of
which are full album mp3s. Solves the shuffle problem!

viperjr98 wrote: I've got the big 60GB iPod.  About 4,000 songs right now, taking up about 20GB or so.  I love it.  I can plug it into my stereo and never have to get out a CD.  I'm still keeping my CD collection, but now I don't have to worry about misplacing or wearing out any. I have a question for any of you other iPoders.  I would like to find a way to keep certain tracks playing in order while shuffling.  For instance, an epic that is separated into multiple tracks.  In shuffle mode, it might play a middle part, then several other songs, then another piece of the epic, then a few more.  I'd like to be able to designate those tracks to always play together in shuffle mode. Apple has got to know that this is a shortcoming of the iTunes software. Any suggestions?

The easiest way is joining the mp3 files of the epic, create a new mp3 file with a program designed for that purpose, I remember that I did it in the past but I don't remember which program i used.