OK, here's the deal....
I just added a bigger 1 TB HD to my computer and moved all my iTunes to it. the problem is that since I ripped them almost exclusively as WAV files, iTunes doesn't read them for track, artist info, and artwork info, so I have 2500+ songs in an Unknown folder. I've been messing around a bit and can tediously match up the lost songs with the tracks by doing alpha searches and guiding the named track to the unknown track, but before I hunker down to do it 2500+ times, I have to wonder if there isn't a better way????
Here's what I want and it may be my cake and eat it too, but I'll ask anyways.
I want to be able to use my iPod touch with my digital library of music burned as WAV (or FLAC or some other higher res format) off my computer.
I want to be able to also use apps from iTunes on my Touch.
I know there are other software out there like Media Monkey and Foobar that will organize my music and that I can apparently somehow use with the touch, but I want to be able to use my apps too. I've been happy with iTunes for the last 2-3 years, but now that I've moved my library and have this huge task ahead of me I'm wondering if it's not time to move on??? This data PITA with WAV files really bothers me and I don't want to commit further if there are more viable alternatives out there.
Since I really use the touch more for the apps, I could even consider keeping itunes as a secondary music source with duplicate listings say at 320 kps for what i want to take with me. That is to say, I would consider storing all my music in some archival form and making "portable" copies at 320 kps when I wanted to copy it to my iPod. with 137 Gb of files and a 16 Gb Touch, it's pretty obvious I'm not taking it all with me, nor do I wish too.
I guess Apple could just fix iTunes to fully recognize WAV files, but that's probably too easy, eh Steve????
Let me know what you guys do or suggest? I'd like to get this sorted out w/o doing all that legwork if I could...
I just added a bigger 1 TB HD to my computer and moved all my iTunes to it. the problem is that since I ripped them almost exclusively as WAV files, iTunes doesn't read them for track, artist info, and artwork info, so I have 2500+ songs in an Unknown folder. I've been messing around a bit and can tediously match up the lost songs with the tracks by doing alpha searches and guiding the named track to the unknown track, but before I hunker down to do it 2500+ times, I have to wonder if there isn't a better way????
Here's what I want and it may be my cake and eat it too, but I'll ask anyways.
I want to be able to use my iPod touch with my digital library of music burned as WAV (or FLAC or some other higher res format) off my computer.
I want to be able to also use apps from iTunes on my Touch.
I know there are other software out there like Media Monkey and Foobar that will organize my music and that I can apparently somehow use with the touch, but I want to be able to use my apps too. I've been happy with iTunes for the last 2-3 years, but now that I've moved my library and have this huge task ahead of me I'm wondering if it's not time to move on??? This data PITA with WAV files really bothers me and I don't want to commit further if there are more viable alternatives out there.
Since I really use the touch more for the apps, I could even consider keeping itunes as a secondary music source with duplicate listings say at 320 kps for what i want to take with me. That is to say, I would consider storing all my music in some archival form and making "portable" copies at 320 kps when I wanted to copy it to my iPod. with 137 Gb of files and a 16 Gb Touch, it's pretty obvious I'm not taking it all with me, nor do I wish too.
I guess Apple could just fix iTunes to fully recognize WAV files, but that's probably too easy, eh Steve????
Let me know what you guys do or suggest? I'd like to get this sorted out w/o doing all that legwork if I could...