markn2wae
Mark T N2WAE
HI all, first post here!
I got an I-pod mini in near perfect condition from a garage sale and the battery is still relatively good (6 hours-30min. on a charge) and have questions.
Also the USB cord with charger, headphones, a "broken" I-Blaster sound dock (now fixed!) for $40.
I have looked at the net, and know all about the "mods" that can be done to the Mini (flash memory instead of the Micro drive etc.)
After reading about the I-Tunes alternatives, I loaded Media Monkey on my laptop and proceeded to weed out the stuff I did not want (heavy metal and rap stuff) I now have almost 60% free space on the 4 gig drive.
I understand that most programs let you "rip" files to your computer (MP3, WAVE etc.) and then the program sends them to your I-Pod in a format that the I-Pod will recognize and use for playback.
You now have a file on your computer and a copy on your I-Pod, so far so good, BUT what do I do with the files on the I-Pod that where there before I transferred my NEW ones?
Getting files BACK to the computer is never explained well (to me anyway) and this is just one reason I-Tunes may be unpopular with some users.
Having played with some other MP3 players, they got by with Windows "drag and drop" system of loading\unloading files.
I think there is a program that lets you do this with the I-Pod mini, but you must load another program on to it and it takes the place of the "I-Tunes" file system.
Downloading music is of no interest to me, I have all the music I need here, be it records, tapes, CD, RR etc. to use, and have several ways to get analog music to be an MP3 or other sound file)
Perhaps if I asked specific questions and then get answers?
A) Can I load the I-Pod Mini with another system to allow "drag and drop" file management?
B) If I keep it I-Tunes compatible, what program lets me move the music to any computer so I have a backup of all that is on the I-Pod?
C) If I "mess up", can I recover the operation using I-Tunes to reformat the I-Pod? (and then try something new again?)
D) As I never will keep ALL of my music on computer\I-Pod, I want it just for portable use, is encoding MP3's at 192K a good compromise of file size and sound quality?
That's all I can think of for now, it will get me started:thmbsp:
Thanks in advance for your help!:tresbon:
Mark T.
I got an I-pod mini in near perfect condition from a garage sale and the battery is still relatively good (6 hours-30min. on a charge) and have questions.
Also the USB cord with charger, headphones, a "broken" I-Blaster sound dock (now fixed!) for $40.
I have looked at the net, and know all about the "mods" that can be done to the Mini (flash memory instead of the Micro drive etc.)
After reading about the I-Tunes alternatives, I loaded Media Monkey on my laptop and proceeded to weed out the stuff I did not want (heavy metal and rap stuff) I now have almost 60% free space on the 4 gig drive.
I understand that most programs let you "rip" files to your computer (MP3, WAVE etc.) and then the program sends them to your I-Pod in a format that the I-Pod will recognize and use for playback.
You now have a file on your computer and a copy on your I-Pod, so far so good, BUT what do I do with the files on the I-Pod that where there before I transferred my NEW ones?
Getting files BACK to the computer is never explained well (to me anyway) and this is just one reason I-Tunes may be unpopular with some users.
Having played with some other MP3 players, they got by with Windows "drag and drop" system of loading\unloading files.
I think there is a program that lets you do this with the I-Pod mini, but you must load another program on to it and it takes the place of the "I-Tunes" file system.
Downloading music is of no interest to me, I have all the music I need here, be it records, tapes, CD, RR etc. to use, and have several ways to get analog music to be an MP3 or other sound file)
Perhaps if I asked specific questions and then get answers?
A) Can I load the I-Pod Mini with another system to allow "drag and drop" file management?
B) If I keep it I-Tunes compatible, what program lets me move the music to any computer so I have a backup of all that is on the I-Pod?
C) If I "mess up", can I recover the operation using I-Tunes to reformat the I-Pod? (and then try something new again?)
D) As I never will keep ALL of my music on computer\I-Pod, I want it just for portable use, is encoding MP3's at 192K a good compromise of file size and sound quality?
That's all I can think of for now, it will get me started:thmbsp:
Thanks in advance for your help!:tresbon:
Mark T.