Author Topic: The iTunes / iPod help thread. (Read 110297 times)

RedBoywonder · « **Reply #200 on:** December 23, 2007, 09:10:40 pm »

Whats pissing me off at the minute is when I downloaded a few comedy stand up gigs from itunes then put them on my ipod, they always end up out of order when I play them.

So it'll start in the middle of the gig and then play the intro anywhere but where it should be, like at the beginning.

Hardly worth downloading stuff like this if it plays all jumbled up.

Anyone have any ideas?

Antony · « **Reply #201 on:** December 23, 2007, 11:01:41 pm »

Quote from: Walshy® on December 23, 2007, 08:24:03 pm

Maybe it's vista, but when iTunes loads up the screen is black and the visible text is inverted until I minimize and maximize again. Although not that big a deal, it is annoying, how can I get around it?

I had the same problem on XP, it's just itunes being an absolute bag of piss.

Anyway, has anyone got their Ipod Touch and hacked it yet?

wadey-LFC · « **Reply #202 on:** December 24, 2007, 01:30:16 am »

Is there any way to add album art to the whole album insted of just adding to each song because for some reason it wont let me.

Reddave7 · « **Reply #203 on:** December 24, 2007, 01:44:51 am »

Quote from: wadey-LFC on December 24, 2007, 01:30:16 am

Is there any way to add album art to the whole album insted of just adding to each song because for some reason it wont let me.

Search for the album mate so that you've just got the songs from the album you want showing. Highlight the top track, go to edit and select all. Right click and get info. Then click yes you do wanna edit multiple info

wadey-LFC · « **Reply #204 on:** December 24, 2007, 01:52:27 am »

Quote from: Reddave7 on December 24, 2007, 01:44:51 am

Search for the album mate so that you've just got the songs from the album you want showing. Highlight the top track, go to edit and select all. Right click and get info. Then click yes you do wanna edit multiple info

Yeh thats one way ta mate, another is to click advanced and then click get album artwork and it gets most of them for ya. Sound as a pound that

mobydick · « **Reply #205 on:** December 24, 2007, 08:04:25 am »

Quote from: RedBoywonder on December 23, 2007, 09:10:40 pm

Whats pissing me off at the minute is when I downloaded a few comedy stand up gigs from itunes then put them on my ipod, they always end up out of order when I play them.

So it'll start in the middle of the gig and then play the intro anywhere but where it should be, like at the beginning.

Hardly worth downloading stuff like this if it plays all jumbled up.

Anyone have any ideas?

I don't quite know what you mean. When I download stuff it comes either with a date or an episode number. They are listed behind "Music" in "Podcasts" in reverse order, newest at the top.
How are yours saved?

Rob Jones Maybe? · « **Reply #206 on:** December 24, 2007, 09:56:17 am »

The auto iTunes album art thing is crap. Always puts the wrong stuff on.

Claire. · « **Reply #207 on:** December 24, 2007, 12:53:57 pm »

Quote from: RedBoywonder on December 23, 2007, 09:10:40 pm

Whats pissing me off at the minute is when I downloaded a few comedy stand up gigs from itunes then put them on my ipod, they always end up out of order when I play them.

So it'll start in the middle of the gig and then play the intro anywhere but where it should be, like at the beginning.

Hardly worth downloading stuff like this if it plays all jumbled up.

Anyone have any ideas?

Why don't you give them track numbers? Intro is 1, part 2 is 2 etc and let it know how many there are and if you have it set to play full albums it'll always order them correctly and play the full thing, or join them all together and follow Nidge's guide to make it into an audiobook and then you can chapter it up and iTunes/iPod should remember the last played position of it and give you more control over it.

VintageRed74 · « **Reply #208 on:** December 25, 2007, 08:15:12 am »

I bought me missus the nano for xmas, the pair of us spent hours last night trying to set it up, cant believe it is so complicated or are we just being numpty's ?

Claire. · « **Reply #209 on:** December 25, 2007, 01:49:12 pm »

Numpties

Any iPod set up is the same, take it out of box, hook it up to your machine, iTunes will do the rest.

RedBoywonder · « **Reply #210 on:** December 25, 2007, 04:05:26 pm »

Right,

I have just got a snazzy new video ipod today & I want to take all my old tunes off my old iPod & transfer them onto my new Ipod.

Question is how?

Claire. · « **Reply #211 on:** December 25, 2007, 04:47:27 pm »

Aren't all the tracks on your old iPod in your library on the computer?

If they're not, you'll need one of the many iPod backup apps to transfer everything over to your PC and then add it to the iTunes library, then you can copy everything onto the new iPod.

RedBoywonder · « **Reply #212 on:** December 25, 2007, 07:38:21 pm »

Quote from: Claire. on December 25, 2007, 04:47:27 pm

Aren't all the tracks on your old iPod in your library on the computer?

If they're not, you'll need one of the many iPod backup apps to transfer everything over to your PC and then add it to the iTunes library, then you can copy everything onto the new iPod.

No claire I have something like 35 Gig stored on my old iPod, I couldnt keep that much in my Itunes Library, my laptop would fall over & die!

Might have to use one of those back-up apps, Do you know if I can transfer it over 10 Gig at a time?

JP-65 · « **Reply #213 on:** December 25, 2007, 07:50:21 pm »

Quote from: RedBoywonder on December 25, 2007, 07:38:21 pm

No claire I have something like 35 Gig stored on my old iPod, I couldnt keep that much in my Itunes Library, my laptop would fall over & die!

Might have to use one of those back-up apps, Do you know if I can transfer it over 10 Gig at a time?

The one I have let's you choose what you want to bring over, so you can do whatever you please. I have copypod.

Zizou · « **Reply #214 on:** December 25, 2007, 11:00:17 pm »

Quote from: Claire. on December 25, 2007, 01:49:12 pm

Any iPod set up is the same, take it out of box, hook it up to your machine, iTunes will do the rest.

Not if your PC is older than god.

VintageRed74 · « **Reply #215 on:** December 26, 2007, 08:39:04 am »

Quote from: Claire. on December 25, 2007, 01:49:12 pm

Any iPod set up is the same, take it out of box, hook it up to your machine, iTunes will do the rest.

The problem we are having Claire is that it says ipod cant sync because there is not enough free space, is that due to my missus having too many songs in her i tunes collection, do we just have to delete some ?

Maybe i should read the instructions i downloaded yesterday

Armin · « **Reply #216 on:** December 26, 2007, 10:06:24 am »

I'm scared of itunes and having used it to enable hard disk access am now using Floola to add my music to the ipod. Seems to be going ok and most importantly I feel in control of the process...

VintageRed74 · « **Reply #217 on:** December 26, 2007, 10:27:27 am »

I have finally sussed it out, watched the tutorial video, tell you what tho im very dissappointed with the volume, not very loud at all.

Mudface_ · « **Reply #218 on:** December 26, 2007, 11:30:43 am »

Quote from: Armin on December 26, 2007, 10:06:24 am

I'm scared of itunes and having used it to enable hard disk access am now using Floola to add my music to the ipod. Seems to be going ok and most importantly I feel in control of the process...

iTunes makes SAP look lean and intuitive.

Armin · « **Reply #219 on:** December 26, 2007, 11:44:56 am »

It's already annoyed me by insisting on installing quicktime at the same time as itself. It's like inviting a girl out that you're not even that into and then finding she's brought along her kid brother.

Claire. · « **Reply #220 on:** December 26, 2007, 12:35:48 pm »

Quote from: VintageRed74 on December 26, 2007, 10:27:27 am

I have finally sussed it out, watched the tutorial video, tell you what tho im very dissappointed with the volume, not very loud at all.

It has a volume limiter thing on it, it might be enabled or set to some silly level, it's in different places on the various models, but settings would be a good place to start.

Mine can all go stupidly loud

Mudface_ · « **Reply #221 on:** December 26, 2007, 11:00:58 pm »

Quote from: Armin on December 26, 2007, 11:44:56 am

It's already annoyed me by insisting on installing quicktime at the same time as itself. It's like inviting a girl out that you're not even that into and then finding she's brought along her kid brother.

Her insanely irritating kid brother who just won't fuck off. And has herpes. And stinks of shit.

RedBoywonder · « **Reply #222 on:** December 27, 2007, 12:33:35 am »

Quote from: Mudface_ on December 26, 2007, 11:00:58 pm

Her insanely irritating kid brother who just won't fuck off. And has herpes. And stinks of shit.

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #223 on:** December 27, 2007, 08:59:33 am »

The lovely missus has just got me a 80gb iPod classsic for Chrimbo. My question is. Can I sync to it using Winamp (which I currently use to organise my music on PC) or will I need to download I-choons?

Mudface_ · « **Reply #224 on:** December 27, 2007, 11:12:23 am »

http://mlipod.sourceforge.net/

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #225 on:** December 27, 2007, 11:57:10 am »

Cheers mate.

(and cheers mods for moving the original question somewhere sensible)

Armin · « **Reply #226 on:** December 27, 2007, 12:20:29 pm »

Quote from: Veinticinco de Mayo on December 27, 2007, 08:59:33 am

The lovely missus has just got me a 80gb iPod classsic for Chrimbo. My question is. Can I sync to it using Winamp (which I currently use to organise my music on PC) or will I need to download I-choons?

I think you have to download Itunes and run it once to get the ipod installed properly Kev. Then you can enable hard disk access, disable auto run Itunes when ipod connected and use winamp or whatever.

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #227 on:** December 27, 2007, 12:35:00 pm »

Quote from: Armin on December 27, 2007, 12:20:29 pm

I think you have to download Itunes and run it once to get the ipod installed properly Kev. Then you can enable hard disk access, disable auto run Itunes when ipod connected and use winamp or whatever.

Cheers Matt.

bigal · « **Reply #228 on:** December 27, 2007, 04:18:49 pm »

Anyone recommend a good set of speakers/docking station? I have a Logik 3 set and they're OK but I'd like something with a richer, deeper sound if possible. Any thoughts?

WorldChampions · « **Reply #229 on:** December 27, 2007, 04:19:32 pm »

Quote from: bigal on December 27, 2007, 04:18:49 pm

Anyone recommend a good set of speakers/docking station? I have a Logik 3 set and they're OK but I'd like something with a richer, deeper sound if possible. Any thoughts?

These are very good

http://www.apple.com/ipodhifi/

bigal · « **Reply #230 on:** December 27, 2007, 04:31:35 pm »

Quote from: Tom_B2 on December 27, 2007, 04:19:32 pm

These are very good

http://www.apple.com/ipodhifi/

Thanks. Any idea on price?

Claire. · « **Reply #231 on:** December 27, 2007, 04:39:30 pm »

bigal, bear in mind leaving your iPod in a dock charges it everytime it's in there and it will degrade the battery life fairly quickly, if you can, get one without a charging dock.

bigal · « **Reply #232 on:** December 27, 2007, 04:43:08 pm »

Quote from: Claire. on December 27, 2007, 04:39:30 pm

bigal, bear in mind leaving your iPod in a dock charges it everytime it's in there and it will degrade the battery life fairly quickly, if you can, get one without a charging dock.

Didn't realise that Claire. Thanks. I've had my Classic for 3 years and it's holding up so far. But I will bear this in mind now.

Bob Loblaw · « **Reply #233 on:** December 27, 2007, 04:49:12 pm »

There's plenty of hifi's that have an aux in function. So all you then need is one of these.

Djibriliant · « **Reply #234 on:** December 27, 2007, 05:55:04 pm »

Ordered my Ipod Classic yesterday, I am new to the world of Ipod, just wondering the basics, how to put films on it, does the music have to be from itunes, etc

Zizou · « **Reply #235 on:** December 27, 2007, 05:58:32 pm »

The music can be from pretty much anywhere. Imported from CD, downloaded off a Limewirey style program, torrents, and purchased from the iTunes store.

You just have to import them into iTunes to add them onto your iPod. Same goes for videos, but they have to be in the right format to play on the iPod. MPG I think.

Djibriliant · « **Reply #236 on:** December 27, 2007, 06:01:40 pm »

Quote from: Zizou on December 27, 2007, 05:58:32 pm

The music can be from pretty much anywhere. Imported from CD, downloaded off a Limewirey style program, torrents, and purchased from the iTunes store.

You just have to import them into iTunes to add them onto your iPod. Same goes for videos, but they have to be in the right format to play on the iPod. MPG I think.

Nice one, I have loads of music, I was just worried that it had to be from iTunes, and the videos, does iTunes have a converter or will I have to change the format myself???

Anyone reccomend any sites I can get films off or just torrents?

Zizou · « **Reply #237 on:** December 27, 2007, 06:19:01 pm »

I think iTunes has a converter, but it's only good for small clips/vids. Full length movies would take forever to convert.

RedBoywonder · « **Reply #238 on:** December 27, 2007, 06:30:21 pm »

Got an 80 Gig iPod Classic for Christmas, So can I store my Simpsons DVD's on there?

LES · « **Reply #239 on:** December 27, 2007, 06:31:51 pm »

Quote from: Zizou on December 27, 2007, 05:58:32 pm

The music can be from pretty much anywhere. Imported from CD, downloaded off a Limewirey style program, torrents, and purchased from the iTunes store.

You just have to import them into iTunes to add them onto your iPod. Same goes for videos, but they have to be in the right format to play on the iPod. MPG I think.

I am totally new to the whole i pod scene, how do take stuff i have downloaded from sites like ares and limewire etc and put it on my i pod? basically how do i import them into i tunes?