Can we talk about...

[xer0s]

Ripping songs from an iPod to a PC?

[obsidian]

There IS this thing called Google, you know...

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jsp ... ID=6011402

[xer0s]

I know. But I like to discuss topics with you guys. That's why I still come here.

[MKJ]

so, what do you want to discuss about it ?

[xer0s]

Has anyone done it? What's the best way?is one ripping program better than the other? Ect, ect...

Maybe I shouldn't have even asked...

[obsidian]

I haven't tried it myself, but the guy in that link I found through Google seems to have a strong recommendation for a program to do it for you as well as a few other alternatives.

[FragaGeddon]

http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/

[MKJ]

first off, its "etc".

i personally have used winamp in the past, but the problem is and prolly always will be that the ipod sorts its files a bit odd, leaving quite the mess of folders on your harddrive for you to clean up.

[Fender]

Can't you just use a MP3 renaming util to fix that? Assuming your MP3s are tagged, don't those utilities rename and reorganize automatically?

[MKJ]

perhaps, havent tried it.

its especially annoying with compilations. it creates a folder for each artist, then cd name, then adds the file, e.g.

Bon Jovi / Slippery When Wet / Living on a Prayer.mp3

this works great when you have the entire album on there. but if you have this as part of a compilation, itll be like

Bon Jovi / Hair Metal Volume 2 / Livin on a Prayer.mp3
Ratt / Hair Metal Volume 2 / Round & Round.mp3
Poison / Hair Metal Volume 2 / Nothing but a Good Time.mp3

x20.
if you then import it into itunes itll make an even bigger mess

long story short. no idea if mp3 renamers can clean this up for you

[obsidian]

I store compilations as:

_Compilations/album/track.mp3

You don't have to let iTunes do the organizing for you, there is an option... at least on your computer, I have no idea how it stores them on the iPod.

[MKJ]

thats the thing. when its added to your ipod it stores it as itunes would have, regardless of how you organized it yourself.
bit of a cunt. its almost like it wasnt meant for reverse importing !

[edit] akshually, scratch that. iTunes would sort it like obs posted (sans underscore). It's really the iPod's internal sorting that fucks things up. Pianowires are needed, I think.

[+JuggerNaut+]

you're not ripping, you're transcoding.

and lol @ that.

[xer0s]

After "transcoding" all the music I had, there are a few songs (100 to be exact) that produce an error stating that it's not authorized to play on this computer. WTF? All these songs where legitimately bought and paid for...