Ipod question..

[Whiskey 7]

My old (ancient) mp3 played is in its' last days and I am considering these Ipod things*

* Understand, I recently bought a Samsung tablet (trying to avoid 'I' technology)

Now I think they need you to install Itunes on your PC to copy my music files across and ensure they are legit.
Am I correct?

It's just that I have so many tracks from probably dubious sources collected over the years* mixed with some my legit CD collection.

*2008 cant be right - Ah, I see, built this PC then

[mrd]

Ipod and itunes are both fucking retarded. I just use my phone for tunes but maybe that is too advanced. Just find an mp3 player with a fuckin sdcard in it, mount it as a drive, away you go.

[Whiskey 7]

Yes, for sure mrd , thinking that's the best way to go (IMO) but just checking the Ipod software required was ensuring tracks are legit

Don't get me wrong. I have lots of CDs but some of my favourite tracks are, how to put this, I suspect rare & unique.

Where in the www could I find something like .... Queen - Great King Rat (Rare Live Version- 4- 21- 1974)

Bugger, I searched rare in my music folder and had 52 hits

Try these for size.... I know they are out there but suspect they are still rare

• David Bowie & Marianne Faithfull - I got you babe (very rare) .............. advanced google search - No results
  Bob Dylan - Congratulations (Birmingham June 89 - very rare) .............advanced google search - No results
  Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever - Rare Bootleg...............................advanced google search - No results
  John Lennon - Rare Demo 1980 - Saved my Soul.................................One advanced google search

[shaft]

Yes you need itunes for an ipod.
No it doesn't check if its "legit".
The source doesn't matter.

[SoM]

get them from YT, then clipconvert them

[seremtan]

if you need a special piece of software on your PC in order to put tracks on your mp3 player, you've got the wrong mp3 player

[Pext]

just get spotify for your phone ...

[Scarface]

android phone and tinyshark is all you need

[obsidian]

Yes you need itunes for an ipod.
No it doesn't check if its "legit".
The source doesn't matter.

This.

Or if you're a stick in the mud who has to do things by managing your media files manually by sticking them into folders for artists, albums, etc., get a Sandisk Sansa.

[Whiskey 7]

Thanks all

EDIT: I found the original packaging & instructions with install CD, and a dated receipt 9 June 2005 - Cost the $169 AUD

[LawL]

T&T

[Tsakali]

just get a cheap smartphone, you'll have your mp3 player and a web browser, and countless of available apps.

[Whiskey 7]

T&T

More than happy for a moderator to move please

[SoM]

T&T

scared?'s ass

[LawL]

Terminator 5

[Captain]

[saturn]

just get spotify for your phone ...

This

[plained]

get a sony walkman from the 90's

then get a bunch of early 90's cassettes

all analogue listening with no ear fatigue

those old units went wayyyy louder than todays bollock units so they work well for playing along on drums!

[menkent]

i have a 160GB ipod classic. itunes is (barely) tolerable for management, but do NOT rip anything with it. ever. with my old ipod (16GB?) i used a 3rd party management app that I can't remember the name of, but it was just as buggy as itunes.
i'd use my phone except for battery life and capacity... which are about the two most important things for a portable music player.

[Transient]

Yes you need itunes for an ipod.
No it doesn't check if its "legit".
The source doesn't matter.

This.

Or if you're a stick in the mud who has to do things by managing your media files manually by sticking them into folders for artists, albums, etc., get a Sandisk Sansa.

I can attest to this. I bought a Sansa Clip+ about 4 years ago and I still use it. I'v been using a 16GB microSD card, but that can easily go up now and I could get my entire music collection on it if I wanted. It browses songs using a folder directory, so it's super easy to manage music transfers from the PC. Plus it's super small with smartly laid out buttons. And dirt cheap

[Whiskey 7]

get them from YT, then clipconvert them

Trying this clipconvert now

Waiting for delivery of a 32Gb player from EB, all up $20 (AUD)

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32GB Internal Memory (no need for a memory card)
 7th Generation Player
 G-Sensor (the display will rotate with player)
 Supported Audio Formats:  MP3, MP4, WMA, WMV
 Supported Video Formats: AMV, AVI
 2.0 inch TFT 262K Colour Touch Screen
 3.5mm Audio Jack port
 E-book Function
 Electronic Album: JPEG Photo browsing function
 Voice Recorder: Built-in microphone recording
 Flash Disk Storage
 Built in Lithium rechargeable battery (charge with the USB adaptor)
16 Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese etc

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My old player just has the FM working now and listening to the radio is a little different, all those advertisement
The mp3 files are there but I can't access/copy/delete. Must be a software thing I guess.

[Whiskey 7]

Update for info.

Player arrived but the supplied USB lead was faulty I was able to prove borrowing one from a friend.

Unit works OK but the G sensor (orientation) seems a little dicky. Might just be me holding the unit at angles, but it is probably a cheap chip anyway. Photos take ages to load (yes, what did I expect for just over ten bucks) and I have yet to play a video... FM radio and mp3 portion OK..

Still I am looking at those Ipod things

[Eraser]

"7th generation mp3 player"

lol

[MKJ]

minus "mp3".
what's lol about it?

[Whiskey 7]

"7th generation mp3 player"

lol

They are out there I think

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