any help anyone?
im trying to get songs off a cd and onto the ipod. Computer says no! Do i need software to sort this one? I cant see an easy way round the copyright
stuff, which is annoying cos the bloody cds mine! any help anyone?
u need itunes that will do it for you
Doesnt the IPOD come with ripping software? if not try :
http://www.mp3-converter.com/encoders/mp3_encoder_downloads.htm
If however your Cd is copyright protected it makes it a whole lot more difficult
Mac
Theres a shed load of mp3 rippers available off download.com. Not sure if the result will work on an Ipod though.
yeah it should come with all the software- id check the package you got it in for any cd's lurking in the bottom!
Which CD is it?
If it's DRM enabled then it *may* not work with i-tunes but I may have a removal tool that will work with it 
Probably quicker and easier to download 'em if the CD is copyright protected.
its mary j blige, once someone mentioned the word ripping i managed to find the correct option in the menus, so thanks all for your help, the missus
is now merrily bopping to 'one' upstairs and i have peace and quiet downstairs!
Quick, get it the garage before she notices...
Pat...
Am I right in assuming that you can't just put any old MP3 onto an ipod? Does it have to be copyrighted, or not... I have about 200Gb of
MP3's of all descriptions (possibly 500 CD's worth) and considering getting one of these things... is it a problem?
I have a 1Gb Fuji MP3 player which is great, but 1Gb is rather small for all my faves... I'm considering the 20Gb model as that should be enough
for what I want for now...
No doubt there will be the pro and anti-iPod viewpoints, but speaking for myself, I chose the 20GB Archos XS202s against an iPod on the basis of:
price - £129.99
looks - cool black metal case (I think white looks cheap and naff - personal view only!)
size - phyically smaller than an iPod
battery life - claimed 17 hours, and I've never had a problem
no proprietary formats - it will take regular MP3s, i.e. you don't have to covent it into Apple format.
It doesn't have video or a radio, but I wanted it to play music, so that's OK.
You'll have to get replacement earphones, but almost all MP3 players have crap earphones as standard, so I've read.
I have had it for a few months now and been really pleased. Loads of stuff on there and still lots of free space.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000CFBU4I/qid=1151652370/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-4764238-0307847
My kids have both got Creative Zen 20GB (not the similar-looking Creative Zen Micro which is 6 or 8GB), which look a bit more trendy and have a radio.
but are slightly bigger and a bit plasticky (and we had to send one back for replacement because the earphon socket went). Still OK sound, capacity,
battery life, though. £144.99
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BLEW9I/sr=1-2/qid=1151652742/ref=pd_bowtega_2/202-4764238-0307847?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=electronics&
v=glance
[Edited on 30.06.2006 by Humbug]
mine an ipod nano and overall, its pretty good. Damned small! Annoying that it needs charging via usb though, i might have to invest in a proper
charger. 
To date i havent found a song that it wouldnt take, but i did have to upgrade to usb2.
quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
Am I right in assuming that you can't just put any old MP3 onto an ipod? Does it have to be copyrighted, or not... I have about 200Gb of MP3's of all descriptions (possibly 500 CD's worth) and considering getting one of these things... is it a problem?
My recent acquisition is a Q-be; 1 GB but about the size of an OXO cube.
Dead easy to transfer mp3 or wma (Windows player files), it attaches via USB. You need some ripping software to generate the mp3/wma files first but
after that it is a matter of copying files from HardDisk to Q-be.
I use Easy CD-DA Extractor and it rips a cd in 2~3 minutes.
I've got a copy if you want it....
Sorry to bring back an oooooold one....
I got myself an IPod Touch and would like to import music from my CD collection.
At any given point in time I may want to have it available on MP3 too.
Anyone can give some light?
Thanks.
AA
Windows Media Player will rip your music, but set it to rip into mp3 format at high quality, then import to itunes (which is a freed download). Or itunes can do it all - you can rip to Apple aac format or mp3, so again choose mp3. It will collect all the album art too and put that on your ipod as well.
Thanks Geoff Shep.
Tonight is Friday and I don´t have anything better to do, so tonight I start "Farewell to CD age...."
AA
quote:
Originally posted by Humbug
No doubt there will be the pro and anti-iPod viewpoints, but speaking for myself, I chose the 20GB Archos XS202s against an iPod on the basis of:
price - £129.99
looks - cool black metal case (I think white looks cheap and naff - personal view only!)
size - phyically smaller than an iPod
battery life - claimed 17 hours, and I've never had a problem
no proprietary formats - it will take regular MP3s, i.e. you don't have to covent it into Apple format.