*Official* iPod thread - all iPod discussion in here

[randombs]

i recently did a partial reinstall of xp (where it keeps the settings) and since then it's having major problems with my ipod video.

the ipod is recognised as a device but doesn't appear as a drive. after some faffing around trying to get ipod updater to talk to it, i decided to pop into disk management. sure enough, the fat32 drive was present and healthy but without a drive letter. gave it one and lo and behold the drive sort of appeared (when you right-click and choose 'Open') but would not appear in the My Computer drive list.

first thing i did was quickly copy off a bunch of xvids that were on there (in random folders - all the music/ipod vids are on the pc anyway as it's set to auto update) then after some more fiddling i managed to get the updater to recognise it and did a software restore.

still the problem persists, however. at first i thought the ipod was at fault, but when i plugged it into my dad's pc it worked fine - drive letter, itunes recognition, the works.

gonna do a proper format/reinstall in a sec to see what happens (in need of one now anyway cos of all the clutter).

the moral of this story? i dunno, but if you ever get into a situation where your ipod appears as a usb drive but doesn't appear in 'my computer' and you get scared, pay Disk Management a visit and give it a drive letter. handy in emergencies

[112]

i had this problem, alls i did was cancel auto update and it popped up in my computer.

112 lol!

[randombs]

oh this was worse than that as it was set to disk mode AND manual and still the problem persisted. i reinstalled xp yesterday and it's all fine now so not going to do something silly like that ever again...

[112]

Does anyone know the point of the option on the video ipods that allows for a pal or ntsc output? i dont understand what difference it makes to the picture, as it seems the same when viewing a video footage on both. Now i know the differencese between ntsc and pal out puts but on the ipod is it necessary?

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[Flompy]

Is there any way I can change the details (name, album art etc) of music stored on my iPod despite the music not also being saved to my PC? I only have a small HD on my PC so can't keep it all installed, so I delete the music as soon as I have transferred it to my iPod. Problem is this blocks the music out so I can't add it to new playlists, or change the song info. I've tried Yamipod but whenever I use it to change any info on a song it deletes the music and the iPod no longer sees it.. Please help me someone!

[randombs]

is your ipod set to automatic? if it's set to manual then you just plug it in and do it within itunes, surely? that's what happened with mine when i used to have it on manual (i leave it on auto now) - i'd just choose the songs and add/edit/delete as necessary. unless there's some other problem?

Does anyone know the point of the option on the video ipods that allows for a pal or ntsc output?

it's for when you plug the ipod video into a telly. we've got one of those official cables at work - headphone jack at one end (3 stripes), 3 phonos on the other. the widescreen option should be turned on when on a telly otherwise it just zooms in on widescreen vids and it looks nasty. any headphone-3xphono cable will work (like the ones that you get for video cameras), but the phonos will be muddled up

[112]

thanks billy mate, never realised i could watch footage from me pod on the tv. Hmmm interesting!

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[Nu-Eclipse]

I recently purchased a white 30GB 5G iPod - can anybody recommend the best accessories? - ie. carry cases, screen/front protectors, headphones, etc.

I know it has probably already been discussed earlier in this thread, but I can't be arsed to flick back countless pages...

[Ajay1986]

I got one of these Knomo leather cases for mine

https://www.knomobags.com/eshop/prod...tail_video.asp

Its a great quality case much better then any others i found.

[Resonance]

Has anyone seen Rockbox?
It is a firmware hack for the iPod (and other players) that adds support of FLAC, ogg, gapless playback and all sorts of other features.

http://entertainment.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/13/165223&from=rss

Sounds interesting.

[Resonance]

The Nike Pod >_< http://www.apple.com/ipod/nike/

[squidman]

The Nike Pod >_< http://www.apple.com/ipod/nike/

I think that's really cool, providing it doesn't cost too much. It's like, you've got magic shoes!

[Resonance]

I could do the advertising campaign for them.

"Now YOU can sweat just as much as the kids who made your shoes, while looking i-cool!"

[Resonance]

More Apple synicism for ya http://www.downhillbattle.org/itunes/ :P

[Alastair]

Was thinking of getting my girlfriend a second hand (last of the big spenders!!) ipod/mp3 player for when she's doing the gardening etc.

I don't know much about them though, don't need anything fancy or huge storage (couple of gig) but wouldn't want it to be too big or heavy.

Any recommendations for things I could look at? May be limited to scouring eBay but a few models to actually search for would be good.

Budget maybe about 70-80 quid.