*Official* iPod thread - all iPod discussion in here

[huxley]

Just got given a couple of handy apps for my Pod from a mate.
The first one is called "iPodLibrary12b" which cuts ebooks etc up into handy chapters as the ipod will only show a certain amount of text regardless of how much you put in notes.
The second one is called "SharePod" which is just a .exe which you dump onto the pods drive so you can upload and share music with any pc. Just conect the pod to a pc look in the pod drive run the .exe and upload any tracks etc.
kinda handy I thought

[RobRoy]

lo all

im thinking of getting an ipod mini (silver) has anyone else got one of these? Any problems with it? Should i just spend a bit of extra cash and get the 20gig one?

opinions pls

[Valken]

I'm afraid i have no idea whether you need a stepdown or not. Though i presume so, since it will come with a 2 pin mains adapter if you decide to charge it that way.

Apple AC adapters are ALWAYS multi voltage... 100 - 220V or something like that.

My iBook and 3rd gen iPod have been plugged into outlets in the US without any issues. You just need to appropriate travel adapter.

[RobRoy]

lo all

im thinking of getting an ipod mini (silver) has anyone else got one of these? Any problems with it? Should i just spend a bit of extra cash and get the 20gig one?

opinions pls

nevermind

ive ordered the 20 gig one

[Shez]

Oh man, ya shouldn't have

[007]

Can I use my Ipod to carry documents from 6th form to Home? Or is it just Pictures?

[Ginza]

Yeah man you can set it up to be a portable hard drive. I use it for that very reason.

You could even put pron on it i suppose.

[007]

How do I set it up man?

[Ginza]

Im going on this purely from memory because my iPod is on charge but i think you connect your iPod to your PC and then in iTunes right click on it (your iPod)and it should bring up a list of options. Its in there somewhere.

[huxley]

Ginzas kinda there
Highlight the ipod in the list and then hit the ipody logo thingy down on the bottom right and then activate "disk use"

have alooky for ipod library love reading hitch hickers on the train whilst listening to some tunes

[Papercut]

is there any way of convincing an iPod to display filenames?

alternatively, is there a good mp3 tag batch editor?

[Link]

Ah please help! This driving me nuts, I've installed Itunes, and I have it up on my PC now, however, it doesn't seem to be recognising my ipod is plugged in. Windows XP keeps wanting me to install it as a mass storage device, would I be right that I don't want to install it as a mass storage device? I thought I best ask here before I do anything, so can i get my ipod to come up? I'm it with the usb cable, thanks alot, if someone could help me and my ipod starts to work, i'll be over the moon

[Loc]

What happened to mine Link, can't remember if I tried to fix it but if you can't, get Ephod. Works for me

[AllYourBase]

is there any way of convincing an iPod to display filenames?

alternatively, is there a good mp3 tag batch editor?

If you manage the mp3s in iTunes it is quite easy to manage the filenames, or if you just want a simple ID3 tagger check out http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm - It can do a cddb lookup, or even match to amazon's track listing's and ID3 your MP3s from there

Great eh?

[Papercut]

I had a bunch of pre-existing mp3s that needed tagging based on file name - the foobar masstagger came closest to doing the job in the end.

I've been using CDex (does cddb) and EphPod instead of iTunes, they run about twice as fast for me.