iPod Nano

[McGregor]

Splashed out 130 quid on one of the new iPod Nano's today and so far I'm loving it. It is however a tricky little bastard at times. Anyone else got one?

I'm looking for some general iPod advice regarding getting videos on it plus photos, etc. Am I able to use a pic as the background?

Plus whats the quickest way to delete stuff of it and am I able to edit the song titles, artists, etc as I am persnickety like that.

Cheers in advance

[Sweey]

I'm looking for some general iPod advice

Throw it out of a window, preferably a 10th floor one.

Plus whats the quickest way to delete stuff of it

See my comment above but considering going up to a 15th floor window or even a 20th floor window for some glorious bonus points.

[50!]

I got one at Christmas mate, although Don Sweey will be glad to know its not out of choice. My brother spends hours on iTunes editing titles and all that but I can't be arsed. Only thing I would recommend is getting a case or skin for it as the nano gets damaged and scratched very easily. I got a really good one off Play.com for £12, theres loads available.

[Miggy]

I got one at Christmas mate, although Don Sweey will be glad to know its not out of choice. My brother spends hours on iTunes editing titles and all that but I can't be arsed. Only thing I would recommend is getting a case or skin for it as the nano gets damaged and scratched very easily. I got a really good one off Play.com for £12, theres loads available.

I'm like your brother. I hate seeing that a song doesn't have a album cover.

Yup make sure you get a case or skin.

Also just muck around with iTunes. At first I found it a bit of a pain but once you get use to it it really is pretty decent.

[TH]

Would it be worth shelling out an extra £70 for the ipod touch??

[greenegg]

Would it be worth shelling out an extra £70 for the ipod touch??

Ask Don Sweey :coffee:

[Sully]

I'd personally shell out an extra £20 and get an 80GB classic

[g33k]

To edit MP3 names etc I use Picard from www.musicbrainz.org, which works good enough for me. Dunno if there's better ones around.

To convert video files into iPod format try the video converter here http://www.koyotesoft.com/indexEn.html

If you want to use software other than iTunes, which is rather bloated, Anapod seems to be the recommended one.

[Sweey]

Would it be worth shelling out an extra £70 for the ipod touch??

No, it'd be worth buying something with good audio output quality i.e. not an iPod of any sort. An iPod is a fashion accessory, an MP3 player is for music.

Ask Don Sweey :coffee:

Good man. You sir have gone up another level in my estimation...just don't ruin it by going out and buying dirty Apple products.

I'd personally shell out an extra £20 and get an 80GB classic

:doh:

[Sully]

Did I tell you mine stopped working the day I got it?

[Miggy]

Did I tell you mine stopped working the day I got it?

Shh, don't get him started.

[Sweey]

Did I tell you mine stopped working the day I got it?

You didn't need to, its to be expected. They probably don't even provide a 24-hour warranty for the sack of shit they manufacture.

Shh, don't get him started.

:tongue:

[Calzone]

Yo i want a ipod cause its dead sexy but my psp is working wonders.

[mufcsean]

I'd personally shell out an extra £20 and get an 80GB classic

Same here.

I too hate to see a song without an album cover, though some that were already on are strange for example, this was the album art for:

Flo Rida ft T-Pain - Low

http://www.blog.ass4real.com/uploads/oliviaandlopez.jpg

and for, Living In A Box - Living In A Box

http://grza.net/GIS/Gundam%20Box%20Cat.jpg

[The Messiah]

I love renaming stuff on iTunes! Feat. changed to featuring, album art resized etc.

[McGregor]

How in the hell do I transfer individual songs or do I constantly need to make a playlist?

[Sully]

You add all to the library and it will sync the songs onto the ipod, It won't take as long as when you first synced all your music to it

[The Messiah]

File>Add File to Library - Individual songs/video.
File>Add Folder to Library - Folder of songs.

Keep your iPod on manual sync.

[-The Trooper-]

Same here.

I too hate to see a song without an album cover, though some that were already on are strange for example, this was the album art for:

Flo Rida ft T-Pain - Low

http://www.blog.ass4real.com/uploads/oliviaandlopez.jpg

and for, Living In A Box - Living In A Box

http://grza.net/GIS/Gundam%20Box%20Cat.jpg

Yes. Apple pre-installed a number of album covers for shit songs. Those two especially.

[mufcsean]

:coffee:

Anyway, i add music just by drag and drop.

[McGregor]

I've managed to put songs on no bother but the videos are not going on.

Despite the fact I converted them (Using the link Zoolander posted in the elite)

Any ideas the problem. The file is now MPEG.4

Edit- Got it working fine

[PEM]

I'm planning to get one of these, but i'm having second thoughts now as it seems that its not the best for music. Anyone have any suggestions for a alternate one?

[McGregor]

It is actually pretty good mate.

I've now got all my music on it plus album covers, etc and thats me just finished putting a Boxing Review show on plus a Simpsons and South Park episode.

[PEM]

hmm, but is the screen size big enough to be able to watch them?

[McGregor]

Well for me it is, yeah.

[PEM]

well i will see it in store to have a look and play around with it. Thanks for the info McGregor. :)

[Sully]

A zen is your best alternative but it's price is t's downfall. An 80GB ipod is cheaper then a 30GB zen

[The Messiah]

The 1.1.4 Touch update decided to wipe everything off my iPod. :laugh:

[Phatmann]

The 1.1.4 Touch update decided to wipe everything off my iPod. :laugh:
:huh: I haven't downloaded it yet. I always feel a bit cautious when downloading updates for ipods and itunes just in case that happens, but so far I've been alright. Don't think I'll download the update just yet.

[The Messiah]

I only had like 5GBs worth of stuff on it so it won't take long to get it back. Everything was backed up anyway.

[Keyser Soze]

iPods. :doh: Oh dear.

[Phatmann]

Upon checking my ipod, it seems I already downloaded 1.1.4 and my touch is just fine. Seems you were just unlucky I guess. :unsure:

[McGregor]

I had my iPod plugged into my 360 there and when I switched off my 360 and took it out the screen has went all white and doesn't seem to be coming back.

I think it is completely knackered.

Any idea how to solve this problem?

[The Messiah]

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61705

?

[McGregor]

Thanks for the link but it has luckily started working again.

[TH]

On amazon they seem to have a version of the iPod touch with a software update and one without , if I was too purchase one which should I go for??

[The Messiah]

On amazon they seem to have a version of the iPod touch with a software update and one without , if I was too purchase one which should I go for??

Depends what you want to do with it. Are you wanting to jail break (hack) it or just keep it as it is?

[TH]

Probably keep it as it is...

[The Messiah]

FFsslbopNIc

I have WiFi at work & at home so it's pretty useful for me.