ChatterBank1 min ago
iPod - Copying music files
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I currently have another type of Mp3 player but was considering upgrading to an iPod. Someone I know however mentioned that you cannot just paste/copy existing mp3 files onto an iPod (you have to via iTunes)
Does anyone know if this is right (I have a large mp3 collection that I just want to copy onto the ipod if I get one),
Thanks
Does anyone know if this is right (I have a large mp3 collection that I just want to copy onto the ipod if I get one),
Thanks
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inicholson
It's extremely easy...once you've installed iTunes on your PC, you can then point the iTunes 'library' to wherever you've saved your mp3s.
I believe this is in the 'Preferences' window.
Say if you have all your mp3s saved to c:\My Documnts\My Music, just enter this in the Preferences window and iTunes will gather the information and present your music to you through the iTunes interface.
Honest, it's really, really straightforward.
If I can do it....ANYONE can!
Good luck.
It's extremely easy...once you've installed iTunes on your PC, you can then point the iTunes 'library' to wherever you've saved your mp3s.
I believe this is in the 'Preferences' window.
Say if you have all your mp3s saved to c:\My Documnts\My Music, just enter this in the Preferences window and iTunes will gather the information and present your music to you through the iTunes interface.
Honest, it's really, really straightforward.
If I can do it....ANYONE can!
Good luck.
inicholson
Nope...not all.
Oh hang on...it MIGHT be a problem if your friend has purchased the music from the iTunes store. If that's the case, then the mp3 file will have a 'digital rights management' code associated with it.
What this means, is that your mate can play it on his PC, but when you come to play it on yours, you'll be asked for an iTunes userid/password which has to match the account used to download the original track.
However, if your mate has simply ripped music from CDs, then there's no issue. iTunes won't know about that.
Nope...not all.
Oh hang on...it MIGHT be a problem if your friend has purchased the music from the iTunes store. If that's the case, then the mp3 file will have a 'digital rights management' code associated with it.
What this means, is that your mate can play it on his PC, but when you come to play it on yours, you'll be asked for an iTunes userid/password which has to match the account used to download the original track.
However, if your mate has simply ripped music from CDs, then there's no issue. iTunes won't know about that.
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