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Making The Move From CD to iPod
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| September 18, 2005
| Allan Hoffman
Posted on 09/18/2005 7:44:51 PM PDT by SamAdams76
I am giving up CDs. Within the next several months, I expect most of my family's CDs will be converted for playing on our iPods and personal computers. The actual CDs will either be sold or given away. As more people connect their digital music players to their home stereos and car stereos, they realize they have no use for the racks of CDs taking up space in their homes. If you no longer play CDs, why keep them? That is the conclusion my wife and I reached, and that is why I am completing the arduous process of moving the music to more compact computer storage from the CDs.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cds; foolsandtheirtoys; ipod; lossofhearing; music; waste; wasteofmoney; wasteoftime
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To: SamAdams76
I've had 2 CDs get "the rot" out of my 300. Unfortunately, they were favorites and were pretty rare. Fortunately, I found replacements on eBay as new ones were unavailable.
To: SamAdams76
Reply #137. I re-downloaded several songs from Sony's Connect music service after a hard drive crash, no problem, just had to log in. No reason Apple couldn't do the same.
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posted on
09/19/2005 8:44:25 PM PDT
by
jordan8
To: GOP_Proud
Then you didn't NEED to respond to this thread I guess....
To: Auntie Mame
dont know if anyone answered this for you but in a couple neat ways. The ipod has a little stand that it sits on that plugs into the USB port. Your computer sees this just like an external hard drive and plays it from there.
In your home stereo you can hook it up through the headphone jack or use a spiffy FM tuner that sends what is on the ipod to a channel ( not being used by any station, it has been set aside for this use) just like a radio station does. You can then control the sound through your car or home stereo. Of course the advantage of this is that you can carry your music home and to the car and office.
If you do not want to put the cash out now for an ipod the cell phone industry is getting in on the ipod business and you will be able to store your music on your cell and plug in headphones and thus eleminating another peice of equipment you carry. There are some phones that are already able to store mp3s( that is the file form) but larger storage will be coming in about a year or less.
To: SamAdams76
You shouldn't blame Apple for this. All these restrictions on music that you purchase are imposed by the recording industry. Why not? Other on-line music vendors have this feature, why not Apple?
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posted on
09/20/2005 5:47:38 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
("Political looters" should be shot on sight)
To: SamAdams76
I thought of going in this direction, but it's still cheaper to buy music by CD if you want every song on the CD/Album. Also, you have maximum flexibility with CDs. Now I buy the CD and put it on my computer. I plan on getting an ipod for Christmas and will transfer those tunes to my iPod. The sampling rate is higher from a CD than from iTunes or Napster. Speaking of Napster, I bought a bunch of music from them, then I got a virus and had to reset my computer, suddenly I could no longer play my Napster music which I had paid for. I wrote Napster and they sent my 4 pages of instructions (not kidding) on how to restore my music. Right! Also, iTunes doesn't play on Napster devices, and I fear evaporation of playing rights if you get a virus. With a CD, you can always reload if you get a virus, your hard drive or iPod craps the bed. For now it's CDs for me.
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posted on
09/20/2005 5:57:34 AM PDT
by
jackieaxe
(English speaking, law abiding, taxpaying citizen)
To: Walkingfeather
This is all very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to respond. I'm getting closer and closer to getting one of these little buggers.
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posted on
09/20/2005 6:48:04 AM PDT
by
Auntie Mame
(The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.--WC)
To: SamAdams76
Moving the music to iPod and then selling the CD that you ripped from is a copyright violation, illegal under U.S. law. Be careful, folks.
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posted on
09/21/2005 12:02:57 PM PDT
by
Bush2000
(Linux -- You Get What You Pay For ... (tm)
To: CFC__VRWC
Can you connect other USB devices besides the iPod to your PC and have the machine recognize them?
To be honest, I have never tried plugging anything in the USB port -- until the ipod came along....
If not, then you do have a problem with either the USB ports or drivers on your computer. You can check the status of the USB devices on your PC by (assuming you have Win XP) -
Click Start, then select Control Panel. Select the System icon, the click the Device Manager button. You should see listings for Universal Serial Bus (USB) controllers. If the listed devices have yellow exclamation marks next to them, then there is some kind of problem with the device. You right click the device and then select Properties to see what's wrong.
I don't see anything even remotely related to USB devices by clicking on those buttons. Should I? (I guess I should).
If other USB devices work on the computer, then you have a problem with your iTunes installation or maybe with your iPod. Did you run the latest iPod Installer when you bought the iPod?
Yes, I did that -- it has the most current itunes software installed on it...
Is the iPod formatted to work with a Windows PC? If it was formatted on a Mac, then a Windows computer will not recognize it without special software such as XPlay. I don't know if it is formatted for a windows pc....i tried downloading the Service Pack 2 Microsoft software (took over 6-7 HOURS to download on a 56k), and then when I tried to install it....well, it said it couldn't install...
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:52:02 PM PDT
by
ConservativeStLouisGuy
(11th FReeper Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Unnecessarily Excerpt)
To: Myrddin
Plug the iPod into the USB port, then hold the up arrow and center button on the wheel down for about 10 seconds. The iPod will reset and chat with the USB port. My wife had the same problem. There is a checkbox in the advanced section of the iTunes preferences that allows you to expose the USB hard disk subunit of the iPod to Windows as a removable disk. My wife uses her iPod to offload pictures from her digital camera while we are traveling. The files are available directly from the iPod USB disk.
I tried re-setting it - per the ipod instructions - to no avail. By the way, I have a VERY BASCI ipod (the little white one about two inches long...it doesn't have an "up arrow"....just "+", "-", "<-" and "->" buttons on the wheel...with a pause/play button in the middle...I uninstalled the ipod/itunes software and re-installed it...with the same result.
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:58:42 PM PDT
by
ConservativeStLouisGuy
(11th FReeper Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Unnecessarily Excerpt)
To: Myrddin; CFC__VRWC
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posted on
09/21/2005 6:06:19 PM PDT
by
ConservativeStLouisGuy
(11th FReeper Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Unnecessarily Excerpt)
To: ConservativeStLouisGuy
I'll review the instructions I gave you above tomorrow, when I'm back in front of a PC, to make sure I didn't lead you astray (I'm at home on a Mac right now so I can't check). But assuming I didn't give you wrong info, if you couldn't see USB devices under Device Manager, you've definitely got some sort of problem there. If you can borrow a USB device (maybe a friend's digital camera), you can try to hook it up and see if your computer will recognize it.
Regarding the Service Pack 2, what error message did you get when you tried to install it?
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posted on
09/21/2005 6:21:45 PM PDT
by
CFC__VRWC
("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
To: ConservativeStLouisGuy
I have a 512MB shuffle as well. I would grab a copy of the latest iTunes 5.0 and the iPod updater to get the current firmware in hand. Once that is loaded, plug the iPod into the USB port. Run the updater first to ensure the firmware is the current rev level. After that, start up iTunes. If you have a directoy of iTunes music that isn't appearing in iTunes, just use File->Add Folder. That works well if you have manually added AAC files to the directory tree that iTunes hasn't acknowledged in the library.
iTunes 5.0 download
iPod Shuffle support
iPod updater software
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posted on
09/21/2005 6:50:16 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: CFC__VRWC
I'll give that a try -- if I can find someone I know (I'm relatively new here to Canada) who has a digital camera (or something else) that plugs into a USB port..
Regarding the Service Pack 2, what error message did you get when you tried to install it?
I don't rightly remember what the error message was....it took several hours to download it -- I was in front of the computer at 3:30 am to make sure it downloaded.....it was just some sort of a message that said the download was unable to proceed.....odd, I thought too....perhaps it was because the Service Pack 2 was downloaded in bits (had to restart the computer twice while it was downloading) -- and that affected it....nonetheless, the whole program WAS downloaded....
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posted on
09/22/2005 5:55:55 PM PDT
by
ConservativeStLouisGuy
(11th FReeper Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Unnecessarily Excerpt)
To: CFC__VRWC
I remembered that I copied this info when the Service Pack 2 didn't install....
Installation Failure
Error Code: 0x80200010
Try to install the update again, or request help from one of the following resources.
For self-help options:
Frequently Asked Questions
Find Solutions
Windows Update Newsgroup
For assisted support options:
Microsoft Online Assisted Support (no-cost for issues related to getting updates)
Installation Failure
Error Code: 0x8007F0CB
Try to install the update again, or request help from one of the following resources.
For self-help options:
Frequently Asked Questions
Find Solutions
Windows Update Newsgroup
For assisted support options:
Microsoft Online Assisted Support (no-cost for issues related to getting updates)
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posted on
09/22/2005 6:04:56 PM PDT
by
ConservativeStLouisGuy
(11th FReeper Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Unnecessarily Excerpt)
To: Myrddin
I am going to have to do some SERIOUS looking into the links you supplied to me (thanks so much for them)!....
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posted on
09/22/2005 6:06:42 PM PDT
by
ConservativeStLouisGuy
(11th FReeper Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Unnecessarily Excerpt)
To: ConservativeStLouisGuy
I did a little poking around with those error codes - as far as I can tell the first one you gave has to do with network connectivity issues. If you have access to a high speed internet connection, This could be related to a firewall or maybe anti-virus software you have installed.
I'd try reinstalling SP2, making sure that you disable any firewall or anti-virus software you have running first. If that doesn't work, I'd assume your downloaded file was corrupted somehow (especially if you had to restart several times). I'd try to download it again using a machine with a high speed internet connection, assuming you have access to one. I've found that using dial-up to get really huge files can sometimes be flaky.
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posted on
09/22/2005 7:39:25 PM PDT
by
CFC__VRWC
("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
To: CFC__VRWC; ConservativeStLouisGuy
I did a little poking around with those error codes - as far as I can tell the first one you gave has to do with network connectivity issues. If you have access to a high speed internet connection, This could be related to a firewall or maybe anti-virus software you have installed.I made a mistake with that paragraph in that post. Please look at the coorection above. Sorry about that.
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posted on
09/22/2005 7:42:44 PM PDT
by
CFC__VRWC
("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
To: SamAdams76
Word to the wise about your attic. I live in MA and even with a sensitive attic fan and air conditioned house, plastics don't last long up there.
Admirable project you have there.
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posted on
09/22/2005 7:44:01 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Honor - Dignity - Courage - Troll Consumption)
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