Ipod problems (again)

[Dr. P]

I have a connection problem goin' on. The thing plays fine, but I can't add my new shit to it. Keep getting an error "Can not detect file Fun Rape's Ipod," I've done ever damn thing I know to, restore, restart, etc. Even uninstalled Itunes and reinstalled it. It gives me the "Do not disconnect" when I hook it up, but it never "finishes" and I have a bunch of pre-election bullshit still on my drive. Any y'all Apple nazis got an idea?

[Dr. P]

Oh, NOW the bitch is saying "The wrong volume is in the drive. Please instert volume FUN RAPE'S IPOD into drive F:." But I only have one Ipod (now). It's the same one I've been using for about a year, since my backup died.

[Dr. P]

Attempting to copy to the disk FUN RAPE'S IPOD failed. An unknown error occurred (69). Lol, 69

[Belasco]

I found this...

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=829265

I started having the same problem after over a year of no problems at all with my shuffle. I'd be able to copy 79+ songs and then all of a sudden the "The wrong volume is in the drive. Please insert volume ...". If I was lucky there would be a few new songs on the thing but I could never get more than 30 or 40 of the 280+ it normally holds.

I finally SOLVED this problem this morning by simply going into the iPod's settings in iTunes and checking "Enable disk use."

It was that simple. The thing is back to normal. Finally.

Prior to doing that, I could see the iPod appear as a volume in Windows, then I could see iTunes updating the iPod, and as soon as that update would complete, the volume would disappear from view in Explorer and other views within Windows.

With Enable disk use set, even with zero space allocated for disk use, this behavior does not occur.

Sure seems like an iTunes bug. It wasn't always this way.

[The BYP]

Maybe the usb cord?

[Dr. P]

Maybe, Bip. B, I'm restoring the thing right now, so can't even find "my Ipod" but I'll let ya know.

[the deta]

You check the computer's power chord, make sure its plugged in?

[Sticky Fumblings]

'Lasco always has straightforward, practical solutions.


I hate that.

[Dr. P]

B, where do I find an option for "enable disc use?" Under settings, that's not an option.

[Belasco]

http://km.support.apple.com/library/APPLE/APPLECARE_ALLGEOS/HT1783/HT1783itunes7_enable.jpg

[Dr. P]

Yeah, I'm fucked. I can't even bring up devices. I did try a new USB cable, it's still syncing, and my Ipod is now completely empty. I'll just leave it hooked up all day and hope it finishes.

[Heap]

You check the computer's power chord, make sure its plugged in?

lmao lmao lmao

[Spooner]

iPods are great if you run a Mac. Ask anyone who runs Windows how much they like how iTunes stretches itself out in your OS, puts its feet up, lights a cigarette in your house, and makes itself at home.

I went with the Zune for two reasons: (1) iTunes won't overwrite my metatags/ID3 info I've TEDIOUSLY entered (and still am), (2) it won't overwrite my perfectly honed album art with a "Libra" symbol because it can't find MY album in its store, and (3) bye-bye DRM!!!!!

I still love my fucking Mac Pro over the Windows OS any fucking day, though. The irony.

[moneymaker]

Fuck Mac!

http://rsrc7.bubbleshare.com/media/00/c4/e6/66/f8ddddaef7b3c5cd876500b9c7572cf520ce3d7c/580x435/McCain-Angry_580x435.jpg

[Spooner]

Make sure you say that every day, every two hours when you're rebooting or hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del. :tip:

[moneymaker]

The Mac I'm talking about got the boot in 2000 and got rebooted last Tuesday. Hint:look at the picture.

[Spooner]

Oh, yer talkin' shorthand mick nickname shit. I just saw an angry McCain and a jingo who loves Microsoft. How wrong I was...

[moneymaker]

Fuck McCain! Fuck Bill Gates! And Fuck Beans!

[Dr. P]

I'm fucked. It's been syncing all day, and I finally unplugged it and all my music is gone. I guess I need to buy something new. What would you nigs get? I like the thought of 80 gigs, but hate the thought of another hard drive just waiting to die. Zune? Ipod flash? I keep a lot of audiobooks on my player, so can't go less than 30 gigs or so. I use absolutely no video.

[Spooner]

Zune. Trust me. A *very* knowledgeable member here FULLY convinced me to buy the 120--gave me absolute and irrefutable reasons to choose IT, and I've been THOROUGHLY impressed with it now that the new Zune software is in place.

If you have your music ripped shitty, though, Russ (128's & shit), you MAY want or need an internal EQ, in which case I love all Creative Zen products. But if your tunes are clean 320's or even nicely ripped 192's, then Zune's the way, especially if you're into cataloging and recapturing the days when you had ALBUMS--I'm reveling in rebuilding my collections (via album covers and ID3 tagging) album by album instead of just by Artist folders.

It's a lot of work, but it's well worth the end result. :tip:

[the deta]

I roll a 2gb nano from about 2 or 3 years ago. I just through some of the shit im currently listening too on while i charge it and empty other shit off. Granted 95 percent of what i listen to on that thing is Stern and old PHS. I cnt imagine having an 80gb ipod.... THEN losing all that shit. and having to reset everthing up.

When it comes to slammin tunes in my ride, i rock the good ole' CD.

[Nickenheiser]

wtf i got ripped a new one suggesting the zune was better then the ipod

lmao kidding

i cant see going back to the ipod after a year of using my 80g zune. the social sharing is an awesome perk if you can find another asshole with one.

one of my fav things about em is connecting it to the 360. it will play all your tunes, vids and podcasts right through your tube.

the zune software is worlds better then having to use itunes.
fuck itunes. and beans i spose.

[Dr. P]

Where online would you score a Zune, Spoon? Also, I podcast a lot of shit through audible and Itunes. Can I still get all the radio shows I podcast? Tell me more about this magical Microsoft product...

[Nickenheiser]

all of my audible downloads work great. all podcasts / radio subscriptions work fine.

spoon can probobly fill you in on the hardcore details.

you just punch in the url of the podcast and it checks for updates and all (can all be customized in settings of course)

go for it man

[Taco Teo]

The 120 is going for $250 on Amazon, Russy.

[Dr. P]

The biggest addition if I change is I'll have to buy another car player and boombox. Fuc, I wish I could fix this one. This is, what, the fifth one to shit the bed on me since joining SFJ?

[Booze]

Tell me you had all your shit backed up though, Russ. At least tell me that.

[Dr. P]

Some. Not NEAR enough.

[Booze]

Fuuuuck.

[the deta]

FuuUUUUuuuuUUUuuuuck

[Booze]

Beans.

[Spooner]

If you were referring to ME busting your balls during one of your two-week stints here about buying a Zune, that was when they just came out, and the SOFTWARE was so foul and reprehensible (and not even a 32-bit MS application!!!!) that I took it back the same hour I bought it.

Now, with the NEW software, I was talked into it, and it rules.

[Sticky Fumblings]

I love my little pink iPod 8G.

It's cute and it talks to me and sings 80's ballads and some other stuff.

My kids update it for me so that I don't lose that magical, almost pure, adoration of my iPod.

Having mom enjoy technology is important to them, so that when they want something electronic, I look at them with adoring doe eyes and say, "Yeah-the-fuck-right! How much is it and how long until it breaks or fucks up the hard drive on the laptop?"

[Dr. P]

Got my Zune. Chargin', waitin'.

[Nickenheiser]

schweet! didja go for the 120 or 80?

[Spooner]

Dude, REPLICATE YOUR ENTIRE MUSIC ROOT FOLDER ONTO ANOTHER DRIVE---Don't let iTunes get anywhere NEAR it!!!

Then, do all your schweet tagging in THAT folder. COPY those completed album folders to a subfolder of the Zune/Music folder (e.g. Zune/Music/Bowie, David/Lodger <----and into THAT goes your fully/properly ID3'ed Lodger album, ready to sync up with the Zune.

I also don't recommend letting your Firewall allow Zune to connect to the web unless you're doing your podcast shit. I'm too paranoid about ANYTHING overwriting my ID3 data. Shewwwwweeeeeeeeeee.

[Dr. P]

120. I'm listening to the pre-stored Zune videya, pretty sweet, but I gotta turn the treble down on this thing. High notes are downright tinny at full volume.

[Dr. P]

Whoa, Spoon. Lemme rename Itunes music's folder... or is there more?

[Nickenheiser]

ya know that is the thing that bothers me the most, no EQ.

[Spooner]

Good luck, Russ. I told you--that thing ain't got no EQ. It sounds great flat w/good headphones. Invest in some good phones, and make sure you do all you EQ'ing with Adobe Audition or someshit. Hell, you can get a copy right off Easynews... version 3.0, in fact. Comes with a 24-band EQ if you need that much.

[Spooner]

Alright. Russ. DO NOT EVEN OPEN iTUNES TODAY! HELLS NO!

Call me now and I'll get ya straight. I've not got much time, but I can get ya started.

[Dr. P]

I thought there was an EQ in Z-Tunes (or whatever they call it), but not on the actual device. There's not one at all? What a trip that they'd put this shitty synthesizer music that goes out of the treble range as the demo music.

[Booze]

Got my Zune. Chargin', waitin'.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I wonder how much dough has been spent on grub & gadgetry because of posts on this site? Fuck... if we add in EZN subscriptions, we're keeping the ecomony* afloat on our own.

*sic

[Dr. P]

As grub goes, I've spent a small fortune. Gadgets, not so much. Just an Audible subscription, a Wii, Ipods, Xbox 360, 9 wireless routers, every game spoken highly of, a Samsung monitor, a 55" HD TV, 40 headsets/earbuds, and this zune.

[the deta]

lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao

[Booze]

All on a sesame seed bun. But still no Easynews. You're a a riddle, wrapped in an enigma, stuffed inside a redneck, Bubbs. :poke:

[Dr. P]

http://i38.tinypic.com/28mgruq.gif

[Dr. P]

Holy SHIT! Just uploaded and threw on "Won't Get Fooled Again" since I've been thinkin' about it since the election. The sound is noticeably better on this Zune than it was on the Ipod. Damn, if I had some dirtweed and Cheap Trick MP3's right now, my shit would be perfect.

[Spooner]

Oh, Christ... I've noticed that for ages--you ain't shittin'. SFJ has literally poured THOUSANDS of fish into the economy, just based on our discussions, suggestions, and techmology talk. I know that I, alone, have sunk at LEAST six or seven grand on accounna this place, NOT including the stopover to get ossified with Booze in London!!

#-o

[Dr. P]

One thing I have GOT to get sorted on this Zune is this: each segment of a podcast is in reverse order. I dug around in setting and found nada, but this has to be a common problem.

[Spooner]

You need to just find a Zune forum, Russ. They're everywhere. All will be answered in there by way of podcasts.

This is why I prefer to right-click, download link as... and SLAP THAT BITCH DOWN wherever I want; name it what I want; ID3-tag it how I want, and BLAMMO! ...right on my pod.

:tip:

[djb]

One thing I have GOT to get sorted on this Zune is this: each segment of a podcast is in reverse order. I dug around in setting and found nada, but this has to be a common problem.

There's no problem Russ, you can choose between "newest episode first" or "oldest epesode first". You have yours set to "newest episode first".

http://i36.tinypic.com/15nprpt.png

[Spooner]

^^DJ is a god amongst men (and SOME fags).

[Dr. P]

Mmmm. Now I can't get Ron and Fez (which I PAY for through Audible). I've jumped through 95 hoops to sign in, pick my player, point it to Audible Manager, finally got it in manager, and still won't show the fucker on my device. I've been on forums and the blower with DJ since I got home form work. I'm sure I'll love this thing after the learning curve, but I'm really getting pissed off at it right now. FUCK Audible makes it hard to use content you PAID for on anything but an Iopd.

[Dr. P]

Fuck, now I'm getting "communication failure, please check you device," everytime I try to sync Audible Manager and my Zune. God damn, I hate change.

[Spooner]

Ya know what, Russ... FUCK AUDIBLE!! I can't believe you're payin' for THAT (one lousy book a month that you can get on Easynews) for even LESS per month!

It... it... it just don't make good business sense. :tip:

[Belasco]

He and I are both subscribed for Ron & Fez. No books involved.

[Spooner]

R&F go through Audible, yet you don't have to pay for the service?!! I thought it was an audio-book only membership site? :beans:

[Belasco]

Nope, don't have to do the book thing.

$35 subscription for a year of R&F.

[Spooner]

I did some research, Russ. Hopefully there's another way you can get R&F podcasts (read: one of our buddy's cool sites?) instead of going to Audible. MS didn't respond in time to Audible's request for compatibility.

Many different easy ways to skin that cat if it's just R&F podcasts, dude.

[Dr. P]

As for easynews, I just would rather not get involved. I don't like music theft, on principle/ though I have DLed my share of Gervais and other stuff. And I don't like the idea of all the malware one can get when DLing free shit, either. I'll share/swap anything with anyone I know, what I'm paranoid about is opening my innertubes to the world. I don't expect anyone to agree (or even understand), that's simply where I come down on it right now.

[Belasco]

I feel the same way about software, P.

However, easynews isn't like the filesharing apps of old. It's basically a private forum where content gets posted and you can download. You don't have to open yourself up to the world.

[Booze]

The price of cds was up to £15.99 here when I stopped buying em about 5 years ago. The record companies were a bunch of price fixing wankers & it was daylight robbery. I can manage to live with myself now that the boot is on the other foot.

[mysticllama]

As for easynews, I just would rather not get involved.

(deleted big thing about how Easynews is a way to access usenet, and while Easynews knows what you're accessing, it's not likely that they will be compelled by the feds to narc you out)

If you grab music files from Easynews, it's not going to corrupt your system. If you're super worried about it, you can virus scan it but it's an extra unnecessary step.

You uncode the .mp3/wtfever specific music file (something like Agent, a usenet reader, isn't malware either and is well supported. You would save the encrypted file with that, and then use a joiner - which also are generally spyware/virus free as thousands of porn/music heads can vouch for).

Once decrypted and put together, The only stuff that's going to play those files is something made for playing music files (winamp, windows media player, zune software).

Those programs won't execute that file in a way that your operating system will execute a .exe/.bin/.bat file. A music player is reading the data, the file can't tell it 'oh, and delete his snake photos' because the music player isn't programmed to interpret that kind of data.

I don't know how else to explain it - I understand your stance on music piracy, but on the R&F issue - if you're already paying the subscription, I don't think you're morally in the wrong for downloading the files in a different format that you can listen to on your Zune from Usenet through Easynews.

[Spooner]

As for easynews, I just would rather not get involved. I don't like music theft, on principle/ though I have DLed my share of Gervais and other stuff. And I don't like the idea of all the malware one can get when DLing free shit, either. I'll share/swap anything with anyone I know, what I'm paranoid about is opening my innertubes to the world. I don't expect anyone to agree (or even understand), that's simply where I come down on it right now.

Then how come ya often ask me to send you music mp3's, Russ?

:bert:

[Spooner]

I feel the same way about software, P.

Tabasco, I got my first PC when I was 16. Others were younger when they got theirs. Programs like Word Perfect 5.x and CorelDraw and PhotoShop were BEYOND prohibitively expensive for ANY kid that age (we're talking $450 - $800, and them were Eighties dollars). If it weren't for me getting "a copy" of these critical apps (including dBase and Reflex 2.0--Borland), I (and millions of other kids) would've NEVER had a chance at getting turned onto the possibilities of computing and computer art.

I ended up revolutionizing my old man's business (no bullshit; I'll explain one day if needed in a PM) by knowing ALL these programs and how they work together--and I couldn't dream of affording a single ONE of 'em at that age. Thank GOD for software theft, at least back then. It made me spend almost in the hundreds of thousands in the industry SINCE, because the spark was ignited, where otherwise that Epson Equity II+ would've sat there and been the world's biggest paperweight.


Just sayin', there is a relativity to it--and there is also a rebound effect that ends up stimulating the very industry itself (I'm only talking about KIDS who get $1 a week allowance, but have drive and talent for computer software they can't afford).

:tip:

[TheWagesofSin]

My iPod took a big shit.

I mentioned about a month ago that it took a one-foot drop off of the bottom of a bookshelf. Well, I've realized recently that the hard drive is fucked up from that little one-foot journey. I can't copy to it, even in "hard-disk mode".I'm pushing buttons like a maniac; I'm reformatting it to my mac, to my PC; I'm reading every cockamamie thing online that tells you how to fix hard drive problems on the iPod.

I've realized that one-foot drop fucked this thing up, but good. I wasn't pleased with it to begin with. I love Apple's computers, but this cash-cow of theirs is an over-restrictive, super-fragile, shitass-audio-producing pile of problems.

I'm sending it back to them and I'm hoping I don't get charged. Meanwhile, something with a flash drive is on my horizon. Maybe the Zen X-Fi 32 GB. If I only had $500 to burn...

[Dr. P]

Then how come ya often ask me to send you music mp3's, Russ?

Often? Correct me if I'm wrong, but in the last 6 months/year I've asked you for one Iggy Song I couldn't find and asked if you had the new Mercury Rev, right? In that time I hooked you up with the new Ricky Gervais, correct? Did not realize you considered that leanin' on ya for music MP3's.

[Spooner]

Hell, Russ, I'm happy to give you anything/everything I've GOT. It was the proclamation that you're patently opposed to "music theft" that surprised me (and the other requests, you may not remember--Night Train). /Quack.

[Dr. P]

It was as much the emoticon that blew me away in your post as the sentence. I do feel differently about making someone what compares to modern mix tapes/copying an album than I do about just taking it all. I thought I qualified my statement and made my (admittedly muddy) stance clear.

[Spooner]

See PM, Russ. I'm intrigued by Wedge's iPod failure and his willingness to point out iPod's shortcomings on the software front.

Wedge, you've read all our Creative Labs/Zen talk--you've heard all the Zune stuff (the Zune, for me, is a dedicated device, for my ride, to return me to the good old days of album art using only 256 - 320kbps rips (with an occasional 160 I just can't find again---and I think it upsamples those to 192, not that it changes the quality, naturally).

Zune's got NO EQ, so it's really about good SOURCE SOUND playing through GOOD HEADPHONES or a reasonably decent car stereo (which is where you can EQ to your heart's content).

I agree: Until Apple starts (a) offering their music at at LEAST 256kbps, AND (b) stops overwriting your own ID3 tags and custom album art, AND (c) filling your folders with unwanted ".ds_store" files, they can fuck themselves forever. I LOVE my Mac Pro more than any other electronic device I've owned, BUT, fuck iTunes!!! Do careful research on the Zune 80 and what its new software can do (and little it can't), and also check out Creative Labs' equivalents. That's my recommendation, slut. :tip:

[TheWagesofSin]

That first Zune was so universally panned that I hadn't considered it, but the new one seems to be worlds better, according to popular opinion around here and some of the reviews (http://reviews.cnet.com/mp3-players/microsoft-zune-second-generation/4505-6490_7-32638989.html?tag=mncol;lst) I've read. I'll consider it, but shit, I can't run it on my mac at home (I'm still using an older PowerPC model).

[Spooner]

PowerPC Macs can't run Bootcamp or VMWare Fusion (Windows shells)??

Bummer. It was never the Zune itself, only the shitty SOFTWARE that blew ass. Now it's good, and updates will be welcomed still...

[TheWagesofSin]

PowerPC Macs can't run Bootcamp or VMWare Fusion (Windows shells)??
My understanding is no.

[Belasco]

The Windows software is written for Intel and Intel compatible chips. PowerPC chips from Motorola can't do it. I mean physically can't do it. The registers and instruction sets aren't seen the same way. It would be like telling an Floridian retard what to do by printing the instructions on paper in Cyrillic.

[TheWagesofSin]

It would be like telling an Floridian retard what to do by printing the instructions on paper in Cyrillic.

No need to print it in Cyrillic- English would confuse a Floridian just fine. :score:

[Spooner]

Read: You're fucked, Wedge.

Belasco: "Floridian retard" is like the phrase "black rage" ... fully redundant. lmao :tip:

My favorite oxyMORON? "Mexican pride." Just to be fair & balanced.

[TheWagesofSin]

I gotta give Apple credit: I finally got around to taking my ipod to the "Genius Bar" at the Galleria, where a jap kid spent about 2 seconds examining it, checked the warranty, and swapped it out for a new (refurbished?) one. I signed a piece of paper and bailed. It took ten minutes tops. I won't buy another hard-drive iPod, but if their customer service is this hassle-free, I'll be buying some of their other shit in the future- fer real.

[Spooner]

Dude, yer ain't shittin' neither. I definitely dropped the jingle on that Apple Care horseshit, and it paid off in spades in my first phone call. I thought my whole system was hosed (and this system is the most cash I've ever dropped on a system). The fuckin' Chinaman that *I* got walked me through all kinds of funky Belasco/Terminal/Unix type shit that I've got no business knowin' about.

Rebooted my shit. Pow. Done. Thanks, Chink! I had a pixel go out on my iPhone--dude said just cruise in and they'll most likely just give me a new one (for one bad pixel).

[TheWagesofSin]

I'm so used to shitass service these days, I guess....when the guy plunked my new ipod down on the counter I was totally fuckin' befuddled. I assumed he was going to fill out a work order and I'd come back 4 months later to pick it up.

[mysticllama]

The fuckin' Chinaman that *I* got walked me through all kinds of funky Belasco/Terminal/Unix type shit that I've got no business knowin' about.

And you wrote that down to save it for posterity somewhere, right, for 'in case it happens again'? I am pro-software blood, gore, and viscera, I love seeing that stuff.

[Spooner]

Oh yeah, for sure. I just whipped out my Bic pen, and started takin' down all kindsa shorthand; I made little curly-Q's where they felt right, and lotsa 1's and 0's and | symbols. It's on my fridge.













/quack .......J/K!!

[Cliff Pettigrew]

I have a friend what bought his kid an ipod nano for crismus and the thing froze up on him after he put tunes on it the first time. So I was at the house last night and I see this ipod sittin on the counter and they tell me its still whacked and they are going to try and get it replaced. So I took it home and charged it up and it starts working for me, then it just freezes, the music was still plaing but the menus are inaccessible. So I get on apple.com and start reading some tips and figure out how to re-set, and that doesn't work, so I performed a full blown enema, wiped it out and loaded the latest firmware etc. and Still had problems.

So I break down and call tech support at lunch today, I get an automated phone system, "tell me your product"blah blah blah, I feel like a tool responding this thing in the office and as soon as it started leading me down the "lets try a few things first" B.S; shit i know I already tried, I said "I want to talk to someone" to which it replied "I don't understand, have you..." and I said "ipods suck ass, do you understand THAT!".

"Please hold while I get you a customer service agent". Within 12 seconds I was patched through to Raheem in India, and before he could guide me through all the "lets try this" steps I rattled off all the crap I already tried and he said, I think you need to send it in to get fixed.

No SHIT fag!

I hope my fried appreciates my efforts.

(I know, I know "I ain't reading all that shit!") but now I feel better.:tip:

[TheWagesofSin]

Too bad there are no Apple stores in Idaho. You could just take that fucker in and get it replaced right away.

[Spooner]

You shoulda told them you put three Zeppelin tunes in there, and now all it does is play "The Dradle Song" over and over.


Yeah, he should buy you one just for having to talk to Radio Rahim on the goddamn phone: "D, MUTHAFUCKAH, D!!"

[melon]

The scan function is effed up on my iPod. Here's what happening: I got a file about 38 mins long playing. When I try to scan to a later part of the mp3, say around the 16 min mark, it will still only play audio from the first few mins of the file. In other words, I put the marker at 16 mins and its actually playing from the 5 min mark. I can put the marker ANYWHERE with the 38min timeline, but it's only recognizing the first few minutes. The mp3 will play in it's entirety from beginning to end, but I can't skip around.

Also, I'm thinking about getting a new 120 gigger. I have DRM files from Audible that I want to transfer, and subcribe to on the new Ipod. Will I have any problems with that?

One more thing: I've maxed out the number of machines I can register. What does this mean? Can I not do a clean install, will this conflict with a new iPod? Does that effect Audible content? Jesus H...

[Belasco]

The file: I don't know of any settings that restrict scanning. It could be some metadata info in the file that is corrupted. Remove the file from the iPod and then add it again.

Audible DRM: Your new iPod will probably be syncing up with the same computer you use to sync your new iPod. If the Audible files play in that installation of iTunes, they will play on the iPod.

Max registration: The registration thing deals with iTunes only. The iPod is a slave to iTunes authorizations. The rule is, if it's not authorized to be played in the iTunes library you're syncing to, it won't play on the iPod either.

[melon]

i'll try that, thanks.

[Spooner]

The scan function is effed up on my iPod. Here's what happening: I got a file about 38 mins long playing. When I try to scan to a later part of the mp3, say around the 16 min mark, it will still only play audio from the first few mins of the file. In other words, I put the marker at 16 mins and its actually playing from the 5 min mark. I can put the marker ANYWHERE with the 38min timeline, but it's only recognizing the first few minutes. The mp3 will play in it's entirety from beginning to end, but I can't skip around.

Also, I'm thinking about getting a new 120 gigger. I have DRM files from Audible that I want to transfer, and subcribe to on the new Ipod. Will I have any problems with that?

One more thing: I've maxed out the number of machines I can register. What does this mean? Can I not do a clean install, will this conflict with a new iPod? Does that effect Audible content? Jesus H...

Melon, there are MP3's that are horribly ripped and have errors like this. For example, one of my Hitchens audiobooks does the same thing. Get a copy of Adobe Audition (I'll hook you up if you ain't got it), and then load it in. Save it as a higher bitrate (that is, make it a different, fresh save). This should correct the problem. Give it a try --- it worked for me.

:tip:

[melon]

THe file in question is a Phil Hendrie Show hour from 99 taken directly from the official site. I also used an mp3 splitter to cut out parts of it (this is the original unedited 38 min file though), wonder if that could be the culprit.

Is there an easy way to convert .aa (Audible files) to MP3. I dl'ed and app off easynews but couldn't figure in out.

[Spooner]

Give me the exact bit, and I'll send you the MP3, negro. :tip:

[Spooner]

Well, I can't find shit around here anymore, so I ain't huntin' for that iPod t'read to no avail. I know Russ (& I think Wedge) have had a few of 'em blow the fuck up. I was always singin' the gospel about my 120 Classic ... that is until three fuckin' days ago. I thought a possum was trying to break into the house, scratching at the door, but no ... but no ... but no ... but no ... it was my FUCKING iPod hard drive spasin' out non-stop. The one error code to which Apple says, "Don't even CALL us -- just pitch that bitch into oncoming traffic -- yer DONE."

Soes I wound up with a new 160GB. And lemme tell ya what: If *this* whore blows up, I'm gonna set it on fire and toss it through the window of an Apple Store like in Fight Club ... then I'm gonna go fight in a chicken coop without my shirt off ... just because.

[Belasco]

Well, I can't find shit around here anymore, so I ain't huntin' for that iPod t'read to no avail.

/moved it here


How were you searching for it?

There are still some search issues vB is working on. I used advanced search by thread title and found it pretty quickly with the terms "ipod", "apple", and "mac".

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[Dr. P]

FWIW< I got a shitty little flash drive one and it's been great, although I can only really use it for podcasts and radio show, since it's only 32 gig.

[Spooner]

Thanks for movin' it, Diddy. It ain't really so much the new software than it is I ain't had ample time to properly ferret through and find out how to best use the new shit.

I must say, though -- I was given this 160GB Classic as a b-day gift, and lemme tell ya what, I *did* have about 200,000 miles on my 120 what blew up, but I still love these fuckers and think they're the best on the market. Flash is great, I'm sure, but I need SPACE, and this bitch delivers. Just my spoken-word audio (OTR, Audiobooks, Podcasts, etc.) is just over 163GB.

As for Creative Labs? You've GOTTA be shittin' me w/these jerkoffs -- they STILL have ZERO software for Macs. I mean, to literally and deliberately remove yourself from half your potential market? Dumbasses.