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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, September 16, 2007 - 5:49 pm
Landi, iTunes as a program just "points" to wherever the song files are located on the drive(s) at the time that you add the files. If you're trying to get songs off the C: drive, and put them on the external, you can do that, but iTunes will no longer "know" where those files are. They will show little exclamation marks within iTunes, beside each song. The SLOW way of fixing this is to select each song, and iTunes will say something like "iTunes cannot find this file....click if you would like to find this file FOR iTunes." This is a LONG process, if you have a lot of music. Faster way to deal with this is to *select all* of the songs in iTunes, and delete them from your library (do not send to recycle bin if it asks you). Then open up your music folder, and move all those to your NEW music folder on the external drive. Then once that is done, click "Add folder to library" in iTunes, and point it to the NEW external drive folder. It will re-add everything you've moved over there. One thing about storing music on an external drive is that the drive has to always be powered on, and connected to the computer. Otherwise iTunes won't find the files. Another thing about external drives is that they sometimes exchange drive letters with other external storage devices, like printers that have media card slots. If this happens, you can look up the drive somewhere in System Properties, and you can "assign a drive letter" to the device, so that there isn't the conflict anymore. I have done this with my external drive, because it competes with my printer, and my iPod if it is connected. Let me know if you have any more questions.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, September 16, 2007 - 6:02 pm
thanks eeyore. and this new external drive is an "on when the computer is on" drive
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 9:54 am
I recently bought a new laptop with Windows Vista on it. My other laptop has XP. I downloaded iTunes to the Vista laptop and connected my iPod to the Vista laptop. I received this message: The iPod is synced with another iTunes library. An iPod can be synced with only one iTunes library at a time. What would you like to do? "Erase and Sync" replaces the contents of this iPod with the contents of this iTunes Library. "Transfer Purchases" copies iTune Store purchases this computer is authorized to play from this iPod to this iTunes Library. When I connected my iPod to Vistas here were my OPTIONS from iTunes: Open iTunes when this iPod is connected. Sync only checked songs. Manually manage music. Enable disk use. Eggie, the techno intermediate novice, needs your help understanding what to do to transfer my XP iTunes Library to my Vista iTunes Libary so that my iPod can be dedicated & synced to the Vista LT. I'm sure this can be done and I thank you in advance for all your help in getting me to achieve this techo feat.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 11:49 am
OK first, ALLLL of your music files will have to be moved to the new laptop. Then, once you've stored all yuor music files in whatever folder (My Music) on the new lappy, choose "Add folder to library" in iTunes. Then choose where you've stored your music files. Once that is done, you should then be able to sync as normal. But in order for your new Vista lappy to be the MAIN lappy for syncing, you need to move all of your music files to it. You WILL lose your playlists though. Just a hazard of moving to a new computer.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 5:43 pm
Eeyore, how would you suggest I move ALLLL my music files to the new lappy? Do I burn a CD and then load the CD onto my new lappy? Or use a USB memory stick??? 'splain it to me Eeyore...pluh-leeze. And by losing my playlists...what do you mean? From my iPod?? or whaaaaat?? And thanks for all your help! You da best!!!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 10:49 am
Here's what I honestly suggest. I'd switch my iPod to "Hard drive", then move all the files onto the ipod via Windows Explorer. (If there isn't enough room to do this, let me know, and I'll help you). Anyways, using the ipod as a hard drive is the fastest way to move large amounts of files from one drive to the other.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 10:54 am
If your iPod doesn't have enough space: - in iPod settings, choose "manually manage music", and "enable disk use" - under the IPOD in your iTunes left-side area, click music, then delete all the music from the ipod itself - this should start a sync process that deletes the files from your iPod, and frees up space - now that your iPod is clear, you will have the space to move the actual MP# files onto the iPod (OUTSIDE of iTunes) - move the files onto the new lappy, and process like I told you before As for the playlists, yes, you will lose them if you are syncing it with the new lappy and its music files. If you continue syncing with the old lappy, you will keep your playlists. But playlists are attached to the computer that you have the files on, not the iPod, or the files. Hard for me to explain via typing.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 7:50 pm
Playlists are the special "lists" you set up. If you look at your music library (usually top left) you'll see ALL the songs you have. The "playlists" are the lists YOU set up to organize that music. You aren't losing the music, just the organization.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 8:07 pm
Okay, thanks Eeyore and Teachmichigan. I appreciate the feedback and now I'll give it a try.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, October 29, 2007 - 5:17 pm
Eeyore, as I just said in the Facts About You thread....it wasn't pretty, but I did get my iPod sync'd to my new laptop and I also got all my music files transferred...yay!! Life is good. Thanks for all your help...and to Teach as well.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 8:18 pm
Is there any way to make an mp4 file an mp3? I don't have an ipod but i downloaded quite a few itunes that will not play on my mp3 player. Thanks!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 9:56 pm
No. iTunes MP4s are encrypted specifically so they are only compatible with iPods. With that said, with enough Google research, you can find programs out there to convert ANYTHING. Might cost you....
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 10:29 pm
That's what I thought! Okay, I may get an ipod shuffle. I like having an interface though. I was looking online...are the ipod minis obsolete? I used to have an xm portable satellite radio that i threw out in a fit of fung shui. I miss it. So i am waiting for the perfect product--xm satellite with ipod maybe? I have resisted ipods thus far. hmmm. no rush...i am broke and i listen to a handful of songs on my phone while on the subway. lol so sad!
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 10:44 pm
Xilisoft Audio Converter will convert mp4 to mp3. The itunes files I have are m4b and aa format though.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 11:06 pm
I haven't tried either of these programs yet but will soon. Either of them is supposed to be able to convert m4b files to mp3. TUNEBITE 4.0 Platinum Tunebite lets you record copy-protected music, Convert Itunes to MP3 by playing them and save them as unprotected MP3, OGG, WMA, WMV or MPEG4 files you can use anywhere! Simply import your protected WMA and Itunes M4P music files into Tunebite. Tunebite then plays them with Windows MediaPlayer or Apple iTunes, records them lightening-fast using High-Speed Digital Dubbing and automatically saves them as unprotected MP3, WMA or OGG files. SoundTaxi Professional It can simply convert M4B to mp3 files, Easily convert M4B files and various audio/video files to unprotected MP3, MP4, CD, iPod and other MP3 player file formats with up to 40x speed and CD quality - legally.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Friday, November 02, 2007 - 1:59 am
I downloaded Tunebite, installed it and ran LT's Theory on Pets through it to convert it from aa format to mp3 format. It works well. I played back the finished product and it played perfectly. Tunebite made a 65,101 kb mp3 file out of a 3,471 kb aa file. Also, because I am doing books and not music it could be time consuming as it plays the audio/video as it converts it. It is possible for some files to go 3X faster (I think) than play time. This particular file took about 35 minutes to convert a 55 minute file. It said 1.8X speed. I hope this helps someone. I am also going to try the SoundTaxi program and see how it works.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Friday, November 02, 2007 - 2:15 am
I almost forgot ~ Tunebite advises that you run no other programs while it is converting as it may mess with the conversion if you do. Time consuming and ties up you computer so you should set it to run before you leave for work or something.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Friday, November 02, 2007 - 2:21 am
Thanks! I tried Xilisoft Audio Converter, it would do the mp4a files but not the mp4p files. I can only think that Apple is encoding them as fast as they can be recoded. It was worth a try!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Friday, November 02, 2007 - 9:54 am
It sounds like Tunebite does what programs like Audacity do, which is "records what it hears". I've taped TV shows of comedians' stand-up and then used Audacity to just "record an MP3" out of the sound from the TV show. I just play the show, and click record on Audacity. However, just like Tunebite, if you are doing other stuff on your computer at the time, and you get any other Windows sound (critical stop, error sounds, etc.) those are also recorded on the MP3. That file inflation of size is ridiculous!!! I can't believe that! Wow. Nyheat, I would recommend the RED iPod nano. It give you the visual interface that you want to choose songs, etc. And the red one also supports AIDS charities. So it's a good cause. I have a red one, and it is so small and light, but easy to use as well. Plus, it plays videos too, so if you want to buy a movie from iTunes or convert your own DVDs, it's good for taking on long commutes, or waiting rooms at the doctor's office or whatever. Minis are dead. They still work, but they are no longer being produced. The nano was the replacement for the minis.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Friday, November 02, 2007 - 1:39 pm
Oh no, I may have to buy that ipod Nano!! Actually I would prolly go for the 4 GB one, a bit cheaper. I also really want this cutie speakers Still not over the fact that there is no satellite radio function. Eventually all functions will merge into one I guess.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Friday, November 02, 2007 - 5:24 pm
Eeyore, I got the red iPod last Christmas. I specifically asked for the red for the charitable donation. I heard Bono on tv today saying the Red Campaign has been very successful. I love my iPod nano! I've never watched video on it yet. I'll have to try that soon, just to make sure I can figure it out. LOL!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, November 02, 2007 - 5:46 pm
Ok -- this isn't the best, but it doesn't require extra software. Just burn your itunes to a CD,the rip them into Windows Media Player as MP3s. (The option for MP3 is on WMP). Yes, I know it requires the CD -- but it's pretty danged easy and CDs are cheap these days! I can usually get 18-19 songs on one CD, so it doesn't take too many. Better yet - burn them onto a DVD and rip them into WMP.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Friday, November 02, 2007 - 7:25 pm
Great idea Teach! I may try that. My blank CDs seem "old" though--last time they didn't record well. Maybe it was the player. I want all of these audio processes streamlined, that's for sure.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Friday, November 02, 2007 - 10:34 pm
Hey Teach...it worked! You saved me some money for sure. Now that I've thought about it, i'm getting me another portable satellite radio with mp3 capabilities. That way I can keep abreast of new music, then buy it from itunes and convert it. Ha! <shakes fist at Steve Jobs>
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, November 02, 2007 - 10:59 pm
YAY!!!
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