Does this require Windows Media Player to manage Media? I'm EXTREMELY disappointed that the iPod touch requires registration, to the point where I may look at other devices...but I do like iTunes. Does this use WMP to manage media? Is that useable? Does this require Windows Media Player to manage Media? I'm EXTREMELY disappointed that the iPod touch requires registration, to the point where I may look at other devices...but I... » Read More Does this require Windows Media Player to manage Media? I'm EXTREMELY disappointed that the iPod touch requires registration, to the point where I may look at other devices...but I do like iTunes. Does this use WMP to manage media? Is that useable? « Show Less
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That's cool-thanks for the info! The rate I go through these things sometimes, you never know when I might be in the market again :)
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With the Sony players, you can use Windows Media if you want...it's compatible.However, it doesn't force you to. If you prefer, you can also use a simple drag-and-drop with folders, like a mass storage device.
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First off, how do you sync playlists to WMP? I have WMP 11 on Win7 btw. Secondly how can I reorder playlists on the clouddrive by artist name, song name, album name etc? Where can we request this feature if its not available yet?
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I don't own a Touch, but my understanding is if you music is loaded on a USB drive, you can plug it directly into the Touch and no computer is required. Of course, if your music library is on a computer the computer needs to be on to access your music.Feel free to slam me if this is incorrect. :) Take a thread "USB Drive Connectivity" for more info.Interface does not fail again.
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Video consumes more memory cause there is a video and audio. I cant really tell you how many videos and songs you can have on this iPod touch cause I don't know how long and how many videos you will have vs just songs. This iPod touch has 64GB . Not sure how many gb your old ipod classic has. They all come with different capacity.If you want to know how many songs ONLY it can store it still depends on the length of the song but its approx. 10000 songs
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Well, to answer your question very directly, no, you don't necessarily need iTunes to add music to your iPod; there are many alternative ways of doing so, for example, the iPod plugin for Winamp. I hate iTunes and its invasive memory footprint, so this is how I did it when I actually used my iPod. Although, your question seems to assume that iTunes would force you to buy music in order to put it on your iPod. You can still use iTunes and use it to load all of the hundreds of CDs you've already pirated. :D It gives you the option to purchase things from the iTunes store, but I don't see any point in doing so; if I'm paying for music, I want something tangible, not crappy 128kbps AAC files. And of course, I've pirated a lot more music than you have, but please try your best to heed the digital pirates' honor code and purchase any music that you find you really like. I have tens of thousands of MP3s, and I listen to maybe a few hundred of them on a regular basis. These are the albums that I have bothered to purchase, and I can say I never would have found them had I not pirated them first.
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I also wondered the same. I now have the unit and it DOES NOT display album art. Also, the ipod controls are OK, not great. There doesn't seem to be a search feature, or anyway to advance through long lists (I have 1000 artists, so to get down the list 5 at a time takes a long while). I also haven't found a way to control the ipod through itself.
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The product info said "It automatically organizes your MP3 files into different artists, styles, genre and album" ... I didn't remember it would do that cause it took me nearly a year to decide to learn how to convert my iTunes music to play on this player. I never found a note in the manual about this and I think that the playlists are not something you can do, but rather it's an id tag on your music. Read that product info again on the page. It makes this album thing sound like a plus when now I can't get my player to just play all the music one after another. I don't think it will be an easy thing to make your own playlist with it. I've only just now thought to look for a web site for them: http://pyruselectronicswebsite.blogspot.com/ Time for me to do more research...
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One thing that stood out when I was researching this before purchase, was dependent on what shows on the iPod/iPhone screen when plugged into the device (whether car dock, home stereo dock, etc). I recall seeing an explanation on this on cablejive's site, or maybe it was a chat tech support with them. This is the way it was explained to me when I was researching it, and it was true for my 2nd Gen iPod touch: -If your dock normally allows functionality of the iPod when you connect it, i.e. you can scroll through music and playlists, etc. but usually see the volume bar across the bottom of the screen disappear, then this would work with your device because it only requires an "audio" connection, not a full data connection. This was the case for my iHome radio dock at home, I could still scroll through music and playlists and Pandora from my iPod while docked. The dockboss air DID work for me in this application. -If your dock takes over the iPod, i.e. the iPod displays "docking accessory" and locks out all audio functionality, then this will not work with it as that device requires a full "data" connection to the iPod. This is the case with a BT device I added to my vehicle, it locks the iPod screen from any music menu stuff (music collection, Pandora, etc.), and forces me to instead select my music through the other device's screen. The dockboss air DID NOT work with this device. When you connect your iPod to your Chysler's cable, does it: 1-lock your iPod screen and force you to select music from your radio's screen? --if so, then this most likely won't work because the dockboss air doesn't support this data-based connection over the air 2-or does it keep your iPod screen open and allow you to select music directly from your iPod, and only transfer the audio to the radio (radio might just display "device connected" or something)? --If this is the case, then I would say you have a good chance this would work for you because this is an "audio-only" connection.
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I'm not sure, as I have not used Windows media. I have only loaded music using my itunes library. I would perhaps check on the Apple website to see what is says about Windows media and the iPod shuffle, as whatever you can do withe the land-based iod shuffle, you can do with this iPod.
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I have used other programs to find music and then I tell itunes to add that folder to it's library. Then itunes simply converts whatever music files it is "allowed" to convert into it's own format so it can be used by the ipod. I've only had a few music files that could not be converted for whatever reason, copyright protection I suppose.
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Actually I have an 8 GB iphone and thought it would be a problem but really the way apple designed the ipod touch and iphone with itunes makes it almost a moot point. You can transfer things in and out of your ipod while you are recharging the battery that even 8GB is plenty. I change my songs about once a month (2000 songs is more than I can listen to), and i dont keep the same movies on my ipod. After you watch a few, you replace them with new ones on itunes with one click. How hard is that? Same for podcasts, they automatically remove the old ones and replace with the new. No other device has the ease of use and ease of transfer of your files, that is why they need lots of external memory crap! Actually I have an 8 GB iphone and thought it would be a problem but really the way apple designed the ipod touch and iphone with itunes makes it almost a moot point. You can transfer things in and out of your ipod while you are recharging the battery that even 8GB is plenty. I change my songs about once a month (2000 songs is more than I can listen to), and i dont keep the same movies on my ipod. After you watch a few, you replace them with new ones on itunes with one click. How hard is that? Same for podcasts, they automatically remove the old ones and replace with the new. No other... » Read More Actually I have an 8 GB iphone and thought it would be a problem but really the way apple designed the ipod touch and iphone with itunes makes it almost a moot point. You can transfer things in and out of your ipod while you are recharging the battery that even 8GB is plenty. I change my songs about once a month (2000 songs is more than I can listen to), and i dont keep the same movies on my ipod. After you watch a few, you replace them with new ones on itunes with one click. How hard is that? Same for podcasts, they automatically remove the old ones and replace with the new. No other device has the ease of use and ease of transfer of your files, that is why they need lots of external memory crap! « Show Less
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Kind of, it plays MP3 so it's made for media player, so with iTunes you have to go to iTunes, preferences, and make copies of every song you want in a MP3 version, so it's super annoying for iTunes but doable if are broke and have to have some music.
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So can you just drag your computer's MP3 files over to load them into your iPod? Or at least specify which files rather than getting the Winamp program and plugin?
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Hi Phil It works with wmp, but not with iTunes in the same way. You could make and name a folder on the desktop, then drag a playlist into the folder then copy it to the Cowon, but dropping it into the cowon's music folder. Incidently the Cowon recognises 64gig SD cards and I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't recognise the new 128gb micro sd cards
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if they want to compete with Apple... seriously??? the Zune HD's 32 gb version is only 289.99... while the iPod Touch's 32 gb version is.... yup, a whopping $399.99, i dunno about you, but i think i would prefer the device that is $120 cheaper and with the same capacity ;) so tell me again how this won't compete with the iPod touch?
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I don't like Windows Media Player 11... iTunes I think is way better.. but that's just me..
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The device comes with a cradle which plugs into a USB port. It effectively becomes a 'drive' at that point. I backed up EVERYTHING from the player to its own folder (just in case I needed to reinstall, et.). I then deleted the preloaded music, etc. and then began to add music to the Music folder. You could use Windows Media Player (sorry-am a PC person so can't address the equivalent for Mac!). However, I just used a normal file manager (am old school): I opened my Amazon music folder on my PC (where I keep my MP3s) and copied them over to the mp3 player. As far as playback- it will do so in alphabetical order of artist (I think)- so Bruce Springsteen and Beyonce will play consecutively. To get around that: if you want the equivalent of playlists- you need to 1) create a folder for the files & put the files there, and 2) rename the files with a precursor number to order the airplay in the desired order. A bit tedious on initial setup, but it's not terrible, either. There may be much easier ways to do this! ha! - but this worked for me. I swim laps (3000 yds 3 x week) and this device performs flawlessly. To me, it makes the workouts so much easier that I'm willing to put up with a bit of file management tedium on the initial setup.