itune & ipod! A couple questions for a newbie!! OK - a few questions. I am doing some research - I am in the market for an ipod. What I don't understand is the whole itunes. Do you have to pay to download itune to your computer and then do you have to pay for every song and video you download??? And what about all the songs I have on my windows media player - am I going to be able to use those?? Thanks for your help!! itune & ipod! A couple questions for a newbie!! OK - a few questions. I am doing some research - I am in the market for an ipod. What I don't understand is the whole itunes. Do you have... » Read More itune & ipod! A couple questions for a newbie!! OK - a few questions. I am doing some research - I am in the market for an ipod. What I don't understand is the whole itunes. Do you have to pay to download itune to your computer and then do you have to pay for every song and video you download??? And what about all the songs I have on my windows media player - am I going to be able to use those?? Thanks for your help!! « Show Less
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Actually, the itunes software will convert Windows Media (.wma) files into a file type (usually .aac I think) that can be used on ipods. This is done when you select files to import into your itunes library. itunes will show a pop up window stating that some file types need to be converted to use in itunes and it will convert them automatically. However, the catch to this is that itunes will not convert protected wma files; which would be files that you purchased from a music service.
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Also, you can download iTunes for free from Apple to try without having an iPod. Take a test drive with it and see how it works. This may help answer some of your questions.http://www.apple.com/itunes/overview/
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You can buy music from any source you want. From my experience, itunes is the best music manager for the ipod, but as far as buying music, you can download it from anywhere.
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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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This does not work with itunes. Actually NOTHING accept Ipods will work with Itunes without some hacking. Music isn't "in" itunes it's on your computer. If you have Win XP and your music is in mp3 and not Apple's aac then you can use this player. You can either use creatives included transfering software or windows media player 10 or 11.
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The app is on your screen and when you activate it it brings up iTunes. I use Windows 7, however I have never purchased anything this way. I have an iTunes account and all my music/podcasts/etc are on my PC in iTunes and I periodically backup my iPod 3rd gen by a cable
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I just bought my first apple product and talked to the sales person about that very thing. From what I understand you can only use itunes downloads on apple product. However, if you can make CDs from your itune files you can turn around and load them on your computer and put them on an MP3. I have every CD I every bought on my computer and put them all on my MP3. However, I can not recommend buying this product because mine never worked right. I can't turn up the volume enough to hear it well through headphones or speakers. I have bought one of these brand new and they are a good product but this one is reconditioned and it must not have been done right. :/ I just bought my first apple product and talked to the sales person about that very thing. From what I understand you can only use itunes downloads on apple product. However, if you can make CDs from your itune files you can turn around and load them on your computer and put them on an MP3. I have every CD I every bought on my computer and put them all on my MP3. However, I can not recommend buying this product because mine never worked right. I can't turn up the volume enough to hear it well through headphones or speakers. I have bought one of these brand new and they are a good product... » Read More I just bought my first apple product and talked to the sales person about that very thing. From what I understand you can only use itunes downloads on apple product. However, if you can make CDs from your itune files you can turn around and load them on your computer and put them on an MP3. I have every CD I every bought on my computer and put them all on my MP3. However, I can not recommend buying this product because mine never worked right. I can't turn up the volume enough to hear it well through headphones or speakers. I have bought one of these brand new and they are a good product but this one is reconditioned and it must not have been done right. :/ « Show Less
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If you subscribe to iTunes Match for only $24.99/year you will have access to your entire music library. You do not have to store music on your iPod if it's in iCloud. I have over 10,000 songs in my iCloud library that I can play wherever I go. However, I would recommend the 32GB as a minimum to get the 5MP camera. The 16GB does not include a camera other than the FaceTime camera. You also have Photosteam of 1,000 of your photos in the cloud. If you use Photobucket or Flikr you will have access to your photos too. If you have Netflix or Comcast Xfinity you can stream movies to your iPod. This little device does it all except phone calls but there is no monthly bill either! If you subscribe to iTunes Match for only $24.99/year you will have access to your entire music library. You do not have to store music on your iPod if it's in iCloud. I have over 10,000 songs in my iCloud library that I can play wherever I go. However, I would recommend the 32GB as a minimum to get the 5MP camera. The 16GB does not include a camera other than the FaceTime camera. You also have Photosteam of 1,000 of your photos in the cloud. If you use Photobucket or Flikr you will have access to your photos too. If you have Netflix or Comcast Xfinity you can stream movies to your... » Read More If you subscribe to iTunes Match for only $24.99/year you will have access to your entire music library. You do not have to store music on your iPod if it's in iCloud. I have over 10,000 songs in my iCloud library that I can play wherever I go. However, I would recommend the 32GB as a minimum to get the 5MP camera. The 16GB does not include a camera other than the FaceTime camera. You also have Photosteam of 1,000 of your photos in the cloud. If you use Photobucket or Flikr you will have access to your photos too. If you have Netflix or Comcast Xfinity you can stream movies to your iPod. This little device does it all except phone calls but there is no monthly bill either! « Show Less
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Hey - I too am in Birgitta's position, trying to decide whether I should stick with iPods or go over to Zune. I currently own a iPod Mini and did not like how the battery went bad and now can only be played once before the iPod says that the battery is low and goes out. I am trying to decide whether to get a 80G Zune or an 80G iPod classic. My main question is - being an iPod owner, I have put so much time into my iTunes organizing it, putting in cover art, etc.If I was to buy a Zune, can I get everything out of the iTunes, including cover art?thanks
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I think itunes only works on apple products. But am not sure. I can play all my music files on it.It's pretty much like a laptop PC. Hope this helps.
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Hi Mely_May, I recently purchased the 32GB Ipod Touch 5th Generation, Wow What a machine, Yes you can create Playlists with the device or on your computer and just drag then to your device I recommend doing it this way so you have the playlist available for your computer and your Ipod, I would also suggest the 32gb version if you plan to watch movies, or Tv shows since they can be stored on the device.Hope this Helps.Brian
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I have heard of ITunes but never was on that site yet. You would download from Lime wire to Itunes web site??? How?? We have MP3s now so I just dowload from Lime wire to my Library on my computer so with the Ipod you go from Limewire to Itunes Library???? Or is there 3 steps with the Ipod? Limewire then Itunes then your computers music Library???
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Not sure how it works. They are suppose to be sending me another. When I went to charge it, it had "no battery" in the device so I could charge it. I'm thinking it is just a MP3 player. Not an ipod so you wouldn't be able to get iTunes.
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No. You can only download iTunes for the iphone, ipad, ipod, or your computer or laptop! I owned this player in the past and I do not recommend it. It's junk and very slow.
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Heads up for you Faerie :)Zune's software runs better than the iTunes inmho..and its easy to use..Just once click, and you can sync it..be it on USB or wireless..I was using nano before and it took me long time to get used to the iTunes software..Get the Zune and love your player! :)
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While Audible.com cost money, I bought this player (over IPod knowing an IPod is *FAR* superior) because the library near me allows free viewing only if the device supports Windows PlaysForSure media format.Translation: If you buy an IPod the device is great but the books are costly. If you buy this, the device is OK, but the books are *free*.
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What's disappointing to me isn't so much that you can't subscribe to podcast in the WiFi store (since the vast majority of podcasts aren't available in the iTunes music store anyway) but that the iPod Touch can't automatically download podcasts for *existing* subscriptions. Specifically, I'd like the device to pick up the podcast subscription config from the PC-based iTunes that the device docks with, and then just continue to check for new podcasts in those subscriptions while over WiFi. That way, the content doesn't need to be in the iTunes WiFi store - the device would just have the ability to update those subscriptions itself, like the real iTunes does. What's disappointing to me isn't so much that you can't subscribe to podcast in the WiFi store (since the vast majority of podcasts aren't available in the iTunes music store anyway) but that the iPod Touch can't automatically download podcasts for *existing* subscriptions. Specifically, I'd like the device to pick up the podcast subscription config from the PC-based iTunes that the device docks with, and then just continue to check for new podcasts in those subscriptions while over WiFi. That way, the content doesn't need to be in the iTunes WiFi store - the device would just have the... » Read More What's disappointing to me isn't so much that you can't subscribe to podcast in the WiFi store (since the vast majority of podcasts aren't available in the iTunes music store anyway) but that the iPod Touch can't automatically download podcasts for *existing* subscriptions. Specifically, I'd like the device to pick up the podcast subscription config from the PC-based iTunes that the device docks with, and then just continue to check for new podcasts in those subscriptions while over WiFi. That way, the content doesn't need to be in the iTunes WiFi store - the device would just have the ability to update those subscriptions itself, like the real iTunes does. « Show Less
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The best and simplest way is to go through Itunes and just drag and drop. Sync it from there.I must warn you though, not all iPod videos come out the same. Some don't sync properly, for some reason (still working on that one). But 95% that I've sync'd played just fine.You can than use the DVD player/dock and watch them in widescreen!