id3 tag info I have a 40gb Creative Zen Touch which has worked very well for me. I have ripped about 1100 cds (approximately 9400 tracks) to my Zen, and have spent a lot of time getting the genres, album titles, song titles, etc. just right.All of these tracks are saved on an external hard drive. Will I be able to just dump them onto an 80gb Ipod and have all of my tag info remain intact? I really don't want to have to go through and do it all over... id3 tag info I have a 40gb Creative Zen Touch which has worked very well for me. I have ripped about 1100 cds (approximately 9400 tracks) to my Zen, and have spent a lot of time getting the... » Read More id3 tag info I have a 40gb Creative Zen Touch which has worked very well for me. I have ripped about 1100 cds (approximately 9400 tracks) to my Zen, and have spent a lot of time getting the genres, album titles, song titles, etc. just right.All of these tracks are saved on an external hard drive. Will I be able to just dump them onto an 80gb Ipod and have all of my tag info remain intact? I really don't want to have to go through and do it all over... « Show Less
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What format are your files in? If MP3 then there will be zero problem. I have all of my MP3's on an external hard drive as well & all of my tag info was kept intact when I imported the tracks into iTunes.If the format is WMA then iTunes will want to convert the files into a format that the iPod will play. Tags will likely remain intact but the files will be changed I believe.
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HiI'd say that there's a 99% chance that the tags will work. Which program did you use to rip the cds? Most programs use ID3v2.3 which is what ipod uses so there shouldn't be any problems. And even if your tags aren't recognized by the ipod, you can use a freeware program like mp3tag (http://www.mp3tag.de/en/) to change it to the appropriate tagging scheme. This process should be very painless and should take 5-10 mins at most.
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This is probably too late to help you, but for other out there who are facing re-ripping: go ahead and download the latest version of iTunes (yes, you can use it even if you don't own an iPod), and import using AAC encoding (instead of MP3). You get better sound quality and smaller files at a given bitrate over standard MP3. Or, if you're like me, you can up the bitrate and get better quality without making the file a lot larger.The tradeoff is that some devices will not play AAC encoded files, so if you are going to put your music on non-iPod players, you may want to think twice. This is probably too late to help you, but for other out there who are facing re-ripping: go ahead and download the latest version of iTunes (yes, you can use it even if you don't own an iPod), and import using AAC encoding (instead of MP3). You get better sound quality and smaller files at a given bitrate over standard MP3. Or, if you're like me, you can up the bitrate and get better quality without making the file a lot larger.The tradeoff is that some devices will not play AAC encoded files, so if you are going to put your music on non-iPod players, you may want to think twice.
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That sounds good. I am in the process of reripping the CDs that are WMA's - I knew the Ipod wouldn't play them, and I was worried about the sound quality with converted files. Thanks for the reply!
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I use iTunes to organize and convert my music to MP3s and then drag and drop the music into my Zen. Although if you are ripping music straight from the CD, use the Creative Media Explorer for that, it's a lot simpler and you can rip it straight from your CD to your Zen
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I have had a 32gb flash drive set at fat32, so you could put 2 32gb flashdrive on it just make sure you read speed is at least 10 on the flash drive. I use and ipod now but I use to use these. The down side is the bigger the flash drive the longer the wait for music to start(45 seconds max). Just don't stall car if its a stick, 45 seconds feel a lot longer when you are jamming out at a light and stall out.
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I use the Creative software, some people don't like it, but it gets the job done and its very simple. You can also just drag and drop your music files into the Zen's hard drive, or you can use Windows Media Player or Media Monkey to both manage your music library and transfer the songs to your player.
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I finally purchased with cowon d2 and am very happy. I listen to audiobooks on it and it can bookmark, but play the next track after the bookmarked track (extremely important). I had the creative zen for awhile and returned it as it didn't have as many features as the d2. If you have any questions about the d2, please feel free to ask.
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Unknown as to track length, but I have recorded songs exceeding 15 minutes. The issue is not track length, but storage space on the device. The larger the audio file, the fewer you can fit on the device. But that's what copying the file to your computer (and deleting from the device is for. Yes, the device copies the audio files onto your computer as an MP3 via usb. If you have iTunes, the files automatically upload to iTunes upon plugging the device into the computer via usb.
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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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don't know. Have 400 songs & a lot of podcasts and still only using 2-3 GB of 16 Gb
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You and drop files in however for some reason or other you may have to install the driver that the Zen comes with to pull files out or rename. Overall simple mp3 player with all the bells and whistles, minus the accessories that he ipod has >< but still better then the ipod as a single product.
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I realize this may not work for everyone, but I have 2 daughters and we all three share the same i-tunes library on our desktop computer at home (which is backed up to an external hard drive for extra storage). We set up folders for each of us (Mom-workout, Mom-Old Jams, S-Country, S-Old Stuff, V-Disney, etc) and selected the "manual sync" option on our Ipods. You can have several Ipods on a library so it's really easy.... Then, we can drag and drop the songs from our library onto our individual play lists as we choose. When you plug in your Ipod, you select the playlists you want to sync only. It's pretty simple and convenient for us. AND, we are not purchasing duplicates or uploading CD's multiple times. Good Luck!
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Unless there has been an update, it will only recognize up to 32gb. If you are not using extremely large files there is no need for it. The player will only "see" up to 8000 files. It Has a cap of 4000 mp3 or audio files and 4000 other files. I have heard of people "hacking" the device to remove the file limits, but I'm not that good with computers and such and didn't want to risk damaging mine. I have a little over 2000 mp3s on mine and it has taken up about 16gb. I have heard of some people having luck with larger sd cards but some do not, it's hit and miss depending on what software version it has I guess. I have a 32gb for mine but have never used it. Unless there has been an update, it will only recognize up to 32gb. If you are not using extremely large files there is no need for it. The player will only "see" up to 8000 files. It Has a cap of 4000 mp3 or audio files and 4000 other files. I have heard of people "hacking" the device to remove the file limits, but I'm not that good with computers and such and didn't want to risk damaging mine. I have a little over 2000 mp3s on mine and it has taken up about 16gb. I have heard of some people having luck with larger sd cards but some do not, it's hit and miss depending... » Read More Unless there has been an update, it will only recognize up to 32gb. If you are not using extremely large files there is no need for it. The player will only "see" up to 8000 files. It Has a cap of 4000 mp3 or audio files and 4000 other files. I have heard of people "hacking" the device to remove the file limits, but I'm not that good with computers and such and didn't want to risk damaging mine. I have a little over 2000 mp3s on mine and it has taken up about 16gb. I have heard of some people having luck with larger sd cards but some do not, it's hit and miss depending on what software version it has I guess. I have a 32gb for mine but have never used it. « Show Less
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Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to answer that question. I still have space on the original device and have literally 1,000's of songs.
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500 CD's averaging 15 tracks per CD is a total of 7500 tracks. The iPod Touch 32 gig holds approximately 7,000 songs. A 40GB MP3 player will hold approximately 10,000 songs, but they are hard drive based and aren't designed for rough usage. 40 GB hard drive players are pretty hard to find these days so she might have to sacrifice some songs. She most likely doesn't actually listen to 500 CD's on a regular basis and you can always set iTunes to auto-rotate the songs for for fresh content. An alternative to the iPod Touch is the iPod Classic which packs 160 GB (around 40.000 songs) of storage. They are but around $250. The iPod Touch is also available in 64GB for a higher cost (around $300). An alternative to those two iPods is the Zune HD which packs 16, 32, or 64 gigabytes as well. These are considerably cheaper than the iPod equivilent. They also offered a 120 GB Zune (non-HD) but the price will vary as they are no longer manufactured. Sony also makes highly-regarded MP3 players that are comparable to MS and Apple. Besides These three companies, I can't really recommend buying anything else. I've owned all different types of MP3 players from Creative, Toshiba, Samsung, Sandisk, and the MS Zune but none of them come close to the tight integration that iTunes and iPod have. Every time I hit the sync button I'm confident the iPod will have exactly the songs I want on it. With Windows Media Player or the Zune software, a lot of the time it will end up partially syncing and some songs will duplicate. Album art is also a nightmare on these. As much as I don't like Apple's business model, their software and hardware are pretty hard to beat.
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I have a 16GB Zen and I have almost filled up the memory. I purchased a 16 GB Transcend SD card to extend it, but it doesn't recognized the additional memory. Help!
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This model does NOT have internal memory. You need to have your music on a USB stick or SD card. The manual says it will take up to 8 gig, but I've used it with a 32gig card. Not sure if it could read the whole card, but it did work.
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a lot of songs downloaded after purchased come in an AIFF format. Which is of the highest quality, CD quality, digital recording format. It also uses much more memory space than an MP3 formated song would. When it's to be used on an ipod or... the Colby player... it has to become an MP3. It's a format that compresses the file for such use using less of the storage space/less memory... hold more song files!
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I think the "recommended" max is 16GB (and 8GB for certain kinds of music file formats), but I've seen posts from users who've exceeded the OEM "recommended" size with no problem. I use a 16GB card ... zero problems. However, if you're inclined to try a larger card, I'd stop at 64GB.