iPod noob has some questions

jeffy777 · April 5th, 2006, 11:38 PM

Ok - just got my first iPod off ebay: a 4th gen 20GB.

I put about 250 songs on it using iTunes and that went smoothly, but when I go to Music > Artists > it only shows about half the artists (stops at the letter M) why doesn't it show them all?

The same is true for Albums - It only shows the albums from the first half of the artists.

Now if I go to Songs - They all show up, but for some, it only shows the file name instead of the id3 title tag, and when I play the songs some show the id3 tags and some just show the filename.

I went to great pains to ensure that all my mp3s are properly tagged and all mp3s are encoded the exact same way (320kbs stereo), so what's the deal here?

My other question: When in shuffle mode, It seems that if I skip through the songs quickly, sometimes there is long wait before it will start playing the next song, like the hard drive is going slowly or something. Is this normal or a bad sign?

Thanks!
your pal Jeffy

jeffy777 · April 6th, 2006, 04:20 AM

Well, I deleted all the files and used Winamp to tranfer them all again. No problems this time. Dang iTunes doesn't know how to handle ID3 tags that well. I tried using the "covert ID3 tags" option several times and it didn't seem to do anything accept freeze once in awhile images/smilies/thumbdown.gif

SL65 · April 6th, 2006, 07:26 AM

Welcome to iTunes - the worst program in the world.

Use Anapod Explorer. Its so good, its the only program I've purchased in about the last 3-years.

I can't answer your first question...it seems odd. If all the songs are being displayed in All Songs, then we know the songs are on the iPod, but if they don't display under artists, thats just weird. Sorry...can't help.

Shuffle mode is typically laggy when quickly skipping through songs. I find that the less space on the H/D, the slower it is...but it is normal I think. The iPod Mini's are the worst because of their small H/D.

jeffy777 · April 6th, 2006, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SL65AMG~V12~612BHP!!!!!!!

I can't answer your first question...it seems odd. If all the songs are being displayed in All Songs, then we know the songs are on the iPod, but if they don't display under artists, thats just weird. Sorry...can't help.

Already solved that with winamp (read above). iTunes just wasn't allowing the ID3 tags to show before it put the files on the iPod. So Winamp works good for putting songs on, but no way to manage them, but supposidely there's a plugin for that.

April 5th, 2006, 11:38 PM	#1
jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,662 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 53	iPod noob has some questions Ok - just got my first iPod off ebay: a 4th gen 20GB. I put about 250 songs on it using iTunes and that went smoothly, but when I go to Music > Artists > it only shows about half the artists (stops at the letter M) why doesn't it show them all? The same is true for Albums - It only shows the albums from the first half of the artists. Now if I go to Songs - They all show up, but for some, it only shows the file name instead of the id3 title tag, and when I play the songs some show the id3 tags and some just show the filename. I went to great pains to ensure that all my mp3s are properly tagged and all mp3s are encoded the exact same way (320kbs stereo), so what's the deal here? My other question: When in shuffle mode, It seems that if I skip through the songs quickly, sometimes there is long wait before it will start playing the next song, like the hard drive is going slowly or something. Is this normal or a bad sign? Thanks! your pal Jeffy

April 6th, 2006, 04:20 AM	#2
jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,662 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 53	Well, I deleted all the files and used Winamp to tranfer them all again. No problems this time. Dang iTunes doesn't know how to handle ID3 tags that well. I tried using the "covert ID3 tags" option several times and it didn't seem to do anything accept freeze once in awhile __________________ A man named Jeffy once said, "If laziness is craziness, then I've lost my marbles...and I don't feel like trying to find them."

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search

April 6th, 2006, 07:26 AM	#3
SL65 Ambitious but rubbish! Joined: Jul 12th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 18 Posts: 9,189 Car: 1998 Subaru Legacy 2.5L Rep Power: 41	Welcome to iTunes - the worst program in the world. Use Anapod Explorer. Its so good, its the only program I've purchased in about the last 3-years. I can't answer your first question...it seems odd. If all the songs are being displayed in All Songs, then we know the songs are on the iPod, but if they don't display under artists, thats just weird. Sorry...can't help. Shuffle mode is typically laggy when quickly skipping through songs. I find that the less space on the H/D, the slower it is...but it is normal I think. The iPod Mini's are the worst because of their small H/D.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)