MP3/IPOD woes

I think that i jinxed it.

basically i had a problem that my ipod just crashed my pc, no hardware or software changes made for months.. just started happening.

Changed RAM, not that, changed USB ports, not that.. reinstalled windows and it works, untill 2 days later (30mins after making my above post), it started all over again.

Next option, change the power unit, and if it aint that it might be the main board which i hope not cos i dont have any money to replace either.

itunes is ugly as hell, not entirly great to use either, but in MHO it should also convert video codecs as well as the built in audio converters.
I dont like paying €330 and than have to look around for software to convert video too.

Cole the headphones are ok that you get with the ipod, inconspicuous when scootering

iPod firmware update?

I found iTunes to be great! It managed my music in a way that I really liked and no other player has done (amarok is close, but bits still bug me).

I guess it's just taste.

trie a nice cooler master power unit, and it works, purchesed one cheaper that didnt even work (no power) put my old one back in and sat and watched my pc on fire... think that i found the problem!

Got the new one swopped and my pc runs fine even with the iopd attached and thank god my HDD's didnt fry as i dont have any thing backed up! eek.

not so long ago i had a frozen ipod.. quick fix let the battery run out and turn it on again!, i just froze plugging it in to my pc! strange.

i hope that now i dont have any more ipod woes.

You could hld down menu and play/pause to reset it.

Well I tunes uses the ID3 tags within the audio file, and file names don't matter. I used Musicmatch to tag all my files (it does it really well) and the iTunes sorted them all in to the filders for me. Thats not hard to do - I could have written a script that did it, but i like the fact that I could just drop a folder on to iTunes and it would copy the files to the correct place for me.

The star rating is another thing. Amarok (the player I use at the moment) uses MySQL to store the info on the files including the rating. That means I can write another program that can use that data to do anything I wanted it to (like change my HoP sig to the track I'm playing - but that seems a bit pointless - or showing stats on music trends - like moon phases and taste or something). Anyway, it has a lot of power.

itunes ported my library fine... didnt change a thing!

And i hard typed all track, albumn, artist info for 4500 tracks in win media player xp.

Converted them on import to itunes to mp3.. nothing changed!.

so... How do I get .avi files on my Ipod?

I want to be able to play thhem on an Ipod video, but Itunes won't import them unless they're .mov...

Is there an easy way to convert them?

How long do you want the file to be?

Google for "free Avi to mov converter"
There'll be lots of "Free download manager" links, and the majority are shareware, whith the usual restriction that you cant convert more than 20 mins of footage.

Ive managed ot get a free avi to 3Gp converter so I can watch ANY videos or films on my phone!

Try ffmpegx
Lots of conversion options for audio and visual files.. loads more features. But easy to use. Eventually they will ask for some money but in the meantime you can click the 'talk to me about this later' button...
Also works well for those annoying .flv files that downloadhelper delivers from youtube...

Thanks guys!!



Colin found me a nice program called cucusoft ipod video convertor...

three clicks and it converts...

But thanks again for the wicked responses!