BitterDodgerFan wrote:i was somewhat OCD like that but guess what!
when you get a new computer or format your HD, there's a very good chance you might have to do that all over again.
i quit doing that after the first time i had to re-do all that.
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not correct. just get the 160GB Ipod (only non-iPod touch that you can buy these days). you'll never run out of room. it basically becomes a backup disk for all the information on your computer.
I've been working on all this since I got my first iPod (winter of 2000). On my 3rd computer. information lives.
anyways... yeah, it's somewhat OCD. but I listen to music all day, everyday. crafting good playlists is an art.
lastingsgriller wrote: not correct. just get the 160GB Ipod (only non-iPod touch that you can buy these days). you'll never run out of room. it basically becomes a backup disk for all the information on your computer.
My digital music collection is 490 gb.... Most is ALAC or FLAC which usually comes out at about 200-300mb per album.
Crafting a playlist is an art... one that I have never mastered. Any automated system that says they can create a good playlist is lying!
jfg wrote: Amazon is pretty sweet but it doesn't even compare to what Apple is rolling out.
I'm not impressed with Apple's offering. The ease of uploading sounds nice, but it wasn't all that bad with Amazon. Took me less than a day with a 2mbps upload. I thought you hated iTunes. Did Apple just draw you back in?
lastingsgriller wrote: just get the 160GB Ipod (only non-iPod touch that you can buy these days). you'll never run out of room. it basically becomes a backup disk for all the information on your computer.
It's a bitch to get your songs off your ipod though. I had to do it twice. Btw, how many iPods have you gone through? I don't find those things very durable. Something about putting a fragile hard drive in a small, droppable device.
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lastingsgriller wrote: not correct. just get the 160GB Ipod (only non-iPod touch that you can buy these days). you'll never run out of room. it basically becomes a backup disk for all the information on your computer.
My digital music collection is 490 gb.... Most is ALAC or FLAC which usually comes out at about 200-300mb per album.
Crafting a playlist is an art... one that I have never mastered. Any automated system that says they can create a good playlist is lying!
my response is probably not a great one, but is what it is.
iTunes doesn't play flac. my CD's import as mp3's. i can't tell the difference between the two with my ears. I have no clue what that point of non-mp3's are.
but as far as the playlists go, it is not automated system that creates them. I set the parameters it just puts the music there that fits my criteria.
but i'm pretty sure there are more creative, better ways to create playlists using smart playlists, than what i've got so far. enlighten me!
lastingsgriller wrote: just get the 160GB Ipod (only non-iPod touch that you can buy these days). you'll never run out of room. it basically becomes a backup disk for all the information on your computer.
It's a bitch to get your songs off your ipod though. I had to do it twice. Btw, how many iPods have you gone through? I don't find those things very durable. Something about putting a fragile hard drive in a small, droppable device.[/quote]
I'm on iPod #4. but that includes one that was stolen out of my car and that was lost in a drunken stooper.
best way to do it is to purchase a program called copytrans. it cost me 20 bucks. but it's a one-time charge and it's been a life saver for me.
bleach168 wrote: I thought you hated iTunes. Did Apple just draw you back in?
All I'll really need to use iTunes for is to show them what I have and everything else will happen on the iPhone. I have iTunes on my computer and I don't think it's awful like some people, it just doesn't do everything I need it to so I use Foobar.
lastingsgriller wrote:
jfg wrote:
lastingsgriller wrote: not correct. just get the 160GB Ipod (only non-iPod touch that you can buy these days). you'll never run out of room. it basically becomes a backup disk for all the information on your computer.
My digital music collection is 490 gb.... Most is ALAC or FLAC which usually comes out at about 200-300mb per album.
Crafting a playlist is an art... one that I have never mastered. Any automated system that says they can create a good playlist is lying!
my response is probably not a great one, but is what it is.
iTunes doesn't play flac. my CD's import as mp3's. i can't tell the difference between the two with my ears. I have no clue what that point of non-mp3's are.
but as far as the playlists go, it is not automated system that creates them. I set the parameters it just puts the music there that fits my criteria.
but i'm pretty sure there are more creative, better ways to create playlists using smart playlists, than what i've got so far. enlighten me!
Like I said, mp3 is not a future proof format. That still may not be enough for some people, but if I'm buying music it should be bit perfect and if I want to compress it, I have the ability to do that. I don't get why anybody would want to buy something inferior to another product for the same price.
You seem to have the art down for playlists. I meant that things like Genius do a pretty bad job of creating playlists, you really need to perfect the art to get good playlists. Just like mix tapes/cds. I was better at mixtapes, I try to cram to much into a playlist.
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by lastingsgriller » Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:17 pm 
