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Advice. Do not "store" your MP3's on such a device.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 13, 2008 6:26AM PDT

You can't imagine the heartbreak where a member had stored their collection on such a device. It was dropped and bye-bye the collection went. What I do is have my collection on my PC/Mac and sync what I want to my ipod.
Bob

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thanks advice...

by jermicyde May 13, 2008 6:51AM PDT

that's really good advice actually...

I intended on keeping the songs on the harddrive of my pc, and backing the tracks up on cd-r, but i guess i wouldnt necessarily need the biggest and best as far as capacity...

recommend an mp3 player that is friendly with playing ripped mp3 files?
i guess my worry is that i mess up and buy a device that will only play tracks downloaded thru a specific service (like itunes or zune)...but this is just what i hear, i dont even know if that is true. im not really interested in buying mp3's online, i still prefer to go music store digging!

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What I use.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 13, 2008 9:19AM PDT

I have the usual ipod and itunes. My collection was not ripped with itunes but CDEX. Its all good here and sometimes I wince as some pan itunes. There are other choices if you want to use other than itunes with the ipod. FLOOLA as one example.

Bob

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mp3 player

by moma000 May 14, 2008 1:20PM PDT

hey how do you deletie photos from a samsung mp3 plsyer i accidently sync them from the media player really am not sure how this happened it was doing fine until i tried to mess with the playlists really messed up and dont know why please help if you can thanks

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reply - delete items from a Samsung mp3 player

by osb59 May 16, 2008 4:01AM PDT

Hi mom!
I hook my mp3 players up to a USB port using the supplied cable - then select 'My computer' from either your desktop, or start menu.
You should be able to see the mp3 player along with other drives. Select the mp3 player and the contents should be visible. You can highlight the items you don;t want, then right mouse click and select delete. Or you can hit the delete key with the items still highlighted. I am sure there's a more techie way to do this, but this works for me. Good luck! Cathy

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by JonTitor May 13, 2008 8:49AM PDT

well other than PVPs (portable video player)s the iPod Classic and Zune are really the only remaining mainstream sized harddrive media players. Other than that you're looking at flash storage going upto 32GB on the Creative Zen and Sansa View

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how much capacity do you want?

by ktreb May 13, 2008 10:16AM PDT

You can still use an iPod for your collection. The easiest way to manage the iPod is with iTunes. And you don't have to use the iTunes store at all. iPod Classics come in capacities of 80 and 160 GB. The Microsoft Zune comes in 80 GB. Archos 605 wifi comes in 30,80, and 160 GB capacities. These are hard drive players. If you don't think you need that much capacity, you can go with flash drive players. However, they are more expensive per GB than hard drive ones. You might want to take a look at the Creative Zen.

You stated that you don't care about video. Well, most modern mp3 players have video capability. Don't use it and you'll save battery power so you can play your tunes longer between charges.

As for hooking up with existing audio systems, the easiest way is through an aux input, with a cable going into the headphone jack on the player. With this method there are no compatibility issues. The problem with docking systems is that true docking systems are player-specific. But you might get better sound quality as the connections are through the data port rather than headphone port. Many docking systems are made for iPod. There are some that are made for Zune, and there is one that I know of for the Archos 605.

Unfortunately, iPods have the most accessories, thus the most options...being that it still commands the marketplace and third party manufacturers trip over themselves to make these accessories. You may want to take that into consideration. Microsoft Zune wants to be a major competitor and is shaping up to be so. They offer their own accessories and there are a few third party manufacturers that are making stuff for it.

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thanks to you all

by jermicyde May 14, 2008 1:00AM PDT

You all have given me some insightful information. I think that the Zune is looking like the winner for my specific needs, although I think I will actually do a little research on iPods. Just to get one thing straight though (remember I'm just going on what might be iPod hater advice)- the iPods should have no trouble playing my mp3s that I have personally ripped from my own cd collection, right? (i use mediamonkey to rip and burn)

Thanks again!

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You are correct,

by mrmacfixit Forum moderator May 14, 2008 5:00AM PDT

the iPod will have NO problem playing your MP3 files.

Although iTunes does not have the best MP3 producing codec, you can rip your CD's straight into iTunes if you decided to go with the iPod.

One iPod that I did not see mentioned here is the iPod Shuffle. 1GB or 2GB (500 tracks) and no video at all, which was apparently not important to you.
Prices are $49 and $69 respectively.

Check them out at the Apple Store.

P

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I wouldn't recommend the Shuffle

by ktreb May 14, 2008 11:30AM PDT

At least the new, aluminum ones. The smaller size sacrificed some sound quality...the first generation (bigger, white plastic) sounded a lot better. That said, it's still not a bad player. It's just not a great player. I prefer the SanDisk Sansa Clip, if you want to go that small. Great sound, has a small no-frills screen (no pictures, no video), a removable clip, and an fm radio. Best of all, cheaper than a shuffle.
1GB = $39.99, 2GB = $59.99, 4GB = $79.99.

If the original poster decides to go with iPod and uses iTunes to rip cds, remember to change the rip settings to rip into mp3s. The default is to do so into AAC files.

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