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Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 10:20 AM Hey guys, I am getting an IPod tomorrow and I wanted to hear from people on this forum that have one. Is there anything that I need to watch out for? Any suggestions? I am taking Loveline on the road with me. —Juanus |
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Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 11:48 AM GREATEST INVENTION EVER!!!! —AirGolem |
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Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 12:38 PM Watch out for people who might want to steal it if you're on public transportation or in class don't leave it around. My suggestion would be find a good case. A hardshell case would probably work best. —dr ipod |
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Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 12:43 PM A case. Got it!
Any issues with charging? I guess I am going to have to buy a firewire or USB 2.0 card for my PC. Does Ipod charge through those or do I have to charge it externally? —Juanus |
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Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 12:57 PM How shock-proof is the iPod? I'd like to jog with it, but I have flat feet and poor form, so I've yet to use a moving-parts device that could function when strapped to me. Some people say "Don't worry, it has a buffer" but buffers are next to useless if the player can't get a good read due to sustained shock. —Full Meat |
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Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 1:21 PM on the apple website they say, "Jog without fear — 25 minutes of skip protection " You ad in advertisment padding and even at 3/4th of that you are doing pretty good. —Juanus |
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Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 2:30 PM
Edited Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 2:39 PM Mine, which is the slim 20g model (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=iPod), came with two cables. One Firewire (which you need for the charger) and a USB (which is obviously good if you have no port for the Firewire on your PC). I just leave it on the charger, overnight, and it's good for my whole workday (8.5-10 hours), everyday. It also charges when you have it "docked" into the computer. I bought mine from Best Buy and bought the service plan, just in case, and I'd recommend you do the same. The only real snag I had was finding a way to keep my Lovelines and my music seperate, for when I want to shuffle all iPod tracks and just listen to music. What I did was I took all of my songs and changed the ID3 tags (which is easy with the iTunes program, and is the only thing that I like about iTunes) to say that they're all on the "My Jukebox" album and all Lovelines are listed under a different album title so I can just select the option to shuffle songs on a single record when I want to hear my music. The iPod is maybe the best thing that's ever happened to the Loveline fan. —tomdomaso |
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Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 2:35 PM
Edited Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 2:35 PM Oh, yeah... It's also awesome for jogging with. I bought one of those one-size-fits-all cases from the GAP (if you can still find one there, I'd advise picking one up... I've seen them as recently as a few weeks ago on the clearance rack for $4.00). The iPod slides around a little bit in there, so the back has gotten a few scuffs on it, but that just makes it look more punk rock and therefore cooler than yours. I've never had a music track skip, but I did have some skipping problems with a Loveline that was saved as a WAV file instead of in the MP3 format, so keep that in mind. —tomdomaso |
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Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 3:22 PM ipods are far superior to anything else on the market. Fast transfer rates and so much more. I've use mine for YEARS. I have the original 5GB model. It's a little dated but still runs like a champ. —stealth |
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Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 3:35 PM All of that info is good to know. I was comparing the IPOD to the creative Zen. I went with Ipod. Transfers and Charging seems a bit clunky, but I will deal. —Juanus |
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Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 6:05 PM Tomdomaso- Doesn't your solution eliminate your ability to browse by album? I have an iPod that I love. No complaints, whatsoever. I do, however use mine on a Mac, but I've head that the PC implementation is solid as well. An easier route to avoid shuffling loveline into your music, is to create a smart playlist that has all of the music that doesn't have 'Loveline' as the artist, and then just play that list, with shuffle on. In case you were wondering, I probably win the 'Nerd Tattoo' award for this forum, but there's something about the juxtaposition of 'nerd' and 'tattoo' that I find too funny to pass up. 
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Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 9:49 PM This introduces a new front in the Mac -vs- PC battle. I'm going to tattoo the Windows logo on my forehead, increasing my employability, and making me irresistable to the gals. —gouranga3221 |
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Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 10:09 PM Heh, that war became all the more amusing when I became neutral. —Dark Laith |
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Friday, December 3, 2004 at 1:03 PM "Doesn't your solution eliminate your ability to browse by album?" Not really. When I get new records (which I totally get leagally... honest) I put them on the iPod under the album title, and if any tracks make it on to my "iPod jukebox" album, I edit appropriately at a later time. I don't keep all of my CDs on my iPod. Just new stuff, Loveline episodes, and my, what I look at as, ultimate mix tape. It's slowly growing every day. The perfect beast. Random songs that I never want to skip over. ...and I have a tattoo that might rival yours in the nerd department. But we're all brothers in arms when it comes to being sort of spazzy, no? —tomdomaso |
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Friday, December 3, 2004 at 1:14 PM
Edited Friday, December 3, 2004 at 1:16 PM I just keep the last few episodes on the iPod at a time. I mean, 40 gigs is ALOT of space for audio, but I really dont ever listen to a loveline more that once. Seriously though, you'll ABSOLUTELY LOVE the iPod, Best invention ever! Oh, and if you've got a costco membership, they are selling the 40 gig for like $370; save you a few bucks. Oh ya, get some sort of case right away. I didnt and ended up with a few superfisial scuffs on the screen. —Blitzen |
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Friday, December 3, 2004 at 2:28 PM At Amazon I got the 40gig for 367.04. no Tax No Shipping. good deal and I was able to get replacement heads for my sonicare toothbrush. I am picky about my music so I won't be changing the tags or anything. I have playlists for all of my albums. It should be coming today and I will let you know what I think in the next coming days. However, I am running out to get a case immediately. —Juanus |
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Friday, December 3, 2004 at 8:16 PM Tooth Decay is no laughing matter —Juanus |
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Friday, December 3, 2004 at 8:24 PM Hehe. For more information on tooth decay, call your local dentist. —gouranga3221 |
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Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 4:42 AM The 40GB is the best value. comes with the dock so is only really $60 more than the 20 and get twice the space. And you will need the space when you start downloading the Lovelines... a good quality file is about 20MB or so. I get them on the Newsgroups and totally makes my long ass trip to work (90 miles-one way) a breeze! Any apple/mac questions? I can help!
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Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 11:12 AM Nope, no questions as of yet. I got it last night and I am impressed.
Update:
Cool Packaging. But I guess that is what Apple is all about.
I plugged it into my USB 2.0 card and it started charging right away. I was worried about that because on the apple website it says something about a "Y" cable or only being able to charge via firewire or something. And instead of using I_Trash (I-Tunes) I used the plugin for winamp and it worked like a charm. Winamp is so much better. The headphones aren't very good though. I am going to go out and get some better ones. Thanks for all of your input guys. —Juanus |
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Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 10:04 PM Just out of curiosity, what do you all have against iTunes? I find it extremely efficient, and have a hard time finding any problems with it. —ojibberish |
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Sunday, December 5, 2004 at 9:52 AM Yeah, that artical has been posted everywhere. I don't know what the big fuss is about. Winamp is currecntly the best player out there. When it dies, then I aill switch. As for ITunes, I don't have anything against it. And without making a list because that is boring, it is not in Winamps class. Just in the area of encoding music, Wiinamp has so much more to offer. —Juanus |
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Sunday, December 5, 2004 at 10:02 AM I have an iPod mini, and I don't know if anyone else has encountered this problem with the version for Windows but-the iPod and iTunes software included with the player is extremely faulty. Every once and awhile, when I attempt to add more songs to my iPod, the software will say it needs to be reinstalled, and this has happened countless numbers of times. Is this because it's Apple software operating on Windows platform? —Folgers |
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Sunday, December 5, 2004 at 11:44 AM Make sure that you are using the latest version of the ITunes and also get the updates for your Mini. Other than that, there is not much you can do. I get errors with Itunes a lot also. —Juanus |
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Sunday, December 5, 2004 at 11:51 AM more than likely it is because you may be running an older version of the software... and BTW... you are running apple software but it is made for windows, no different than any other company making software for windows. goto www.apple.com and choose the ipod+itunes tab. At the bottom of the page you will see ipod/ipod mini update. download the windows software version and install... also download and install the itunes 4.7. Still problem? check back. —appleman |
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Sunday, December 5, 2004 at 5:03 PM Yeah, I realize now that my last post sounded pretty computer ignorant. I understand about the Apple software for Windows. And I do have the most recent version of iTunes, yet still faulty as Juanus said. —Folgers |
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Monday, December 6, 2004 at 1:55 PM i take my ipod to school, where i have 2 three-hour long studio classes in a row... that's 3 or 4 episodes a day (depending on if they're CF or not). trust me, it's worth every penny to have adam keep you company while working. —GooseAss |
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 5:03 PM  Now I'm resigned to this wicked fucking world
on it's way
to hell.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 7:38 PM Ooh, lyrics.
Hey, I like that not one of you clowns pointed out the prime problem with the ipod.
It is not a hi-fi player. You can't fit much wave in it, you can't play ogg on it, and most importantly it doesn't support gapless playback, not even with wave files. Not even on itunes on the computer.
Try listening to anything seamless on the ipod and enjoying it. It's fine if all you have are christina aguilera and 311 records, but if you want to listen to the 12th man, devin townsend, pm dawn and war of the worlds it's like listening to a cd by a summer pond at 7pm. Every few minutes another annoying bite from a mosquito.
Losers! —MajandraFan |
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 7:55 PM Nah, a 320kbps 44khz MP3 encoded with LAME is about as hi-fi as you need to get (unless you're archiving). I've never seen a listening test were people could tell one of those apart from a non-lossy codec (flac or wav). Ogg is a higher quality codec than MP3, but it's largest strength is that it's patient free, and GPL'd. —ZT-In-Exile |
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 7:55 PM 1) It plays AIFF and Apple Lossless codecs.
2) You can rip an album as a single track (no gaps) (I am sure that iTunes can transcode from wav (lossless) to either of the Apple supported lossless codecs, I know early versions would play wavs. You can even upgrade iTunes by using the LAME mp3 encoder, which is slightly better than the Apple one) If you are that much an audiophile...I doubt any mp3 player will fit your needs. —Laxdude |
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 8:38 PM zt, meet sonab. sonab, zt.
Having an album as a single track is a lousy workaround, and you know why. —MajandraFan |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at 10:48 PM The only thing you need to know is how awful that iTunes program is. —eyeofnone |
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Thursday, January 19, 2006 at 10:17 AM The only thing you need to know is how awful that iTunes program is. —eyeofnone Apple's song/file indexing is awesome. It's also great to have at work because you can share your music without actually putting it on a file server. There are advantages and drawbacks to itunes like all music software. I love all the Microsof-like hate that Apple is getting because of the ipod lately--ipod is turning Apple into the man. —bguirk |
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Friday, January 20, 2006 at 1:49 PM Try Winamp.
It does everything Itunes does... Just better. —Juanus |
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Friday, January 20, 2006 at 9:39 PM lol @ caring too much about lossy files. i hate those fucking pussies. "ugh, you bought a ipod? have fun listening to your LOSSY MUSIC LOL" fuck you, and fuck my cock. 128k and i'm fine the video ipod pretty much destroys all whom dare oppose it —kastofsna |
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Friday, January 20, 2006 at 11:58 PM Not as much as the iPod (with video) kills a battery. Under 4 hours people! My first gen Creative 6 gig jukebox could beat that on rechargeables. —Laxdude |
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Saturday, January 21, 2006 at 11:01 AM Well, if you want to get technical...no, it does not come with a charger. but you can buy one for $50. It only pulls a charge from the USB cable, so if you do not have a powered hub, you have to plug it into your powered computer. This is, excluding price, the biggest true strike against the iPod. That and the 'dock' they sell online is only a hunk of plastic you you plug your ipod into - no usb cables, no power cables. if you want to hook it to anything you need to use the cable that came with the iPod...and if you want computer power off charging you need to buy the USB power adapter...which requires the same cable that came with your ipod (again, not included) —Laxdude |
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Saturday, January 21, 2006 at 12:47 PM 50 dollars! Fuck me. Well, what if you want to plug it to the car stereo so you can listen to it while driving? How much would that cost?
Should I just look into other mp3 players to buy? —HocusPocus |
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Saturday, January 21, 2006 at 1:18 PM How do i make my ipod treat the ac show as a podcast. —Mouraless |
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Saturday, January 21, 2006 at 4:56 PM "It's fine if all you have are christina aguilera and 311 records" Quoted for truth. Okay, maybe not, but good example.
I have a black and white 20g ipod, and a video ipod. If i only want music, i take the old one because the battery is better, and the video ipod is so tight. It's a good price too. The battery isn't that bad, but it's not good for watching several movies. More for like music videos and catching up on Lost.
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Saturday, January 21, 2006 at 7:01 PM bought my iPod (used) 1.5 yrs ago and never regretted it once. I've dropped it a few times and never had a problem. I use it every day as both an external hard disk for my work and as a music player. Even with 70+ eps of LLine and Adam's morning show I'm able to store loads of other music, my image library, my fonts (about 1 gig) and whatever else. 10gb iPod. It's indepensible for me. If it died I would go to the apple store the next day and buy another. —ProfessorCarbuncle |
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Saturday, January 21, 2006 at 7:17 PM Just buy a non-apple charger or dock...and if you want to go really cheap...pick up a powered USB hub. —Laxdude |
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Sunday, January 22, 2006 at 3:02 AM lol @ caring too much about lossy files. i hate those fucking pussies. "ugh, you bought a ipod? have fun listening to your LOSSY MUSIC LOL" fuck you, and fuck my cock. 128k and i'm fine the video ipod pretty much destroys all whom dare oppose it —kastofsna You're something. Not fine, but you are somehting. You're a real piece of work, you know that? No-one even fucking mentions "lossy" except that one time and YOU have to fucking bring it up just to say how much you don't care about it? Your denigration of vagina is like your denial of something no-one else even knows about: you are a homosexual, a liar and a braggart and you have no honour. Your music taste is generic and your ears are lowbreed and cold. Fuck you!@ —MajandraFan |
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Sunday, January 22, 2006 at 11:59 PM MF, I don't really know what's kastofsna's music taste, but I'm gonna assume that your mom's pussy is generic. Hey! Look! Now I sound just like you! Ok, Im done. —HocusPocus |
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