AAARRGGHH !!!! Am I the only person who HATES itunes and ipods ?!?!?

GunJack

I've just spent around 3 hrs on and off trying to load up ds1 &2's ipod shuffles with stuff I've already got ripped onto my HDD.....flamin' nightmare :mad: Why, oh why can you not just do a normal copy&paste/drag'n'drop with mp3's onto flippin' ipods

...or am I missing something basic ????

Bernie

Yeah! What you are trying to do does not make money for Apple therefore it is made difficult or impossible (just like getting a battery changed).

I went for a trusty Creative Labs Zen player ages back - it just acts as a USB drive when I plug it in. It was a pig to get the software/firmware updated to work with Vista but it's all go now.

I have 3 batteries and charge them all when going travelling - that's about 8 hrs music per battery. Swapping the batteries over is as easy as pie...

[Deleted User]

It's exceptionally easy to stick mp3s onto itunes that you've ripped yourself.

Drag into itunes -> edit some of the album details (eg add some album art) -> sync ipod

You might want to disable itunes from moving files into it's own directory structure

InDebted2U_2

You aren't alone, which is why none of the five mp3 players I've bought this Xmas are iPods! The cheapest couple cost me £2.99 each and are very easy drag-and-drop, c/w FM radio and lyrics display. The most expensive two were around £80 each and were a Sony 16Gb and a Creative Zen X-Fi 8Gb (plus 16Gb SD card). Both fab mp3 and video players, wish I hadn't had to give them away! :rotfl: The only reason I can see that people buy iPods is because of the wide range of accessories available. They certainly aren't the best mp3 players out there and iTunes is a nightmare. :eek:

[Deleted User]

If you want a large capacity of space, the ipod is still the best value to go. My iPod Classic has so much stuff on it (80gb), i'd be upset replacing it with 'just' 16gb of storage

If you can't use itunes properly, it's not the softwares fault because there's plenty of people that can do

GunJack

ringo_24601 wrote: »

It's exceptionally easy to stick mp3s onto itunes that you've ripped yourself.

Drag into itunes -> edit some of the album details (eg add some album art) -> sync ipod

You might want to disable itunes from moving files into it's own directory structure

Ringo, the sort of stuff I listen to would never have album art available via the 'net !! ...and I think this is part of the problem as far as itunes is concerned...it seems to be okay if you like carpy middle-of-the-road stuff, but go outside that and you can't get it..

GunJack

ringo_24601 wrote: »

If you can't use itunes properly, it's not the softwares fault because there's plenty of people that can do

it's not a case of not being able to use it, but compared to a "normal" mp3 player it's a total and utter nause

[Deleted User]

You can drag any image file in and use it as your album art - i never let itunes pick it for me (and i'm not registered for their shop either). But thanks for pre-judging my music collection. I tend to search for it in Amazon then drag the album art in from the Amazon website.

I use to own a Creative Zen mp3 player - it had a drag and drop interface, but personally, i prefer iTunes. If you are so against it, why not use an alternative?

e.g. http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/
or http://www.getsharepod.com/

I've only used sharepod in the past, but found it pretty good. You can put a copy of it on your iPod, then add music to it on any PC you plug it into

GunJack

hanx ringo...had a quick look at sharepod, and it looks much more user-friendly than ikkytunes might have to investigate further later on....

Cornball

Ipod-hater here.

My first 2 MP3 players were ipods and I use to use Xplay software with them as I hated itunes. Simple drag and drop and no mucking around.

Halloway

I use iPods but I use older ones and I run Rockbox:
https://www.rockbox.org

iTunes is !!!!.