Retrieving Music from old iPod onto, say, USB / Laptop

onesixfive

Plugged old ipod into the old laptop this morning & with a lot of You Tube help managed to raise a connection! So that I can maybe retrieve some of our beloved music from it?
Our old CDs & LPs have sadly long since been binned.

Problem is I stored all my old CDs/LPs in a playlist - all 1400 tunes!
All songs on iPod are in AAC format - not MP3 ?

They are in my Playlist on itunes, but not in Library which limits the action I can take. I guess this is because I originally added them by using my own CDs etc & not directly downloading from Apple.

Any suggestions how can I get these onto, say, a USB (or whatever) - I use android not Apple -  so I can play them on a new device ? (I dont want them clogging up space on my phone)

Simple suggestions please I'm no great techie.

(ps: I have a query running elsewhere about suggestions for a new home sound system https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6517286/need-to-update-hi-fi-sound-system/p1)

born_again

AAC is a std format. You just need to transfer the files to your PC. 
You could then convert them to MP3 if you wanted, but AAC is a better format.

onesixfive

born_again said:

AAC is a std format. You just need to transfer the files to your PC. 
You could then convert them to MP3 if you wanted, but AAC is a better format.

HOW do I copy/get them off the iPod onto the laptop please - that's what I'm struggling with?

...and where do I put them on the laptop - is there a specific App ? - or do I just list them all in a folder (what format?)

Vitor

If you can see the iPod in File Explorer, then you'll need to enable display of hidden files and directories after which look for directory iPod_Control/Music. However you'll find all the music file are randomly named in directories as the iPod maintains a list of the track names to match to the files. 

onesixfive

Vitor said:

If you can see the iPod in File Explorer, then you'll need to enable display of hidden files and directories after which look for directory iPod_Control/Music. However you'll find all the music file are randomly named in directories as the iPod maintains a list of the track names to match to the files. 

Fabulous!  Found them all !  Thank you so much.
And yes! they play
I am sooo pleased. I thought I'd lost all my precious LPs & CDs for ever
(It's even retained the artwork - I'd downloaded all the covers)

facade

You can use mp3tag to rename them from random apple letters and numbers to plain English (convert > tag to filename)