Ipod help again!

hjb123

is there anyway of transferring music files from the computer to the ipod without a program - ie drag and drop/copy and paste etc. if so which folder in the ipod do you go into?

niceguyrichy

you need yamipod
freeware and lets you drag and drop as you please

Halloway

No (but see caveat below). The iPod relies on a library to locate songs loaded on it. This library has to be setup via iTunes (or similar) and is copied over to the iPod everytime you update it. In addition, iTunes renames each audio file as it transfers it to the iPod (it uses the form ABCD.m4a) and it also distributes audio files from the same album into different folders. I am sure there's a logical reason for this but I can't think of it.

The only solution I know of is to install Rockbox ( https://www.rockbox.org ) on your iPod. This is an open source replacement OS for some (but not all iPods) and is very stable and reliable these days. One of its features is that it can automatically scan folders on the iPod and add new audio files to its library. This means you can add audio files to the iPod by dragging and dropping them.

Halloway

As far as I can tell YAMIpod doesn't allow you to drag'n'drop directly to the iPod. You can d'n'd tracks to YAMIpod but you can do that with iTunes. I think the OP wants a solution where he d'n'ds tracks directly to the iPod, which is the way that other MP3 players work.

theronkinator

Which is a horrible way to work, as the tracks aren't indexed and sorted into albums and artists and the like.

hjb123

just about to give up on the ipod! its now stuck in restore. keeps saying that it needs restoring, i restore it, then it says it needs restoring. just going round in circles! have looked on the net and tried pressing select and menu then select and play. this doesnt solve the problems

any ideas?

think am gonna have to call at a computer shop locally tomorrow and see if they can sort it and even put the music on for me - if not its gonna end up on ebay me thinks. its bugging me that i cant get it to work!

isofa

Why not just put the iPod into disk mode via iTunes, no extra software needed and you can use it like a hard disc, drag and drop to your hearts content, but not sure why you'd want too, you'd loose all the artist and album indexing previously mentioned...

hjb123

isofa wrote: »

Why not just put the iPod into disk mode via iTunes, no extra software needed and you can use it like a hard disc, drag and drop to your hearts content, but not sure why you'd want too, you'd loose all the artist and album indexing previously mentioned...

thanks for that but i just cant get it out of the restore loop, it keeps saying need to use itunes to restore

isofa

How about resetting it first: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61705

hjb123

isofa wrote: »

How about resetting it first: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61705

thanks for that

have tried it but still wont work!

isofa

The only other thing I can suggest is remove iTunes from the computer, reset the iPod to it's factory settings, reinstall iTunes, sync the iPod for the first time so it thinks it's new and start again...

Else head on over to: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/macuser/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=14 someone might know here!