One more thing. iTunes will allow me to put MP3's on an iPod right? I use MP3 because I can take it anywhere, I don't want to rerip 300 albums in AAC just to use an iPod.

The iPod plays MP3's, AIFF, WAV, Apple Lossless, AAC, Protected AAC, and MPEG4 & H.264 video (5th Generation Only). I don't believe you can lower the bitrate for transfer to y…

iTunes can re-encode to a lower bitrate on the fly if you have an iPod Shuffle, which leaves only one copy of each song on your computer. Otherwise, you can re-encode the music to …

Well cool, because I was actually thinking a Shuffle would be about right for me.

It bugs me that some people seem to have this impression that AAC is some bizarre non-standard iPod-only codec and therefore continue to use MP3s at ridiculously high bitrates to k…

AAC is, however, not supported on many platforms, much like Sony's proprietary ATRAC3 system. Not that there is any problem with AAC, particularly if all of your hardware is Mac, …

There is absolutely no difference between burning a CD/re-encoding and simply converting directly from AAC to MP3. Save yourself the blank CDs.

Quote: Originally Posted by siMac There is absolutely no difference between burning a CD/re-encoding and simply converting directly from AAC to MP3. Save yourself the blank CDs.…

Indeed. My bad. Still, so long as people insist on using old technology, new technology will be slow to be widely supported. It's kind of a chicken/egg thing - many people won't …

AAC-128 is for the proverbial birds. The sound quality is definitely lower than CD-quality. Can you hear it when you're walking around with your iPod? Probably not. But if you'…

Quote: Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton I never do less than AAC 160. Go get a decent set of headphones (not earbuds), and play a CD and then the AAC-128 track. Listen c…

Quote: Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton I can't understand how files on a burned CD can substitute for an album in your hands. I concur. That is why I never buy…

Still using vinyl then, huh? Welcome to the iPod forum, you may find some things here quite shocking!

Yeah, there's a Linn Sondek in the living room. However, I have a 1st-generation 5gig iPod here. My 60-gig video (black) hopefully arrives tomorrow... Wait, you can put music o…

It doesn't matter if it's vinyl or CD...it's just the feel of having the music and artwork in your hands. (In other news, vinyl-style CD cases are starting to be seen a little mor…

I am looking to mod my Ipod mini update files to change around icons. Referring to: http://www.chrisnowak.org/old/2004/12/ipod-hacking.html which is from last year, it tells exact…

Quote: Originally Posted by b33faroni I am looking to mod my Ipod mini update files to change around icons. Referring to: http://www.chrisnowak.org/old/2004/12/ipod-hacking.htm…

My friend and I made some progress in connecting me to her Mac via VNC, but we're still getting some baffling errors. Here's the setup: On her end 1) We administered her modem to…

Just a guess, but also try enabling port 3283 TCP as well since that's what ARD actually uses. Cheers.

Quote: Originally Posted by legacyb4 Just a guess, but also try enabling port 3283 TCP as well since that's what ARD actually uses. Cheers. Hey, thanks for the reply. I …

Odd, I went home and started playing around with the VNC server setup and now I've shut myself out from work. I did notice some inconsistencies going between a 10.4.2 (desktop) an…

I just got War of the Worlds and it wont play on my iMac, neither DVD Player or Front Row will play it, it doesn't even mount to the desktop but you can see its presence in Disk Ut…

I could tell you, but then I'd be in violation of the INDUCE ACT.

You could play it with VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc), although that's not the optimal solution. You could also take a stand against defective discs, and return it to the store…

Indeed, return the disk as defective - shite film anyway. Will VLC be able to play it if it isn't mounting on the desktop?