Itunes mp3 support

I made a cd of mp3s for my sister to put her ipod, mostly recorded from vinyl. I saved them as 320Kbps files in audition but she says she can't open the files. Apparantly itunes lists them but won't play them or copy them to the ipod.
Does anyone know what bitrates etc. itunes supports? I was wondering if they're too high for it but don't have itunes to check and apples website is utter f'in shite as ever (I spent 2 and half hours helping someone setup their ipod yesterday cuz apple are so rubbish, I don't even have an ipod ffs!) and tells me nothing useful. Although I do now know that 'life is random' and other such crap. Idiots.
Anyway, anyone any ideas? It could be shes just doing something wrong but I can't tell without looking. If it is a file format thing, does anyone know a free convertor programme that ANYONE could work so she can either take the bitrates down or convert to something itunes is more happy with?
Cheers. And if I ever see Steve Jobs I'm gonna punch him in the face and ram an ipod up his ass. He should be paying me for my tech support.

 

I have an iPod and I have all my MP3 tracks ripped at 320k. I've not had any issues playing any of the tracks with iTunes.

I do have an issue with syncing the iPod with my PC using USB2. It sometime hangs my PC, I have to power it off/on. At other times the iPod doesn't hang the PC and charges it's battery from USB2 but iTunes can't detect it, so it can't sync with it. The only way I got mine to work was using the Firewire port.

BTW, did you try the Apple discussion forum?

http://discussions.info.apple.com/[email protected]@.efb925c

 

Hmmm sounds like shes doing something wrong or they didn't copy over properly then.

Thanks for your help

 

but it's an i-spod. best thing since sliced bread, just plug it in and it'll make you a steak and give you aural pleasure - or have i been grossly misinformed?
cheers


julian

 

Yes but er er err if you have to link it to a PC...

 

I have a couple of questions about I-pods since the subject has been raised here.

a) Are they USB 1.1 compatible? or will they only work at USB 2.0 ?

b) Does the max 320kbps rate they do mean that the WAV file support wont play fully uncompressed songs copied straight off CD? I assume it does as according to my calculations stereo 16bit 44.1k CD works out at 1.5mb/s


GTM

 

Yes they're usb 1 compatible but they will only charge from usb2 and obviously it takes longer to copy songs.
Yes they will play wav files. 320Kbps is the MP3 format limitation, not the ipod.

You want to get an iriver though, they sound better than ipods, don't need itunes and aren't made by apple

 

i-pods seem to be very fussy about working with USB hubs. They seem to need a lot of power, so make sure your hub is powered separately.

 

Mine seems to charge OK from USB1 I have on my laptop and will sync (sometimes) slowly.

 

Am I the only person that hasn't had any problems with an iPod. Just plugged it into my firewire port and hey presto there it was. Also iTunes is fine for what it is. Much better than Musicmatch.

 

no probs here either, using usb2

apple website says compatible with:
AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Music Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), Apple Lossless, WAV, AIFF

 

Lee no your not, I've not had a problem with mine either.

 

GTM, one thing to remember the higher the bitrate the lower battery life, the disc has to spin up much more.

 

Ah thanks, you found what I couldn't

I've had endless problems with ipods, mine and other peoples (although the problem was generally of their own making). I'm just fed up of apples lack of support for setup and install etc.
The mini ipods are appauling, I went through 3 in 2 months, all crashed then would not switch back on again for hours, sometimes days. Then they'd just reset of their own accord and work again. Eventually got a refund after virgin tried to fob me off with some "you've had it longer than 2 minutes" bollocks. Went mental at them and told them where to go.
Had to help loads of people with them becuase they hang during install on formatting etc. One girl left her pc on 2days before she asked for help, ipod just said formatting, install prog did nothing. Apple just refer everyone to their (generally) useless tutorials which read more like an advert than a help file.
Anyway, I don't care anymore, I've washed my hands of them
Dev: Interesting, they're spec'd to only charge on usb2 aren't they?

 

No probs at all with mine. Plug it in and go. Brilliant. iTunes also blows any similar product available for Windows clean out of the water.

Michael.

 

All of you who haven't had a problem with your iPod should be aware that I hate you with a passion you can't even dream of.

I still like my iPod and iTunes.

 

Why? I don't understand why people like itunes so much. I just find it a fiddle personally. Whats wrong with windows explorer and media player?

 

another option



http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/index.php

 

Oh come on! Comparing iTunes to Windows Explorer and Media Player is like comparing a modern car to a horse drawn cart!

iTunes is great because it has a beautifully simple interface but yet it has the power to do anything you want it to. Everything is so completely intuitive and hassle free. It just works the way you expect it to. These qualities are actually a feature of a lot of Apple software and it's mind boggling that Microsoft (and the rest) haven't worked out how to write similarly great, intuitive software.

I'm quite sure that a lot of PC users who are using an iPod and iTunes are blown away by the ease of use of them and it's getting them thinking about switching to a Mac. This applies particularly to "normal" home users not computer geeks like most of us. Sales of the Mac-mini will soon say whether I'm right or not.

I've had the opportunity to use a Mac (Powerbook G4) quite a bit recently and I helped (not that any help was needed) a mate of mine setup his Mac-mini into his home network. The whole thing is just child's play compared to doing anything similar with a PC. Anyone who knows what a network cable is could have done it with no prior knowledge. I was blown away.

Michael.

 

Sorry I'm a very sad petty man