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Scuba Forum / General / June 2006So who is the IPod expert?
The wife gave me one of those dang thingys for Father's Day. I'm not normally a high tech kid of guy. I prefer an early morning with the kids still asleep, a pot of coffee, and a newspaper to just about anything except sex. But I have already grown fond of this thing. The God awful truth is that radio on this rock sucks! It's nice to finally be able to listen to music I enjoy for a change. I normally just leave the IPod on "shuffle. With over 900 songs in my library already, I will always find something I'm in the mood to listen to. What I want to know is, is there a way to join songs? For example, Jackson Brown's "The Load-Out" segues right into "Stay" on the album. Not on the IPod, though. (Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, and others all have songs that are really meant to be listened to in a specific order.) Other than listening to the album in it's entirety, is there anyway to get the IPod to recognize that if it plays song A, it must follow it with song B? suds > The wife gave me one of those dang thingys for Father's Day. I'm not > normally a high tech kid of guy. I prefer an early morning with the kids [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > the IPod to recognize that if it plays song A, it must follow it with song > B? Yes. You can either arrange songs in a playlist and play the playlist, or if you want to have them play in the same order they are on the album, do the following: Edit:View Options Check "Track Number" (this turns on a column for Track Number) In the browser window open the album you want to sort Click on the top of the column marked "Track Number" and the album will be sorted in its original order To set the time between songs to zero: Preferences:Playback Check "Crossfade Playback" and set the time to zero. hth, Alan > suds > Yes. Actually, the answer is 'depends'... I believe that the iPod Shuffle does not give you that capability... For units that don't give you that capability, you need to combine the music files into single music files in whatever order you want them in... Or just rip the entire album as a single file... I had to do that on some o the comedy albums since the cutting between jokes sometimes doesn't make sense... > Actually, the answer is 'depends'... I believe that the iPod Shuffle > does not give you that capability... For units that don't give you > that capability, you need to combine the music files into single music > files in whatever order you want them in... Or just rip the entire > album as a single file... I had to do that on some o the comedy albums > since the cutting between jokes sometimes doesn't make sense... I've ripped most, if not all, of my CDs to MP3 files. I don't recall an option to combine, or edit them like you suggest. I'm sure I have something somewhere that will do it, but would have to search through a lot of programs to find it . . . unless you tell me what you use. Lee > I've ripped most, if not all, of my CDs to MP3 files. I don't recall an > option to combine, or edit them like you suggest. I'm sure I have something > somewhere that will do it, but would have to search through a lot of > programs to find it . . . unless you tell me what you use. It's going to depend upon the ripping tool that you use... It works with FreeRIP... I've seen this feature in other ripping tools before, but FreeRIP has a very clean and simple interface, so I like it... > > I've ripped most, if not all, of my CDs to MP3 files. I don't recall an > > option to combine, or edit them like you suggest. I'm sure I have [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > with FreeRIP... I've seen this feature in other ripping tools before, > but FreeRIP has a very clean and simple interface, so I like it... I should point out that my advice was directed at using iTunes in conjunction with the iPod. The settings I showed were in iTunes, not on the iPod itself. iTunes gives you some control over the iPod that other MP3 players don't. > I should point out that my advice was directed at using iTunes in > conjunction with the iPod. The settings I showed were in iTunes, not on > the iPod itself. iTunes gives you some control over the iPod that other > MP3 players don't. I looked on the iPod Shuffle that Grace has and it turns out that it also has a sequential play, not just the shuffle play that I had originally thought... As such, using the iTunes app to order the songs on the unit would work without relying upon the alphabetical sort order of the tracks... Since it doesn't have the capability of playlists, this is a necessary capability if one wants any sort of manually controlled ordering in their songs... If you're in shuffle mode, you'll lose the ordering, so you need to be able to combine the files into single files if you find that you *must* have a certain ordering of the files (like for comedy albums and certain music albums)... > > I should point out that my advice was directed at using iTunes in > > conjunction with the iPod. The settings I showed were in iTunes, not on [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > ordering of the files (like for comedy albums and certain music > albums)... Actually, it does support playlists, but you have to set them up in iTunes. > Actually, it does support playlists, but you have to set them up in > iTunes. Are you saying that you can put multiple playlists on the actual Shuffle device? If so, I don't see how you could select between them... I know that you can have multiple playlists under iTunes, but with the Shuffle, it seems that you just overwrite the entire Shuffle device with the new playlist... > > Actually, it does support playlists, but you have to set them up in > > iTunes. > > Are you saying that you can put multiple playlists on the actual > Shuffle device? Theoretically you could have multiple playlists, but they'd play in series, effectively making them one. If so, I don't see how you could select between > them... I know that you can have multiple playlists under iTunes, but > with the Shuffle, it seems that you just overwrite the entire Shuffle > device with the new playlist... That's what I do. > That's what I do. I was able to fit pretty much all the music that I regularly want to listen to on the 512M unit... I put it on shuffle play and plug it into the speakers that I installed in my motorcycle helmet... In Grace's new car, I can plug it into the auxiliary (line) input and not have to keep skipping between channels if I'm driving outside the range of a particular radio station... This car also has the XM radio (free for the first 3 months), so this is not as much of an issue as it is in my other vehicles... I also use the ear buds underneath my headset when I'm flying and outside of controlled or busy airspace... The wind noise on my Jeep is such that I use the ear buds and MP3 player in it also... My truck is quiet enough and has a good enough sound system that I don't tend to use the MP3 player in it, although I do have an RF transmitter for it so that it could play through the vehicle sound system... Yeah, I know -- too many fuckin' toys... >...Yeah, I know -- too many fuckin' toys... Yep! I'm just headed out the door for the morning paper myself. Nobody else is up yet. I'll use the IPod when I'm working out at the gym later and than to drown out the kids' fighting while I'm packing for our trip to Europe. God! That starts tomorrow and I have no idea where my passport is. Have you seen it, Greg? LOL suds/kula/satan > >...Yeah, I know -- too many fuckin' toys... > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > suds/kula/satan Mine lives in my backpack/camera bag. Driving to LAX today to catch the 2:35 bus to SIN. > In article <yBaog.4342$MF6.2443@tornado.socal.rr.com>, Satan > ? I'm just headed out the door for the morning paper myself. Nobody else [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Mine lives in my backpack/camera bag. Driving to LAX today to catch the > 2:35 bus to SIN. Mine lives in the drawer next to me in a "travel wallet", ever since I had to get a replacement a few years back. Never did find the original, which buttresses my suspicion that it was stolen and probably being used right now by an Al Qaeda terrorist who bears a slight resemblance to me. Enjoy your trips, both of you. I'm stuck here for three more days. We don't head to LAX until Friday night for our big adventure. >> In article <yBaog.4342$MF6.2443@tornado.socal.rr.com>, Satan >> ? I'm just headed out the door for the morning paper myself. Nobody else [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >Enjoy your trips, both of you. I'm stuck here for three more days. We >don't head to LAX until Friday night for our big adventure. Likewise for mine. I also have an envelope with $2000 and 2000 Euros in the safe. No telling when I may have to leave town "unexpectedly".  Signaturedillon JAFO > I should point out that my advice was directed at using iTunes in > conjunction with the iPod. The settings I showed were in iTunes, not on > the iPod itself. iTunes gives you some control over the iPod that other > MP3 players don't. Bingo. Also this can help some; http://www.jimwillsher.co.uk/Site/Software/Software_Intro.php The bulk rename utility is very good. > The wife gave me one of those dang thingys for Father's Day. I'm not > normally a high tech kid of guy. I prefer an early morning with the kids [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > entirety, is there anyway to get the IPod to recognize that if it plays > song A, it must follow it with song B? I'm not an IPod pro, but I have, and use more than one MP3 player. The easiest way to do what you want is probably by changing the name of the song, forcing them to be stored in a specific order. For example, renaming Queen - We Will Rock You to 01 Queen - We Will Rock You and Queen - We Are the Champions to 02 Queen - We Are the Champions will force them to play in that order . . . unless you have another song that starts with 01 or 02 with a name between them. Of course the shuffle feature will defeat you on this, but that's the price you pay for doing it the easy way. The harder way requires software. I'm sure I have one or more programs somewhere on my computer that will allow me to join one or more audio tracks into one and, if necessary, control length and type of transition. I have not yet tried to do that for an audio only track. I have done it for audio video. This will do what you want and still let you use the shuffle feature. If you find you have a windows based program that will edit audio tracks, share the name of it with me. I'll do the same if/when I find one on my computer. Lee
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