iPod newbie
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iPod newbie
Hey all, went from 8-track tapes to cassettes then CD's in my car/truck radios. My daughter got a little iPod player and with big tug at your heart eyes is asking me to load songs onto it. Sad part is, I design on a computer and use a computer to tune my dragrace mustang but know nothing about iPod stuff.
I have a cd burner software (roxio) but to make mp3's they want $70.00. Are there free software programs to convert a cd to mp3's?
Thanks, I'm locked in my office so I don't get hit with "are you done yet?"
I have a cd burner software (roxio) but to make mp3's they want $70.00. Are there free software programs to convert a cd to mp3's?
Thanks, I'm locked in my office so I don't get hit with "are you done yet?"
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For the best quality and control over the process:
1. Exact Audio Copy (freeware) will rip the CDs to WAV files.
2. Then you use LAME (also freeware) to encode the WAV files to MP3s.
Or the easy way; use iTunes (also freeware and you really need it to load songs onto the iPod anyway)! Yes, you will have to read the iTunes Help file. Sorry!
1. Exact Audio Copy (freeware) will rip the CDs to WAV files.
2. Then you use LAME (also freeware) to encode the WAV files to MP3s.
Or the easy way; use iTunes (also freeware and you really need it to load songs onto the iPod anyway)! Yes, you will have to read the iTunes Help file. Sorry!
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As long as you're not doing funny things with the songs, letting Itunes dump CDs in to ACC format or even MP3 if you need them for other software is the easiest option.
I think it's pretty simple, download and install itunes. Put a CD in the drive, open itunes, click on the CD drive on the left side column. Then somewhere on the window will be a button saying something rip song, rip cd, rip now, ect. Click that and away you go. Itunes should automatically add those songs to the library so they will appear on the ipod the next time you sync it up.
I think it's pretty simple, download and install itunes. Put a CD in the drive, open itunes, click on the CD drive on the left side column. Then somewhere on the window will be a button saying something rip song, rip cd, rip now, ect. Click that and away you go. Itunes should automatically add those songs to the library so they will appear on the ipod the next time you sync it up.
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Well, I downloaded apples iPod software and made acc and mp3 files off the cd. Then I hooked up the mp3 player and could not get the synic option to hilight. Figured it was due to the mp3 player being some cheap generic type player and not an apple product. Tried to copy the mp3 files to the mp3 player and kept getting error messages. Will try some other software tonight. It shouldn't be this hard 
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Look for music match jukebox.Thats what come with my computer and worked very good with my old mp3 but know I have an ipod touch.
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If it's not a real iPod, then iTunes won't work. Apple is locked down to their own junk..uhh, I mean products.
If this mp3 player plays wmv's (you should be able to check that online), you can perform the same functionality with Windows Media Player. Pop in the CD, open Windows Media Player, select rip cd (whatever their terminology is) and then drag the wmv files to your mp3 player.
If this mp3 player plays wmv's (you should be able to check that online), you can perform the same functionality with Windows Media Player. Pop in the CD, open Windows Media Player, select rip cd (whatever their terminology is) and then drag the wmv files to your mp3 player.
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