well, id say ipod, but then again i have 4 of them and an iphone :) -- tony
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Totally untrue, Jim. I _know_ you are trolling. Hooked! > > I use tons of music management and organization software with my ipods, and > have no problems at all. > > iTunes is just one of dozens of options for managing your device. > > iTunes is really 3 things. A music store. A music library organization tool. > A file transfer/sync utility. > > The music store is good, 99c and 9.99 per album, but currently requires me > to burn all of my bought music to a cd, and rerip it (to get rid of the > drm). I also use Rapsody, Pandora, Amazon, Walmart, and the websites of > bands. And of course rip my own from cd, and record my own from vinyl and > cassette using audacity. > > The music catalog is decent. Does a good of displaying the content. Love > coverflow. The library file is easily manipulated by coldfusion. I like the > "star", played count, and lyrics tabs. But I use lots of other software to > maintain this. Musicmatch, winamp, mediamonkey, coldfusion etc. > > The file syncing and transfer tool is simple, well integrated with itunes, > but limited. I have tons of playlists I upload at various times (depending > on season, new music, favorites, mood, etc). But the transfer is only > one-way. Floola, ephpod, vpod, yamipod, and others do a bang-up job. As does > coldfusion (treating the ipod as a usb hard drive) > > > Also, the ipod support multiple encoding types, including mp3 > > iPod: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to > 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and > WAV > > iPod shuffle: AAC (M4A, M4B, and M4P up to 320 Kbps), MP3 (up to 320 Kbps), > MP3 Variable Bit Rate (VBR), WAV, and AA (Audible spoken word, formats 2, 3, > and 4) > > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Scott Raley -ITC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 11:53 AM >> > To: cf-community >> > Subject: MP3 player >> > >> > Anyone have suggestions on an MP3 player? Going to get wife one for >> > xmas >> > since the creative labs she had is dead because battery won't recharge. >> > Was >> > recharging off USB connection to PC and stopped. Its only 10mos old and >> > Creative Labs tells me its under warranty return to place it was >> > purchased, >> > well target doesn't do warranties after 60 days so I'm stuck at this >> > point. >> >> If you can stand iTunes (I personally can't) then iPods are, by far, the >> most supported - but you are forced to use iTunes (blech) and you'll be >> spending a little more. >> >> I LOVE my Sandisk Sansa - I picked up the 4 Gig model (which also accepts 2 >> Gig MicroSD) for less than $40 but I've seen the 16 Gig models for less >> than >> $100. It's small, has a great screen and features a voice recorder and FM >> radio (with "record from radio"). Battery life is stunning with my unit >> lasting well over 20 hours of play time on a charge. >> >> The unit appears as a removable drive or you can use Windows MediaPlayer or >> any software that can access a removable device. It's "PlayForSure" >> compliant and plays most non-DRM'd formats as well. >> >> One interesting aspect is that there are several open firmwares available >> for the unit: as with most things like this the interface leaves a lot to >> be >> desired, but if you ever wanted to play "Doom" on your MP3 player (or, more >> pragmatically, use many of the lesser known lossless CODECs) it's an >> option. >> >> Accessory support is good - not great, but probably as good as you'll get >> with a non-iPod model. Simple things like cases, straps, cables, etc are >> easy to find. Docks and such are harder and more limited, but still >> available. >> >> About the only negatives I have to offer are that it uses a proprietary >> charging/sync cable (I wish companies would just stick to plain-jane USB) >> and that it sometimes takes a bit long to start up (when you change the >> content it does a "database refresh" which can take as long as 20 seconds - >> I presume longer on the larger capacity models). >> >> Jim Davis >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:281171 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
