Alex,
I think this is all misleading to you. You do not need to instal the
music files twice. If you copy the files to the HD of the iPod you
CAN play them on a remote computer!!!
It is pretty straight forward. The ipod has two sides to it. The
first side is the side that the firmware hides from you and that is
the iPod software that lets you listen to music on the ipod itself
and the second side if enabled is access to the hard drive it self
which is visible to you when you plug the ipod into your computer.
These two sides are separate.
Now if you want to transport an application or document or a music
file to another computer and you do not care if they have iTunes
installed then you would want to use the HD side and just drag the
file to the iPod in your computer. But if you want to listen to the
music file as well 'on the ipod' then you might consider installing
the music file via iTunes. But to listen to the music file from the
computer either way will work. It is only whether or not you have
iTunes installed on the remote computer and whether or not you want
to use it to listen/copy the song to that computer that matters.
If you just want to listen to the music file on another computer you
can do it either way. So if the other computer has itunes on it then
you can use itunes to put the file on the ipod and you can use itunes
to listen to the music. BUT if you are not sure and want to play it
safe then just copy the file to the HD of the ipod and when you get
to the other computer just copy the music file to iTunes or any Music
player directly and you will be able to hear it on that computer.
I do this for transporting some of our sound loops and have always
put a back up of our presentations on the HD of the ipod. Where as I
use iTunes to install the music I want to listen to 'on the ipod'.
HTH
Tom
On May 11, 2006, at 4:24 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote:
Marian Petrides wrote:
I'm not sure why this surprises either of you. Items copied to
one's HD but not loaded into iTunes won't play in iTunes.
That may be a Mac restriction (though I doubt it), but it doesn't
apply on Win. I double click on any MP3 (or other audio) file and
iTunes plays it (maybe there's a hair to be split - maybe iTunes
"loads" it into iTunes on the fly, but in terms of the effect for
me as a user, this restriction doesn't appear to apply).
Likewise items copied to the iPod's HD as data won't play on the
iPod. To play on the iPod they need to be loaded onto it from
iTunes on your computer-- which then allows the iPod's software to
recognize them as music rather than data.
I guess I can't see why iPod's software can't figure out that an
MP3 file can be played, just like any other piece of software can.
>>>you can copy files to an iPod being used as an external disk,
but can't then play them as tunes.
All you need to do in this case is to ALSO load them onto the
iPod using iTunes--so that the iPod's software recognizes them as
music not a data file.
All I need to do is make two copies of it, taking twice as much
time and space. Yeah, OK, but that's exactly what I find
disappointing.
And I can't see any reason for that restriction other than DRM, and
putting the DRM requirements before the user's convenience.
But I can't think of a way to drag this back on topic for the Rev
list, so I'll stop now. Thank you again for taking the time to go
look this up and let me know. Even though I'm mildly irritated by
this misfeature, I am glad to know the iPod is a practical
solution, and can go buy one for myself as well as the "client" for
whom I need to put Rev stacks on an iPod.
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