Ask iLounge 6-20-08

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Ask iLounge offers readers the opportunity to get answers to their iPod-related questions from a member of the iLounge editorial team. We'll answer several questions here each week, and of course, you can always get help with more immediate concerns from the iLounge Discussion Forums. Submit your questions for consideration using our Ask iLounge Submit Form. We reserve the right to edit questions for grammar, spelling, and length.

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And now, for this week's Ask iLounge column:

There is very little information on third party iPod syncing software in your reviews or anywhere on your site. Why is that? Surely there are companies that offer significantly better software than iTunes. My biggest resistance to using my iPod touch (and formerly my iPod) are the limitations of having to use iTunes.

- Rick

Although there are a number of alternatives to iTunes for iPod management, there are some important things to keep in mind about these applications.

The first and most important consideration is that third-party iPod management tools are not supported in any way by Apple themselves. The wide range of applications that are available to access and manage iPod content often leads people to believe that these are Apple-sanctioned alternatives to iTunes, but the reality is that Apple does not provide any specifications for third-party software applications to manage iPod content. Applications providing this capability have been developed purely by reverse-engineering the iPod file system and synchronization protocols, and not through any information or developer support provided by Apple themselves. Most of these third-party tools do what they claim to do when released, and to date, Apple has not taken steps to completely prevent these tools from working. However, since they are not officially supported, there is always the possibility that new iPod models or even firmware updates to existing models will break compatibility with these applications, and in fact, this has happened a number of times, and will likely continue to happen in the future.

The most recent example of this was the iPod classic and iPod nano (video) models last fall. In this case, Apple made changes to the structure of the iPod database and added a checksum field to help improve the the database integrity when synchronizing with iTunes. The result of this change broke just about every third-party iPod management application available until the developers could examine the new database structure and update their applications accordingly.

The second consideration is that iTunes is designed alongside the iPod itself, and when new iPod features are introduced, a new version of iTunes is simultaneously released to take advantage of these new features. Again, since there is no developer support for third-party iPod management applications, these normally lag far behind iTunes in their support for new iPod features. For instance, there are still many decent and usable iPod management applications available that do not provide support for album artwork, audiobooks, or videos.

A number of iPod management utilities can be found in our Software Downloads section. Further, some of our articles do discuss some iTunes alternatives for providing functions that iTunes itself does not deliver, such as copying content from your iPod back to your computer, but the reality is that most third-party iPod management applications do not work nearly as well as iTunes does for providing the full range of content management on your iPod.

I’d like to copy a 12 gigabyte file onto my iPod and use it as a normal memory stick but as I drag the file onto the iPod folder Windows tells me that I do not have enough space, even though the iPod has more than 40GB free. What could be the problem?

- Roland

The problem here is not that your iPod does not have enough space, but that the file system that you are using on your iPod does not support extremely large files.

A Windows-formatted iPod uses the FAT32 file system, which supports a maximum file size of just under 4 GiB. This means that even if you have a 160 GB iPod classic, the maximum single file you can store on the device is 4 GiB. You could fill your iPod with these 4 GiB files, but each file can be no larger than that maximum size. This is not a limitation of the iPod per se, but rather a limitation of the file system used by the iPod.

Most modern Windows computers use the NTFS file system, which for all practical purposes has an unlimited maximum file size (at least by today’s standards). Unfortunately, you cannot use an iPod that is formatted for the NTFS file system as the iPod OS itself will not read an NTFS-formatted partition.

Note that this limitation does not exist with Mac-formatted iPods, as these use the HFS+ file system instead, which like NTFS has a virtually unlimited maximum file size. A tool such as MediaFour’s MacDrive would allow you to use a Mac-formatted iPod on Windows, but you would need this utility installed on all of the computers that you plan to access your iPod on, so this is likely not a practical solution unless you are only planning on using your iPod with a limited number of computers that are under your direct control (since most work and campus computers will not allow you to install additional software on them).

Realistically, the only way you are going to get around this while still being able to use your iPod to play music is to use a tool to split your 12 gigabyte file into smaller pieces that are each under the 4 GiB maximum. Due to the FAT32 limitation being a rather common issue, you can find numerous tools that can do this for you. Compression tools like WinZIP and WinRAR are particularly useful for this purpose.

Of course, keep in mind that you will not be able to actually use your large file from the iPod directly, but if your primary goal is simply to transfer your data between two computers, this is the most effective method of doing so.

Is there a way to have songs play in an On The Go playlist in the order selected or will they always play in shuffle mode? I would like to have classical music play all movements in order before moving to the next selection.

- Chris

The On-The-Go playlist works in the same way as any other playlist or selection of music. It will only shuffle songs if you actually have the “Shuffle” feature on the iPod turned on, so the simple solution to this is just to turn shuffle OFF under Settings, Shuffle and the On-The-Go playlist will then play in sequence.

Note that if you are using a newer-model iPod classic or iPod nano (video), you can also access the Shuffle option from the “Now Playing” screen. Simply press the centre button three times and then use the clickwheel to select between Off, Songs and Albums for your Shuffle mode.

I have a 5G 30GB iPod. I love listening to podcasts, however, I would like them to auto-delete after I am done listening. Lately, I have been noticing that after I sync my iPod, it still has all of the old podcasts, plus the new ones. I have to physically go into the podcast tab and uncheck the podcasts I want off my iPod and re-sync to delete them. Is there an easier way?

- Tiffany

There are several settings that affect how podcasts are managed both on your iPod and in your iTunes library, so the most likely cause of this is a configuration problem.

The first place to look is in your “Podcasts” tab under your iPod sync preferences. You can access this by connecting your iPod to your computer, selecting the iPod in the iTunes source list, and then clicking on the “Podcasts” tab at the top of the main panel.

The first option on this screen allows you to choose which podcasts are transferred to your iPod. You can choose to sync a specific number of podcasts, and can choose to sync ALL of those podcasts, or only the most or least recent unplayed or new podcasts.

Note that there is an important distinction between a new podcast versus an unplayed podcast. New podcasts are those that have not been opened at all, and are generally indicated by a blue dot. On the other hand, an unplayed podcast is one that you haven’t listened to through to the end, as indicated by the “Play Count” field on the podcast.

Therefore, if you choose to sync only unplayed podcasts, you will need to ensure that you always listen to the podcast right through to the very end (let the iPod stop playing by itself), before that podcast will be removed from your iPod. On the other hand, if you choose to sync only new podcasts, then even if you listen to the first few seconds of a podcast, it will be removed during the next sync, regardless of how much of it you have actually listened to.

You can mark a podcast as new and/or reset the play count by right-clicking on the podcast in iTunes and choosing the appropriate option from the context menu.

These settings do not affect the retention of podcasts in your iTunes library, however. These are controlled separately through your iTunes Podcasts preferences pane, selected by going into your iTunes preferences and choosing the “Podcasts” tab:

From here you can choose how many podcasts you wish to retain in your iTunes library itself. Note that with the exception of the “All Unplayed Episodes” option, these settings are not affected by whether you have actually listened to your podcasts or not. For instance, if you opt to keep the last 10 episodes, then any episodes older than the tenth will be removed regardless of whether they are marked new or played.

This is also a global setting which applies to ALL podcasts in your iTunes library. You can exempt specific podcasts or podcast episodes from auto-deletion by right-clicking on the podcast subscription or individual episode in your podcast listing, and choosing “Do Not Auto Delete” from the context menu.

Can you make one song continuously play over and over?

- Pam

Absolutely. Both iTunes and the iPod have options for repeating the entire playlist or an individual track.

In iTunes, you can do this by selecting Controls, Repeat One from the iTunes menu, or by clicking on the “Repeat” button in the bottom-left corner of the iTunes Window until it shows the Repeat symbol with the small numeral 1 beside it.

On traditional iPod models, this option can be found under the Settings, Repeat menu item.

On the iPod touch and iPhone, the Repeat option is accessed by tapping on the album cover while a track is playing, and then clicking on the “Repeat” icon which appears in the top-left corner, beside the track progress indicator. Tapping on the icon cycles through the three repeat modes.

I have bought an iMac and can’t work out how to convert my PC iTunes library database to the Mac version of iTunes. The Mac version can’t read the PC version but I was hoping there was a way of converting the files? I have about 4 years of history in the database which I’d like to preserve.

- David

Actually, the iTunes library database format is identical between the Mac and the PC. The challenge in converting your iTunes library from one platform to the other lies in two other specific areas: Moving the actual files between computers, and getting iTunes to recognize the different folder and path structure used by the other operating system.

Copying the files is generally a pretty straightforward task provided you have either a network connection between the two computers or an external hard drive of sufficient capacity for your iTunes library database and all media files.

The real problem lies in the fact that Mac OS X and Windows use completely different conventions for their file systems. For example, Mac OS X does not use drive letters. Since the iTunes database stores the complete path to each and every file in your library, this causes problems when you move your files to another platform, since the iTunes database would still be looking for the files in the old location (ie, D:\Music) which cannot possibly exist on the new operating system due to the different file system structure.

If you have allowed iTunes to manage and organize your library for you, however, there is a reasonable means to work this out. Although iTunes stores the full path to each and every file, when it cannot find a music file at that location, it falls back to looking in the default location where that file might otherwise be. This is normally in the iTunes Music folder path, in an ARTIST\ALBUM subdirectory structure, and is the same structure that iTunes itself will organize your music files into.

Therefore, if you place your entire media library in iTunes’ default location, and ensure that your iTunes Music Folder path is set to that folder, then it should be able to find all of your tracks through it’s default “fall-back” behaviour.

Note that you can ensure that iTunes has organized your music properly into its iTunes Music Folder by using the “Consolidate Library” function found under the iTunes Advanced menu. This command will tell iTunes to take all of your music files and copy them into your iTunes music folder, organizing them into the ARTIST\ALBUM subdirectory structure.

If you’re concerned with preserving your own file and folder structure and not willing to allow iTunes to manage your library structure, there will be no easy and reliable way to handle this other than reimporting all of your music into a new iTunes library, and losing all of your ratings, play lists, and play history in the process.

So, in short, the basic steps to move your iTunes library from Windows to Mac (or even vice-versa) would be as follows:

1. On the original computer, go into your iTunes preferences and select the “Advanced” tab and ensure that your “iTunes Music Folder” location is set correctly. This can either be your current iTunes Music folder, or you can choose a new path for this (on an external hard drive, for instance).

2. Select Advanced, Consolidate Library to ensure that all of your music files are consolidated into iTunes Music folder and default organizational layout. Files will be copied into the iTunes Music folder that you specified in step #1.

3. Copy your main “iTunes” folder to its corresponding location on the other computer, ensuring that the “iTunes Library.ITL” file is copied as part of this process. This folder normally lives under your “My Music” folder on Windows, and your “Music” folder on Mac OS X.

4. If your actual media content on the source computer is located somewhere outside of your iTunes folder, copy this as well to an appropriate location on the target computer.

5. Open iTunes on the target computer. You should see your iTunes library content, although you may have broken links to some or all of your files at this point, depending on whether they are stored under the main iTunes folder or in another location.

6. Select the “Advanced” tab in your iTunes preferences, and confirm that the iTunes Music Folder is set to the location where your actual music files are stored.

7. Restart iTunes, and it should be able to locate all of your music files in their default locations: Under your iTunes Music folder, in the standard iTunes-managed ARTIST\ALBUM folder structure.

You can find more information on managing and moving your iTunes library in our iPod 201 article, Managing your iTunes Library on an External Hard Drive.

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1-10-08: TV output quality, iPod windows driver installation errors, Connecting iPod to portable DVD player, Syncing games, iPhone charger compatibility, Reformatting iPod for Mac

1-3-08: 2007 iPod models and speakers, Video resolution vs bit-rate, Preventing auto-deletion of podcasts, Videos with no sound, Using iTunes Store when travelling abroad, Transferring videos to iPod, Importing Audiobooks

12-27-07: Your First iPod, Differences between iPod models, Accessory compatibility, Converting DVDs for iPod, New iPods and older computers, Earphone Recommendations, Troubleshooting iPod Problems

12-21-07: Other space on iPod, Search feature on iPod touch, Adding third-party ringtones to iPhone, iPod suddenly shows no content, TV Dock compatibility, Artists appearing more than once on iPod

12-14-07: New iPods - Buy now or wait? Transfer music from an old iPod, Convert MP3 to Lossless, Listening to videos and battery life, Bluetooth headphones for iPod nano, Universal Dock and line-out volume

12-7-07: Using Compilations settings, Re-syncing iPod after hard drive replacement, Locating iTunes Plus tracks, New iPod firmware - video output and iPod Hi-Fi support, Mac-formatted iPods, Cover Flow on iPod, iPhone screen goes blank when on a call

11-29-07: Photo resolution on the iPhone, Obtaining video content for the iPod touch, Restoring older iPod models, Sharing iTunes library on a single computer, Transferring iTunes via external hard drive, Auto-deleting played podcasts

11-22-07: Syncing games to iPod, Removing album artwork, Replacing files in iTunes library, Limiting volume on iPod, Preventing iPod sync when connecting with iTunes, Skipping audiobooks when shuffling songs

11-16-07: iTunes and Vista, iPod classic video output (revisited), Transferring iTunes from PC to Mac, Organizing Music Videos in iTunes, Using newer iPods with older OS X versions, Sorting photos on iPod

11-9-07: Editing calendar on iPod touch, Multiple iTunes libraries on one computer, Creating an iTunes Store account without a credit card, Burning CDs with track names, iPod/iPhone remote control, iPhone TV output from Safari

11-2-07: TV Docks for new iPod models, Calculate song file sizes, iPhone backup and restore, Sync selected content with iPhone, Universal Dock compatibility, Managing podcast synchronization

10-26-07: iTunes Plus, Play Slideshow on iPod nano, Activate TV out on new iPods, Recover Mac iPod in Windows, Add descriptions to TV shows, iTunes not opening when iPhone is connected

10-18-07: iPod and Windows Autoplay, Reinstalling iTunes, Manually Managing Videos, iPod charging accessories, iPod touch power and sleep modes, Resyncing recovered iPod content

10-11-07: Managing a class set of iPods, New firmware and older iPods, Windows ME support, Sorting artists by last name, 3G iPod car audio compatibility, Resetting iPod language

10-5-07: iTunes WiFi Store, Videos with no sound, Managing video content manually, Tagging TV Shows, Renaming iPod, Flash support on iPhone, Removing multiple artwork images, iPhone and multi-recipient SMS, US/UK iPod compatibility, Photo storage on iPod touch

9-27-07: iPod classic audio quality, New iPod models: features and accessory compatibility, Transferring music from iPod 5G to classic, iPod nano voice recording, Storing multiple bitrates in iTunes

9-7-07: Special Edition on the new iPod lineup - users most common questions answered about the new iPod lineup and new iTunes release, including accessory compatibility and new software features.

8-30-07: Playing single tracks, iPhone sleep timer, Deleting iPod content, TV shows do not appear on iPod, Manually sorting playlists, Fitting content onto audio CDs, Car line-out solutions

8-23-07: Set Video Kind within files, Authorization and iPod transfer, Chat Clients for iPhone, Importing CDs for gapless playback, Tethering iPhone, Burning Purchased Tracks

8-16-07: Managing podcasts, Bookmarking audiobooks, No artwork in Cover Flow, Storing iTunes content on two hard drives, Sleeping with an iPod, ROKR sunglasses and iPhone, Selling an iPod

8-9-07: Playing Podcast episodes in sequence, Recording radio in iTunes, New iPod with songs already on it, Authorized Computers, Sync iPod with a new computer, Transferring a Windows iPod to a MacBook

8-2-07: Syncing the iPhone to more than one computer, Transferring iTunes music to the Blackberry, Continuous video playback on the iPod, Problems editing track info in iTunes, Transferring content from iPhone to computer, Video playback from the iPhone, Sending MMS messages from the iPhone

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Comments

1

How can I get my Iphone to ring louder. The ringtones that I downloaded are very low. And the rigtones that come with the phone are low except the old phone ring

Posted by Angeline Santana on June 22, 2008 at 6:00 PM (PDT)

2

I have seen in a sports mag (men fitness, I think) a set of headphones that you can fit a shuffle directly into the band that goes arund the back of your head. I have found the arriva ones that don’t look too comfortable and the monster ones that have pads on that will absorb the sweat (i’m planning on running with them - i’m not just a sweaty person!!)
I’m sure there are more out there, but can’t find them - any ideas….

Posted by matt on June 23, 2008 at 9:28 AM (PDT)

3

hi, my 80gb classic was bought in Australia and has a volume limiter. I tried going to snipr.com/1nsvg as apparently you can turn it off, but can’t find(or google can’t) Any suggestions?

Posted by brigitte Steer on June 24, 2008 at 9:25 PM (PDT)

4

Can I use 2 IPhones on one computer with one installation of ITunes?

Posted by paul a'barge on June 26, 2008 at 7:00 AM (PDT)

5

How do I sync my iPod to a new computer? I recently bought a new iMac desktop and have not been able to get my iTunes library to sync to it. Purchases I made at the iTunes store were transferred but the thousands of songs that I transferred from CDs will not transfer and I have not been able to download new purchases to the new computer. Please advise. M.E.

Posted by Martin Ellsworth on August 7, 2008 at 10:58 AM (PDT)

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