Isolating MP3 songs from AAC

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Isolating MP3 songs from AAC

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Q: Is there a way to isolate my MP3 files from my AAC files, or at least to simply identify them all at once? I’d like to convert all of my remaining MP3s into AAC files, for uniformity, and maybe to save a little space by reducing the average bitrate. I’m tired of finding these files manually - help!

- Aaron

A: Absolutely. We’d recommend creating a smart playlist that displays only your MP3 files. Since iTunes supports “Kind” as a smart playlist condition, this is trivial to do. Select “New Smart Playlist…” from iTunes’ “File” menu, and configure it to match the following image:

With this playlist, you’re able to easily select the entire contents of this playlist, execute your “Convert Selection to AAC” command, and, when it completes, simply delete the playlist and all songs within it by holding down Option (Mac) or Shift (PC) when deleting it from the Source column.

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Firstly I would like to thank you for creating such a valuable site. It has now become my “bible”.
I have a iPod Video 60GB and love it, however, when playing my videos on it, it always seems to reset itself. I looked on the Apple support site and did what they said to do: restore the iPod (done that twice now) and reset it by holding down the centre and menu etc. After the restore, my iPod works perfectly for an hour or so and then starts playing up. What should I do? Thank you!

Posted by Laetitya on October 11, 2006 at 2:13 PM (PST)

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Hi,

I have heard that you can now somehow convert your own DVDs on to your Video iPod. How do I go about this.
(UK)

Cheers
Richard

Posted by richardparmar on October 12, 2006 at 5:55 AM (PST)

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