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Various Non-Bald Discussions => General Discussion => Topic started by: schro on May 21, 2007, 09:26:11 AM
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Dudes (and dudettes),
Been using an iPod 6.0 for a while and love it. Going to stop on the way home and get a second one for my wife but just thought of something.....can you use your iTunes program on one computer to store the libraries of two different iPod units? I'm not certain she's going to want to download all the stuff I listen to and vice-versa.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Your Humble Ordinary Schro
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itunes suck...i'm not happy with this piece of software at all...it has so many limitations where there should be none...
i dont think you can have two different libraries on one computer...plus itunes only wants to be tied to one ipod....i could be wrong though.
i love my ipod though dont know what i'd do without it..on #3 now....4th gen 20gig(broken HD)....5th gen 30gig(wont charge)....and now went to a 4gig nano.......but if they dont start making itunes more user friendly i'm going to a clone if/when i break my nano .
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I'm no expert on anything to do with the computer, erm...as previous posts may give away *looks at floor* but I don't think that should be a problem Schro..It's true, you do only have one library, but it's all something to do with 'checking the boxes' and what playlists you want to add...besides, don't the ipods have different names etc..?
I for one am a great lover of the i-pod, after borrowing my daughters, neat little invention that you can take anywhere.
I'd be really pleased Schro if I were your missus and you brought one home for me! :@`
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You should've bought a Creative Zen instead. They're a lot better than the iPod.
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Schro, the answer to your question is YES, as long as you each have your own profiles (logins) setup in Windows. With Windows setup this way, when you login to iTunes you will have different libraries and can choose which music is designated for that specific profile. If this doesn't make sense, call me.
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Creative Zen all the way baby! O0
Got the 8Gb Zen Micro Photo, excellent piece of kit. Plus it means I don't have to use iTunes.
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I just got a Sandisk Sansa and love it -- very simple to use with Windows Media Player. I haven't tried downloading songs (just loaded my CD's), but I know I have several different options vs. being stuck with iTunes as the only option... didn't like that idea.
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For those of you that due want to buy from iTunes but hate the DRM, here's a solution for you:
http://hymn-project.org/download.php (http://hymn-project.org/download.php)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QTFairUse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QTFairUse)
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You should've bought a Creative Zen instead. They're a lot better than the iPod.
I second that. I have a 30 Gig Zen Vision M and I love it. I don't use the software that came with it. I use Windows Media Player. I would suggest that you go with Creative and not Apple.
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Going against the grain here...but I am very satisfied with my iPod. O0 Can't live without it! )& More than enough room to hold all my family's music. We bombard iTunes with all our music and turned off the automatic sync so we can manually pick what we want on our iPods.
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so far, I've been happy with mine also. I've tried the Windows Media Player for my kids' Sandisk players and didn't like either the WM Player program or the mp3 units.
Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
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Yeah, I have 3 Ipods...don't think I'm switching anytime soon.
Though, now I have a gig of music on my BlackBerry which is handy also.
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turned off the automatic sync so we can manually pick what we want on our iPods.
there's an idea for ya schro.....load all of your wifes music on your itunes...create a playlist with her name with all her tunes... turn off autosync and then manually load the playlist to her ipod.......but a different login would prob be easier.
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Outside of BaldRob, you guys are awesome! Thanks.
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I just got a Sandisk Sansa and love it -- very simple to use with Windows Media Player. I haven't tried downloading songs (just loaded my CD's), but I know I have several different options vs. being stuck with iTunes as the only option... didn't like that idea.
I have that as well. 1GB version. It was dirt cheap at Costco and runs on AAAs. That was a huge selling point for me. I can take it away for the weekend by just packing a few extra AAA cells.
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Outside of BaldRob, you guys are awesome! Thanks.
That's because I'm the awesomest!! O0
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Outside of BaldRob, you guys are awesome! Thanks.
That's because I'm the awesomest!! O0
Sure, just keep tellin yourself that................
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Anything with a built in battery is crap, once it can't hold a charge you have to get someone to replace it, else void your warranty.
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Anything with a built in battery is crap, once it can't hold a charge you have to get someone to replace it, else void your warranty.
I forgot to mention on my Sandisk Sansa, I have the ability to replace the worn out rechargeable battery myself -- no sending it in to Apple, etc. for replacement. By the way, I'm still loving my purchase.
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Anything with a built in battery is crap, once it can't hold a charge you have to get someone to replace it, else void your warranty.
I forgot to mention on my Sandisk Sansa, I have the ability to replace the worn out rechargeable battery myself -- no sending it in to Apple, etc. for replacement. By the way, I'm still loving my purchase.
I've advised some of my buddies on mp3 players, alot of them ended up with Sandisks, they make rock solid USB thumbdrives too.
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I just got my Ipod, haven't spent enough time with it yet to formulate an opinion. but as mentioned above, creating separate playlist is probably the simplest thing to do. I miss my MD player personally. you could use rechargeable batteries and charge them directly in the player and record off of anyones stereo or PC (anything with an earphone jack).
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I just got my Ipod, haven't spent enough time with it yet to formulate an opinion. but as mentioned above, creating separate playlist is probably the simplest thing to do. I miss my MD player personally. you could use rechargeable batteries and charge them directly in the player and record off of anyones stereo or PC (anything with an earphone jack).
MD players rocked balls in their glory days. They are still used quite a bit in the recording industry apparently.
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;D ;D ;D yeah, you could bounce a mini disc off someone's head and not worry bout scratching it!
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I loved the MD. I was in Japan in 1999 and they were the hottest thing in music. I figured it would eventually take off in the US if it did in Japan. Well, that never happened, but I had a sweet Denon MD player in my house with TONS of music on MD.
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Schro, the answer to your question is YES, as long as you each have your own profiles (logins) setup in Windows. With Windows setup this way, when you login to iTunes you will have different libraries and can choose which music is designated for that specific profile. If this doesn't make sense, call me.
UPDATE: The answer is yes. Two iPods can share the same library. I recently downloaded the most recent version of iTunes (many improvements), and when you connect your iPod to your PC, it recognizes the unit (as long as you assign them different names) and recalls what songs you have stored in your individual unit. From there, you just drag n' drop songs from your iTunes library into the iPod attached to your PC and BAM!, you're rockin' & rollin'.
Oh, the iPod Shuffle is awesome. It's about the size of a book of matches and is great for jogging.
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Oh, the iPod Shuffle is awesome. It's about the size of a book of matches and is great for jogging.
Agreed! I have one of those little bad boys.
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Oh, the iPod Shuffle is awesome. It's about the size of a book of matches and is great for jogging.
Agreed! I have one of those little bad boys.
Elderlies and technology crack me up. My grandmother still can't grasp the concept of burning cd's, I think if I gave her an Ipod stocked with all her fav tunes she'd either have another stroke or starve my grandfather to death :D I gave her a Glen Miller burned cd one year and she drove the family nuts for months.
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Havent read down the entire thread, but inorder to have sperate libraries you will need o have two user accounts like Tyler Mentioned. To create a second user account
click on Start > Control Panel > user Account > "create a new Account" > Type the name of the person using this account > if it's for the wife create it as "Computer Administrator" if it's for the kids create it as "limited"
If the music is located in My Documents\My Music and you would like to transfer them
Once that account is created you can open my documents for the new user account.
open my computer than navigate to c:\documents and settings\{original user account}\my documents\my music
so now that you have the 2 folders open, cut the music files you would like into the new user account. If you want to have some of the songs in both libraries, than create short cuts for them in one of the user accounts..
if you need more help feel free to message me on here, or add me to msn.... curtis_w_frost@hotmail.com
and v_2curtf@hotmail.com (my microsoft msn)