Are you an MP3 Pro?

[SV1000]

I have owned a 2g Zen V for about two years and lost the software long ago. I just dumped a load of various albums on it using Windows Explorer and used shuffle play and toggled to the next song if I was not in the mood for the song.

A few months ago I tried downloading the software but never managed to get it to work differently than the way I have been using it; today, it bit the dust so I decided to get a new MP3 player this evening.

I bought a 2g Sandisc Fuze at Walmart for 68.00 and have spent the last three hours making a playlist in Windows Media Player. I just finished a sync with the Sandisc and it works great.

I opened the music library and previewed songs and then added them to a new playlist.

How did you setup your player?

Do you create playlists in Windows Media Player or on the MP3 player?

What playlists do you have?

Is there a better, faster, smarter way to create playlists?

Any other tips for an MP3 newbie?

[Old_swole]

C'mon everybody our age knows ya gotta ask your kid how to do that stuff. Crap I can't even figure out how to put a smiley face at the end of my sentence!

[PhobosWebDev]

iTunes > WMP

[mikieson]

I have used MP3's for years now...Well....since 1999. I never buy cds'.

[BrotherWolf]

ipod and itunes, you create the Playlist with itunes or just use the "genius" and it'll make playlists for you based on one selection.. I have over 7000 songs in iTunes and the "genius" is a very cool new feature

[Do_Somethin]

Is there a better, faster, smarter way to create playlists?

Any other tips for an MP3 newbie?

Get an iPod!

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[SV1000]

What's an ipod?

[mikieson]

Get an iPod!

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What keeps me from having an ipod is "i think?" you have to have a license for all the music. I could be wrong?

[uncleroman]

too many songs on my ipod, its too big and cumbersomeand the wires totally suck. i listen to metal in the gym, so i put 2 gigs on my phone and use these bluetooth headphones

[Tallgntlmn]

What keeps me from having an ipod is "i think?" you have to have a license for all the music. I could be wrong?

That's not the complete truth. Licensing applies to ALL music players. The license for music is if you purchase it online from iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, Amazon, Wal-Mart, etc. But if you rip your own or get your music from P2P, then there is no license. If you buy your music, look for DRM-free music.

I have an iPod shuffle for the gym. My full iPod was way too big and cumbersome for that environment. I like Uncleroman's method. Do you turn off the wireless for the phone when in the gym? I can't think of something more maddening than the phone vibrating in the middle of a set.

[Guff]

I use the same thing as Unc, just on my Ipod with one of these.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GAOTX8?...0&linkCode=asn


I used to have a Zen, but the thing was just goofy and awkward to use so I bought an Ipod. I gave the Zen to my wife and now she hates trying to use it and wants an Ipod.

[Marius_Ursus]

C'mon everybody our age knows ya gotta ask your kid how to do that stuff. Crap I can't even figure out how to put a smiley face at the end of my sentence!

Just do what I do. Write, "I'm smiling."

I'm smiling.

[Marius_Ursus]

What's an ipod?

Seriously.

I just bought my first MP3 player on Black Friday because I refused to pay what everyone was asking for them. I finally saw a deal I was willing to pay for...8 GB for 45 bucks.

[SP1966]

I have the iPod Shuffle and it is worth every penny over and above it's competition if only because it is made aluminum and not plastic so it surives it's occasional toss acrossed the gym!!! One time I got so pissed cuz it stopped working that I took it off and used the headphone wires to swing it around and down onto the counter, I have no idea where it flew to but my wife got pissed and went to find it, it still works to this day, though slightly dented. Come to find out there was nothing wrong to make it stop working, I was clipping it to my waist and sweat was getting into the headphone jack shorting it out! D'oh!!

[SV1000]

Seriously.

I just bought my first MP3 player on Black Friday because I refused to pay what everyone was asking for them. I finally saw a deal I was willing to pay for...8 GB for 45 bucks.

Nope, wasn't serious...but I bet there a few from the hills that don't know what an MP3 is

When IPOD's were introduced my daughters wanted one and they were outrageously expensive. I bought them various inexpensive MP3 players when they were younger and simply told them "name brands" were not always the best value. They hit up the EX last year for Xmas and they received Shuffles. This year I hear they are getting a newer model. BTW, they live with me fulltime.

I am trying to teach them that they do not have to compete with all of their friends....phones, mp3 players, clothes, shoes, vehicles etc.

I do provide for them quite well but I don't serve them all those things ^^^ on a silver platter. I had serious heartburn over buying my daughters 95.00 Nike Shox's in 4'th grade when at that time their feet were still growing. Now that they are in Jr High and start Sr High next year, I will gladly throw down some green for shoes that benefit their ankles and knees.


Oh, my Sansa came with 14 days of Rhapsody but I was only able to download a few songs. Any help on how to get the most from my remaining 13 days?

[SP1966]

Nope, wasn't serious...but I bet there a few from the hills that don't know what an MP3 is

When IPOD's were introduced my daughters wanted one and they were outrageously expensive. I bought them various inexpensive MP3 players when they were younger and simply told them "name brands" were not always the best value. They hit up the EX last year for Xmas and they received Shuffles. This year I hear they are getting a newer model. BTW, they live with me fulltime.

I am trying to teach them that they do not have to compete with all of their friends....phones, mp3 players, clothes, shoes, vehicles etc.

I do provide for them quite well but I don't serve them all those things ^^^ on a silver platter. I had serious heartburn over buying my daughters 95.00 Nike Shox's in 4'th grade when at that time their feet were still growing. Now that they are in Jr High and start Sr High next year, I will gladly throw down some green for shoes that benefit their ankles and knees.


Oh, my Sansa came with 14 days of Rhapsody but I was only able to download a few songs. Any help on how to get the most from my remaining 13 days?

Once your trial expires the songs will no longer function so don't worry to much about the downloads. I personally buy most of my music from Amazon.com mp3 store. No DRM so they work with any player you have now, or are likely to have in the future.

[Marius_Ursus]

Nope, wasn't serious...but I bet there a few from the hills that don't know what an MP3 is

When IPOD's were introduced my daughters wanted one and they were outrageously expensive. I bought them various inexpensive MP3 players when they were younger and simply told them "name brands" were not always the best value. They hit up the EX last year for Xmas and they received Shuffles. This year I hear they are getting a newer model. BTW, they live with me fulltime.

I am trying to teach them that they do not have to compete with all of their friends....phones, mp3 players, clothes, shoes, vehicles etc.

I do provide for them quite well but I don't serve them all those things ^^^ on a silver platter. I had serious heartburn over buying my daughters 95.00 Nike Shox's in 4'th grade when at that time their feet were still growing. Now that they are in Jr High and start Sr High next year, I will gladly throw down some green for shoes that benefit their ankles and knees.


Oh, my Sansa came with 14 days of Rhapsody but I was only able to download a few songs. Any help on how to get the most from my remaining 13 days?

That "seriously" remark was my agreeing with you, not asking if you were serious. Technology has outgrown its capacity for usefulness.

[BrotherWolf]

That "seriously" remark was my agreeing with you, not asking if you were serious. Technology has outgrown its capacity for usefulness.

LOL how true , as much as I love gadgets we are more slaves of technology than anything else ...
Technology was supposed to help our every day life but instead it got us lazy
but I am not talking mp3 players here, that was a great invention

[Marius_Ursus]

LOL how true , as much as I love gadgets we are more slaves of technology than anything else ...
Technology was supposed to help our every day life but instead it got us lazy
but I am not talking mp3 players here, that was a great invention

They're still a little too overdesigned, though. MP3 players don't make people lazy like so many other inventions have, but they're more complicated than they have to be...and now there are phones that shoot video and MP3 players that have voice recording, and it seems that there are phones that play MP3s, shoot videos, answer e-mail, browse the web...

No wonder people are so depressed. They're given too many options and too many choices. Humans tend to get stuck in analysis paralysis in situations like that, and even subconsciously our spirits get dragged down if we have more than two or three choices to make.

How many people have you heard lament their choice of phone, TV, PC, laptop, or whatever else because they saw something "better" or "cheaper"?

Back in the days when your choices were "work" or "starve" the percentage of depression was a LOT lower. LOL

[BrotherWolf]

They're still a little too overdesigned, though.

Hey that's why the ipod and generally all Apple stuff is better and works better
they are not trying to be everything , they do what they are designed to do more efficiently, better os better interface translates into less frustrated user.
Sometimes they have less features than some competitive products but for a good reason.

[Marius_Ursus]

Hey that's why the ipod and generally all Apple stuff is better and works better
they are not trying to be everything , they do what they are designed to do more efficiently, better os better interface translates into less frustrated user.
Sometimes they have less features than some competitive products but for a good reason.

I decided a couple months ago that the next computer I buy is going to be an Apple.

[SP1966]

I decided a couple months ago that the next computer I buy is going to be an Apple.

Ubuntu Linux has really come a long way! I bought a cheap laptop for the wife to keep her off my Mac and installed Ubuntu on it. I think I am getting jealous!

[BrotherWolf]

I decided a couple months ago that the next computer I buy is going to be an Apple.

You do software testing for a living you know how painful windows can be

[rpaul11]

Hey that's why the ipod and generally all Apple stuff is better and works better
they are not trying to be everything , they do what they are designed to do more efficiently, better os better interface translates into less frustrated user.
Sometimes they have less features than some competitive products but for a good reason.

I see you haven't been introduced to the Iphone

[Marius_Ursus]

You do software testing for a living you know how painful windows can be

Exactly!

[BrotherWolf]

I see you haven't been introduced to the Iphone

LOL I might soon .. my only problem is A&TT , I don't use the cell phone enough to justify one , however santa might bring me an ipod touch .. time to put my 30gig video ipod to rest
That would be perfect because I can make calls with the touch without having a phone plan.

[rpaul11]

LOL I might soon .. my only problem is A&TT , I don't use the cell phone enough to justify one , however santa might bring me an ipod touch .. time to put my 30gig video ipod to rest
That would be perfect because I can make calls with the touch without having a phone plan.

isn't the touch as expensive as the phone? LOL...may as well buy the phone then if ya changer your mind in 6 months you can activate it

[SP1966]

isn't the touch as expensive as the phone? LOL...may as well buy the phone then if ya changer your mind in 6 months you can activate it

Doesn't work that way. The iPhone must be activated and if you cancel your voice/data plan you have to pay a cancelation fee. That and if you don't cancel it is over $80 a month for 450 minutes, data and zero text messages! I have a first generation iPhone and will be going back to a normal phone in 6 months when my contract is up. It was fun to play with at first but not all that usefull in the long run.

[BrotherWolf]

Doesn't work that way. The iPhone must be activated and if you cancel your voice/data plan you have to pay a cancelation fee. That and if you don't cancel it is over $80 a month for 450 minutes, data and zero text messages! I have a first generation iPhone and will be going back to a normal phone in 6 months when my contract is up. It was fun to play with at first but not all that usefull in the long run.

Your first gen. iphone is good because you can unlock it easily but you can't use the app store which limits it's capabilities..

[rpaul11]

Doesn't work that way. The iPhone must be activated and if you cancel your voice/data plan you have to pay a cancelation fee. That and if you don't cancel it is over $80 a month for 450 minutes, data and zero text messages! I have a first generation iPhone and will be going back to a normal phone in 6 months when my contract is up. It was fun to play with at first but not all that usefull in the long run.

*shaking head* youjust don't understand sarcasm do you