Shoutbox

well, you import all your songs into iTunes, where they are stored by ID3 tags, but within the iTunes database. then, when you sync your iPod with iTUnes, the info that has changed in the database (new tags, new songs etc.) changes on the ipod.

now to answer ur specific question: you can browse by artist, album, song, genre..... u get the idea

ah cool, that's perfect.. this is getting better and better.. apart from that one thing, i really do hope Apple release an iPod with a longer battery life before next year..

Can you use iTunes as a media player type thing on a windows machine (without an iPod etc) I wanna give it a go!

absolutely! http://www.itunes.com
XP and 2000 only
you'll love it

thanks, ill give it a go...

at 20mb i better love it..

Damn, when I run the install file this happens:

quote:

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1608: Unable to create InstallDriver instance,
Return code: -2147024894

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I'm using XP grr, any ideas?

hey, dom, i think i no how to fix this, goto Start Menu, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup
then press OK
then it should say summit like 'Calculating disk space'
then in the list that pops up, select all of them apart from 'Compress Old Files' then press OK

i hope helps, it used to bug me when i had XP Pro, never happened to me with XP Home tho

Ill give that a try, thanks... I really want to use iTunes and I was up till around 3am last night trying to fix this.. there was a link someone posted on the Apple site listing about 7 different ways to solve this problem i tried every single one loads of times with no luck...

Ill try your solution now though, thanks

Edit: nope, that didnt work... NOTHING WORKS!

redownload?

Tried that, about 9214813462180643827424 times... I've downloaded older versions too!

Its not a problem with the download, its InstallShield that is giving me errors.. It goes through a few screens, then says configuring Windows installer and freezes for a sec, then gives me that error.

As I said, if tried EVERY SINGLE WAY there is to fix this, with no luck!

WTF is that about? Shitty installer, there is loads of users on the Apple forums with this problem but does Apple sort it? No.

..

Any other ideas?

You did consider iAudio's hd player, the M3, right?

It's smaller and lighter than the ipod, cheaper, supports WMA apart from MP3, and the battery lasts 14 hours (not as much as their flash-based players, just because hds need more power, but almost doubles the ipod).

Another model, which I couldn't find in sale online, but should be available soon, gives you up to 35 HOURS of playback.



Link: http://eng.iaudio.com/zeroboard/product_M3_featur...?bmenu=p&id=cw5001

Other link: http://www.jetaudio.com/products/iaudio/m3/

[edit] BTW, it has all the features of CW300 (and more, because it also has those of the CW400) such as FM radio and high quality voice recording integrated.