I'm thinking about getting an iPod, since all my family has and loves them, but am concerned about the HD size and the sound quality.
Last night I messed around and found that MP3 or AAC ripped at 320 kbps don't sound too bad and are about 1/3rd the size of a WAV or FLAC file. That's a concern as at 10 meg/minute WAV files could only store 50 hours of music on a 30G iPod, or 130 hours on an 80Gb. Sounds like a lot, but 130 CDs o an 80GB pales when one considers that 128 kbps MP3s would allow 1300 hours!!!
So here's what I'm wondering. Can I set up two ITunes libraries and shuffle tunes back and forth? I know I can set up two; it's the shuffling I wonder about. Call one the Master Library and do all my ripping into it and call the second my iPod Library and move the music I want on my iPod into it? I'd sync my iPod to the smaller library. That way I can rip stuff in WAV or FLAC format and store it on something like a 500GB external USB HD and still flow "good" files onto my iPod, albeit only a wee 50 hours, vai the smaller, sync'd library..
Has anybody done, tried this? How does it work? Any tricks on moving files?
I started messing with this yesterday afternoon, so if I'm asking iPod 1 questions, please bear with me.
Last night I messed around and found that MP3 or AAC ripped at 320 kbps don't sound too bad and are about 1/3rd the size of a WAV or FLAC file. That's a concern as at 10 meg/minute WAV files could only store 50 hours of music on a 30G iPod, or 130 hours on an 80Gb. Sounds like a lot, but 130 CDs o an 80GB pales when one considers that 128 kbps MP3s would allow 1300 hours!!!
So here's what I'm wondering. Can I set up two ITunes libraries and shuffle tunes back and forth? I know I can set up two; it's the shuffling I wonder about. Call one the Master Library and do all my ripping into it and call the second my iPod Library and move the music I want on my iPod into it? I'd sync my iPod to the smaller library. That way I can rip stuff in WAV or FLAC format and store it on something like a 500GB external USB HD and still flow "good" files onto my iPod, albeit only a wee 50 hours, vai the smaller, sync'd library..
Has anybody done, tried this? How does it work? Any tricks on moving files?
I started messing with this yesterday afternoon, so if I'm asking iPod 1 questions, please bear with me.