I've got the 3rd generation 8gb Nano. I read somewhere that the nano 8Gb holds around 2000 songs. Currently I have about just 172 songs loaded and my storage is almost maxed out. I don't have any video loaded. Something doesn't seem right. Shouldn't I be able t get a lot more music on it? I know the length of the songs are a factor, but they aren't all "Stairway To Heaven" length so that shouldn't be the problem.
it also depends on the bit rate at which the songs were encoded. the better the quality, the higher the file size. apple probably gives those estimates based on the lowest m4a bit rate, and all songs at 2 minutes.
I just loaded my cds to iTunes then moved them over to the iPod without changing the settings. I didn't realize there was an option for that. Is there a standard bit rate I should put it at or can that even be done?
even at that, considering he only has 172 songs, the bitrate can't be the problem. Are you sure you aren't loading Wave files or something?
from apple.com Check the bit rate of your songs on iTunes, if they're all like 320 kbps, thats probably why.
You can change the settings in the Advanced settings tab, then under import. If you want to save space, make sure you are importing the file as AIFF, Apple Lossless, or WAV, because they take up a lot of space
I have well over 1,000 songs on my nano with room to spare. There are some large files sneaking in there.
On Itunes -- Go To Edit -> Preferences Click on Advanced Tab -> Importing On Import settings - use either AAC or any of the format available then set the bit rate to 128 kbps this should give you an average of 1mb per minute
That was likely the problem...I was set for the AIFF highest setting. What's the difference between AIFF and AAC? What bit rate setting would be best on AIFF? So now I have to re-import all of my cds again?
If you right click on a song there should be an option for "Convert to AAC", just select everything and choose that, it could take a while to finish though.
I did a "select all" and it's slowly doing that now. Will it convert it to lower settings that I set for future imports?
You called? I would recommend doing MP3 encoding all the time, but that's just me. And I do it so I can put any MP3 in any PC where I want to listen to it without having to convert it. I like to tell people who ask me for help putting songs in their iPods that Apple says "you can put 10000 songs!" but they're not talking about ALL SONGS being the SAME LENGTH and the HIGHEST bitrate. You can have 10 Mozart files and 100 "Bronco" files and they'll take up the same amount of disk space.
Good thread. I've had some similar questions on the same issue, and instant gratification being what it is, and my patience levels being what they are, I've not bothered to do anything about it. I have the BBC reading of the whole Lord of the Rings trilogy and I've noticed a separate setting for audio books. After a few minutes tooling around, I can't figure how to go about doing it. Any suggestions?
I just converted one song to a higher bit rate, however when it was finished I had the song at the improved bit rate and then the same song at the old lower bit rate. If I convert all my songs to a higher bit rate, is there an easy way to delete the all of the old files (I have almost 4000 songs, so doing it manually isn't an option).
If your converting from a lower bitrate to a higher bitrate in the same format you're not going to accomplish anything but making a bigger file since it can't be better than the original. You'd have to rip everything again to improve the quality. To answer the question though, in iTunes you can add a column for bit rate (right click the column labels to get the menu), sort by the bit rate and select all of the songs at the lower rate and delete them.
can u watch a normal divx file on this new ipod nano? or basically how thus it work this hole video thing with the new ipod nano`??
If you have the encoder and the QuickTime Pro option, you CAN. If you want to go the "improper" way, use Super© to convert from any format into an iTunes-viewable (mp4) format. What is a normal DIVX file, anyway?
Thanks for the help guys. I just said screw it, deleted everything and am going to re-import my stuff.
New question: Can I use the same iPod on my Mac and PC? I have a bunch of songs on my old PC that I wanted to put on my iPod but apparently it has to reformat it or something like that. What's the solution? How do I get my PC songs over to my Mac?
