ipod history???

[kreutz2112]

Does anyone know if there is a program or itunes function that keeps track of what songs/albums you have had on your ipod?

[signmeup]

itunes does that

[kreutz2112]

how? I have played around with it and cant figure it out.

[paulb]

are you talking about

www.last.fm

that site is great.

[kreutz2112]

are you talking about

www.last.fm

that site is great.

no I want to be able to view which albums I have had on my ipod in the past. I only have a 30 gig ipod so I am continuously taking albums off and putting new ones on, and I want a way to keep track of which albums I have had on my ipod and when I had them on there.

[paulb]

oh...my bad.... pencil and paper?

[suprefan]

I think its possible. I remember reading an article a couple years ago where like if you put your ipod on random shuffle play it kind of ''likes'' certain songs or artists more than others, and the person checked it, but I forgot how the did. Find some iTunes hele site or message board. Odds are you can find an answer. I cant really help since I dont even own an ipod.

[shakermaker113]

no I want to be able to view which albums I have had on my ipod in the past. I only have a 30 gig ipod so I am continuously taking albums off and putting new ones on, and I want a way to keep track of which albums I have had on my ipod and when I had them on there.

no. itunes isn't that good. and apple make it remarkably difficult for third party software to keep up.

bastards.

[prettydirtything]

hmmm... not that i have heard of. a carefully tweaked "smart playlist" could help get a fresher mix however. I am sure you have played with them... maybe try again as your playcounts and such mature...

I think you should get a 160gb ipod classic (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?nnmm=browse&mco=3587D037&node=home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_classic), and not have to make such decisions.

[paulb]

hmmm... not that i have heard of. a carefully tweaked "smart playlist" could help get a fresher mix however. I am sure you have played with them... maybe try again as your playcounts and such mature...

I think you should get a 160gb ipod classic (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?nnmm=browse&mco=3587D037&node=home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_classic), and not have to make such decisions.

i got one of those on my bday, xmas eve this year, and its sick! I love the search function on it... you can actually type in a word to find music on your ipod, its a cool feature, something i dont like though is on the main menu, how the screen is split half, with the menu on the left and random cover art on the right, i hate that...anyway to change that?

[kreutz2112]

hmmm... not that i have heard of. a carefully tweaked "smart playlist" could help get a fresher mix however. I am sure you have played with them... maybe try again as your playcounts and such mature...

I think you should get a 160gb ipod classic (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?nnmm=browse&mco=3587D037&node=home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_classic), and not have to make such decisions.

I still would have the same problem if I got a 160gig, just not as often.

i got one of those on my bday, xmas eve this year, and its sick! I love the search function on it... you can actually type in a word to find music on your ipod, its a cool feature, something i dont like though is on the main menu, how the screen is split half, with the menu on the left and random cover art on the right, i hate that...anyway to change that?

I believe you can change that, just play around with the display settings.

[prettydirtything]

I still would have the same problem if I got a 160gig, just not as often..

hmmm.. Unless you rip @ lossless or something? I only have 23GB of ripped cd's (@192kbps) and it would play for 11 days straight. Even if you rip AAC @320kpbs, it seems that even allowing for 4 hours of ipod per day, 160GB would allow you to go for a 2 or 3 months without hearing the same song twice. Unless of course you skipped songs, and thus.........

I would focus on smart play lists. Use "last skipped", "date added", "skip count" and "last played".

Suppose you updated your iPod once a month: in addition to syncing smart playlists of all your favorite artist or custom genres, you would want a catch all playlist that: included everything added since your last update, excluded everything that you skipped within the last few months, prioritized based on unheard and unskipped songs added in the last year etc. etc. etc.

good luck.

[kreutz2112]

I dont rip at lossless. I download music illegally. I am currently making an "ultimate playlist". What I do is I put artists (partial) discographies on my ipod and listen to their entire catalog. I use the "on the go" function to select songs that I like. When I update my ipod next I keep the songs that I liked from a particular artist on my ipod and get rid of the songs I didnt like. My problem is, I dont have complete discographies of some artists and so if I get a new album it is hard to remember if I have had that album on my ipod in the past when I update my ipod every month or so.

[prettydirtything]

if I get a new album it is hard to remember if I have had that album on my ipod in the past when I update my ipod every month or so.

hmm... It might be easier to limit your playlists based on what you DONT want.

with this particular point, I would definitely add "date added" to my library view to have a sense of how long an album has been around. Hit "command-J" on a mac, or get to the option via the view menu on a PC... smart playlists are very powerful, but often hard to get the right combo with.

[york707]

iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple and launched on October 23, 2001. The line-up currently consists of the original style hard drive-based flagship iPod classic, the iPod touch, the mid-level video-capable iPod nano, and the entry-level screenless iPod shuffle. Former products include the compact iPod mini (replaced by the iPod nano) and the high-end spin-off iPod photo (re-integrated into the main iPod classic line). iPod classic models store media on an internal hard drive, while all other models, aside from the Microdrive-based mini, use flash memory to enable their smaller size. As with many other digital music players, iPods can also serve as external data storage devices.

Apple's iTunes software is used to transfer music to the devices. As a jukebox application, iTunes stores a music library on the user's computer and can play, burn, and rip music from a CD. It also transfers photos, videos, games, and calendars to those iPod models that support them. Apple focused its development on the iPod's unique user interface and its ease of use, rather than on technical capability. As of October 2007, the iPod had sold over 119 million units worldwide (stated in "The Beat Goes On" conference) making it the best-selling digital audio player series in history.

iPod came from Apple's digital hub strategy, when the company began creating software for the growing market of digital devices being purchased by consumers. Digital cameras, camcorders and organizers had well-established mainstream markets, but the company found existing digital music players "big and clunky or small and useless" with user interfaces that were "unbelievably awful," so Apple decided to develop its own. Apple's hardware engineering chief, Jon Rubinstein, ordered by Steve Jobs, assembled a team of engineers to design it, including Tony Fadell, and design engineer Jonathan Ive. The product was developed in less than a year and unveiled on October 23, 2001. CEO Steve Jobs announced it as a Mac-compatible product with a 5 GB hard drive that put "1,000 songs in your pocket."

Uncharacteristically, Apple did not develop iPod's software entirely in-house. Apple instead used PortalPlayer's reference platform which was based on 2 ARM cores. The platform had rudimentary software running on a commercial microkernel embedded operating system. PortalPlayer had previously been working on an IBM-branded MP3 player with Bluetooth headphones. Apple contracted another company, Pixo, to help design and implement the user interface, under the direct supervision of Steve Jobs. Once established, Apple continued to refine the software's look and feel. Starting with iPod mini, the Chicago font was replaced with Espy Sans. Later iPods switched fonts again to Podium Sans — a font similar to Apple's corporate font Myriad. iPods with color displays then adopted some Mac OS X themes like Aqua progress bars, and brushed metal in the lock interface. In 2007, Apple modified the iPod interface again with the introduction of the sixth-generation iPod classic and third-generation iPod nano by changing the font to Helvetica, and in most cases, splitting the screen in half by displaying the menus on the left and album artwork, photos, or videos on the right (whichever was appropriate for the selected item).

The name iPod was proposed by Vinnie Chieco, a freelance copywriter, who (with others) was called by Apple to figure out how to introduce the new player to the public. After Chieco saw a prototype, he thought of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and the phrase "Open the pod bay door, Hal!", which refers to the white EVA Pods of the Discovery One spaceship. Apple researched the trademark and found that it was already in use. Joseph N. Grasso of New Jersey had originally listed an "iPod" trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in July 2000 for Internet kiosks. The first iPod kiosks had been demonstrated to the public in New Jersey in March 1998, and commercial use began in January 2000. The trademark was registered by the USPTO in November 2003, and Grasso assigned it to Apple Computer, Inc. in 2005.

iPod can play MP3, AAC/M4A, Protected AAC, AIFF, WAV, Audible audiobook, and Apple Lossless audio file formats. The iPod photo introduced the ability to display JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, and PNG image file formats. Fifth and sixth generation iPod classics, as well as third generation iPod nanos, can additionally play MPEG-4 (H.264/MPEG-4 AVC) and QuickTime video formats, with restrictions on video dimensions, encoding techniques and data-rates. Originally, iPod software only worked with Macs; however, starting with the second generation model, iPod software worked with Windows and Macs. Unlike most other media players, Apple does not support Microsoft's WMA audio format — but a converter for WMA files without Digital Rights Management (DRM) is provided with the Windows version of iTunes. MIDI files also cannot be played, but can be converted to audio files using the "Advanced" menu in iTunes. Alternative open-source audio formats such as Ogg Vorbis and FLAC are not supported without installing custom firmware onto the iPod.

The iPod is associated with one host computer. Each time an iPod connects to its host computer, iTunes can synchronize entire music libraries or music playlists either automatically or manually. Song ratings can be set on the iPod and synchronized later to the iTunes library, and vice versa. If a user wishes to connect the iPod to a second computer, only reformatting the device will allow the iPod to sync with the new computer.

[kreutz2112]

hmm... It might be easier to limit your playlists based on what you DONT want.

with this particular point, I would definitely add "date added" to my library view to have a sense of how long an album has been around. Hit "command-J" on a mac, or get to the option via the view menu on a PC... smart playlists are very powerful, but often hard to get the right combo with.

yeah thanks, i will play around with them.

[TomAz]

iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple and launched on October 23, 2001. ...

I laughed and groaned simultaneously.

[kreutz2112]

I onlu groaned.trfgv

[kreutz2112]

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[kreutz2112]

I jus tr ealized I posted in the fucking ipod histrory threade/. i meant to post in the happy new years new years thread. I love all of you!!!!!!!!!