Using my Mini on USB port of DVD to play music

How are you attaching the iPod to the DVD player? If it's just via the usb cord, then it will not work this way. The sound from the iPod is only available as an output from either the headphone jack or the the output jack from the dock.

"The Samsung is suppose to copy the files on the iPod via the USB connection'

Since there is no way to transfer music from the iPod to a computer without enabling the iPod to be used as a hard disk, and moving files in this manner, I doubt if this is going to work. You cannot simply connect the iPod via a usb connection and transfer music to another dveice.

The iPod just doesn't work this way.

No, I don't have any further thoughts.

Since I'm not familiar with the DVD player you refer to, it would be wrong of me to offer any.

Maybe someone who has used this player with an iPod will post some useful advice, or maybe there's a Samsung help site you could visit?

Some questions:

Could it have something to do with formatting? Maybe the Samsung can't read aac files? Only mp3? How do you have your iTunes set up to import songs?

Do the instructions that come with the Samsung have an iPod or mp3 player section?

Cheryl

" as most of my music is from the iTunes store or my CDs."

Then that may well be the problem, since music purchased through the iTunes Music store is in aac format, which according to the instructions for your dvd player, is a format it cannot read.

As to your own cds, go to edit/preferences/importing and check what format you selected for importing your own cds. If it's aac, then again, the dvd player doesn't seem able to read this.

There isn't an aac to mp3 converter in iTunes. ITunes can convert other formats to aac using the advanced tab but not the other way around. So it sounds like you would have to re-load all your cd's using the mp3 import format. (Hope you don't have a huge library 🙂 I understand that mp3 format takes up more space on the iPod as well. You may want to think about the pros and cons of all of this before proceeding.

Cheryl

"There isn't an aac to mp3 converter in iTunes"

That is incorrect. If you have selected the format of mp3 in the importing options, then highlight all your songs in iTunes, use the "advanced/convert to mp3" option, or right click on the songs and select "convert to mp3". This will create a duplicate of all your songs in mp3 format, so you will have to delete the aac ones if you no longer want them, and of course you'll have to transfer the mp3 songs to your iPod.

However, what iTunes will not do is convert the songs purchased from the iTunes MS, as these aac songs are DRM protected. The way to get around this is to burn these songs to an audio cd, then import this cd into iTunes as you would any other.

Please note that converting songs in both the methods I've mentioned, will compress an already compressed file, and as a result you may notice a reduction in sound quality, although this may not be sufficient to bother you.

"I understand that mp3 format takes up more space on the iPod as well"

Again, this isn't so. The same song imported in either mp3 or aac at the same settings gives a file size that is almost identical.

Glad we could be of assistance. : )