IPod 4GB capacity?

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IPod 4GB capacity?

I know this is going to sound like a silly question to all you techies out there, but here it is...My Nano (2nd generation, I believe) has a 4GB capacity, which according to the website, is approximately 1,000 songs. But, I've only got 518 songs on there (no pictures, videos, etc.) and it's full. None of the songs are extraordinarly long and there's nothing on there but music. Am I missing something?

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IPod Nano

Posted on Jul 13, 2009 6:25 PM

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Answer 1

Niel

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Jul 13, 2009 7:22 PM in response to Tyggerboo

Am I missing something?

That figure assumes they are encoded at 128Kbps. The default encoder can be checked and changed by opening the General section of the iTunes preferences and clicking on Import Options.

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Pee

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Jul 28, 2009 1:01 PM in response to Niel

Hi

We have same problem - a 4GB ipod nano (ie approx 1,000 songs) that's apparently reached full capacity but only contains 479 songs. Our computer recently crashed & we're re-loading our libraries, etc and before then she had at least 900 songs on it. I've tried restoring the ipod but it just loads the 479 songs again & I get the same message about capacity being full.

Any help would be really appreciated - please keep it simple cos I'm in my 40's!

Thanks

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Answer 3

kofi567

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Aug 3, 2009 2:11 PM in response to Tyggerboo

The 4 GB capacity is based on certain things like the length of the song and the quality of the song. To check to quality (MP3, AAC or Apple Lossless) For Mac OS X Leopard: select the song and press Command + i and in Windows select the song and right click and select Get Info.

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