4 GB ipod nano can only fit 190 songs

Thanks, I thought that might be the case, so I'm trying to find out exactly what it is that I did for it to only store so much. Which is why is assumed it might be in the way I uploaded the songs. If I convert the songs on my nano to ID3 tags will it make them smaller - (laughs) of course I say this out of complete ignorance of what the **** ID3 tags are.

Hmm just wondering, in my quest to put as much songs on my nano as possible, I er transferred a folder full of songs from windows media into my ipod (around the photo cache part of my nano) do these songs contribute to the capacity of my nano? and if so *laughs bitterly at her own stupidit* I can't seem to find the photo cache anymore.

Hi there, thankyou for responding. I didn't know which songs you wanted me to find information on - the ones stored on the library or the ones on my ipod. On my first night using my ipod I accidently erased all the files that I had copied into my ipod off the library, so the songs stored in the library are different to those on my ipod ( apologies I hope you get that convoluted sentence). I took it to mean those on my ipod and so information on the songs on my nano showed no set pattern, songs differed greatly in bitrate from 128 KBPS - 1411KBPS furthermore there were quite a number of songs that didn't have a format, whereas others did, 'MPEG-1,layer3' the remaining songs had a profile of 'low complexity'. laughs sorry about the lack of informtion on my computer etc. my computer challenged brain hindered my ability to provide it. err I have a pentium 4 computer and when I went to check on 'check for itunes updates' it offered the 6.0.1 version, so I would hazard a guess that my version is the one just older than that.I (fortunately) have recieved no confounding error message other than the one telling me that I had filled my ipod to its limits. Thankyou once again.

Thanks for that. The majority of the songs in the library (which I don't use) are at 128KBPS and in the MPEG-1,Layer3 format.These songs were dowloaded from the net unlike the songs that I imported onto my ipod from cd. As I said in a previous post - I imported by creating a playlist, coping the songs onto it and then putting it on my ipod (did this affect the size?).
So what exactly does this bitrate thing mean for me, do you suggest that I delete those songs? or am I able to change it?

Sorry, I was also just wondering for future purposes, how exactly did I get a file that size? The files that were 1411KBPS were from burnt cd's was this the cause for the size, or was it because they were wav files beforehand.

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Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys - Songs in A minor

Kind: WAV audio file
Size: 40 MB
Bit Rate: 1411KBPS
Sample Rate: 44.100 kHz
Date Modified: 26/12/2005 4:14PM
Play Count:0
Last Played:Not available
Channels: stereo
Sample size: 16 bit

That's what they all kind of look like