Kenichi Watanabe wrote:
I thought you said
so that one playlist in my computer creates only only one playlist in my ipod.
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Yes, I did say that. It just shows how difficult it is to avoid ever being misunderstood. Without going into why I said what I said and the way I said it, I was referring to something that happened to me the last time I tried to download only six or so playlists. One of them contained about 210 songs, but none of the others contained more more than, say, 25 songs. The problem is, these six playlists in my iTunes library ended up as fragments in my iPod. The 200+ playlist ended up as three songs in place, five in another, etc. That's why I said that I wanted one iTunes playlist to create only ONE iPod playlist. I want my iPod to continuously play all of the songs in the playlist I created. In other words, when I click on my long playlist, I'm prepared to listen to it until the moon comes up.
Niku
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In any case, if it's not your existing playlists (in your iTunes library) that you want on the iPod, create new playlists (in your iTunes library). You can name them to begin with "iPod - " so that they appear grouped together on the list of playlists. For example
iPod - Favorites
iPod - Exercise
iPod - Jazz
Etc.
(Or you can start the names with the same symbol, such as an underscore _ .)
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Okay, it seems to me that the easiest thing to do would be to duplicate the playlists I'm interested in downloading to my iPod. Then, I'll rename the duplicate files as you have sugested.
Niku
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Put EXACTLY the songs you want on the iPod on those playlists; you control "consciously" what goes on those playlists. There is no difference (in terms of song selection) from loading the iPod manually... Instead of manually updating the iPod directly, you are manually updating the playlists, which iTunes syncs to the iPod automatically.
When you are done creating the "iPod" playlists in your iTunes library, do what I said in the last reply to select those playlists for automatic syncing, on the Music tab.
Here's why doing it this way is MUCH better. It's how the iPod/iTunes system is optimally designed to be used, with automatic syncing. You can update the playlists at any time, even when the iPod is not connected. Playlists update instantly; it takes a few seconds (to a few minutes) per change to update the iPod directly. When you connect the iPod, ALL changes to playlists are made automatically, in one consolidated update. This reduces the occurrencce of data corruption. And finally, if you ever need to do a Restore (or even if you get a new iPod), you don't need to reload the iPod manually, which could take hours and a really good memory. Instead, you just go to the Music tab again, select the same "iPod" playlists, and click Apply. Everything is back to the way it was before, with a few mouse clicks.
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Well, you might be right, but I'll have to think about it. I guess my two main considerations are (1) I don't want there to be any chance of losing any files from my iTunes library. (2) I don't want anything to be downloaded into my iPod unless I specifically ask for it to be done. I don't want any clutter. I'm not really interested in automatic updates. The singer of the songs in my 200+ song file died in 1985, so I don't expect any more changes there. The other song files were the result of quite a bit of research to determine which files to save. I have files on Dangdut, Tango, Waltz, Bossa Nova, and the same applies there. However, I am going to be downloading some single pieces that are important to me. That's it. I don't think I'll be adding much more. I also have Classical music and music you've never heard of, such as Dangdut and Qasida, but the core of my iPOD collection will be as described above. If I want to listen to something else, It will be in my iTunes' library.
Well, this is enough for today. Tomorrow I'll start emptying my iPod of the mess it now has and downloading my six renamed playlists.
Niku