I have a couple of these white noise mp3 which are really long, like 8 hours (~400MB), and I can play them in iTunes, but they won't synchronize with the iPod.
So I was just wondering, maybe there's a limit for the length (or size?) for the file the iPod Classic can play? and if so, what's this limit?
Just for the record, it's an iPod Classic 160GB (Model MC297).
Thanks!
iPod classic, Windows 7
Hey there Awlo,
It sounds like you are not able to sync these files to your iPod classic although they play fine on your computer. I would recommend converting them to a different file type with iTunes and then attempting the sync again. This article will help you do that:
iTunes: How to convert a song to a different file format
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Regards,
Sterling
Hi Sterling,
thanks for your reply. I converted these two mp3 files to AAC, as you suggested and tried again, but they also didn't sync with the iPod.
Then I realized they were not the only songs not synchronizing with the iPod. So I guess now this due to the fact that I recently installed a new HD and rebuilt the iTunes library. At first, I thought it was normal no sync was performed with the iPod since the library actually didn't change. It is now that I have a couple new songs when I noticed it was not syncing. I will restore the iPod to factory settings and sync again, and see what happens. I will let you know.
Anyway, I still would like to know if there's a length/size limit to the tracks the iPod classic can play... you know if there's any?
Regards,
Awlo.
Thanks for the update! I think restoring to factory settings is a great next step, and it doesn't look like there are any limitations to the length of the tracks you can put onto an iPod classic. Let me know how the restore goes.
HI Sterling,
Thanks for the info about the length of the songs. It's all fine now. As I suspected, the iPod was not syncing because it was a "different" library and actually the checkbox "Sync music" was uncheck, due to this.
There was actually no need to restore to factory settings: I marked the checkbox and iTunes asked couple times if I really wanted to sync the iPod with my new library and delete all content from the old library. I said yed, then iTunes determined the songs to sync, and since it was essentially the same, it just needed to copy the new songs. Including those 2 really long tracks (in mp3 version!).
So, that's it. Thanks for the help!
Maximum length/size for tracks?
