Ipod capacity - why 1000 songs take up 10GB???

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Ipod capacity - why 1000 songs take up 10GB???

Hi, I have a 4th gen 60GB video ipod. I have about 1100 songs on my itune, about 4.2MB each in size on average. The "library" screen of my itune shows that the 1100 songs are collectively about 5.6 GB (which seems about right, based on the 4 MB per 4 minutes song suggested by Apple). HOWEVER, when i imported the 1100 songs into my ipod, the "my ipod" screen of the itune states that my ipod has 10GB space filled with the 1100 songs while its library screen states that the same 1100 songs take up 5.6 GB. (my ipod itself shows the same figures as those shown in the "my ipod" screen instead of the library screen)

First off, which of the representations is true? And secondly, if the 1100 songs DO actually take up 10GB, then, that would mean my 60GB ipod can only hold up to 6000 songs, not 15000 songs as advertised?? Why is this the case? If anyone knows anything about any related issues, please please let me know! Thanks in advance.

sony vio Windows XP

Posted on Dec 27, 2006 3:57 AM

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Answer 1

Mitch 751

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Dec 27, 2006 8:34 AM in response to lady ill nana

Please have a check with your iTunes, click view and tick the box of kind and bit rate, if you choose Apple Lossless or AIFF format, the music file will be much larger as compare with MP3 or AAC. Again, if you choose higher Bit rate , the files will be bigger. Normally, most of the people use MP3 or AAC with the Bit rate set at (or lower) 192 kps

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Answer 2

Dec 27, 2006 9:21 AM in response to Mitch 751

Hmmm...i followed your instruction, and it looks like most of my music files are in AAC or MPEG, with bit rate mostly ranging from 100 to 200. Again, my iTune frame states they are collectively only 5.5GB but my iPOD says they have taken up 10GB of its space. Why the discprepancy? It seems like 5.5GB is about what it should be for 1100 songs, not 10GB like my iPOD says.

sony vio Windows XP

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Answer 3

Mitch 751

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Dec 27, 2006 6:42 PM in response to lady ill nana

Ok then, restore your iPod into factory settings, which will erase your iPod completely, and once completed, do the update with your iTunes again.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983

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