Does anyone have expertise in iPods and iTunes?

Question

I'm asking this question for a friend: Does anyone have expertise in iPods and iTunes? My iTunes seems to think 410 songs needs 217.98 GB, which, of course, no iPod has. Please help.

Answer 1

hi unlvraptor! yes, that sounds way off. but u might check ur encoding/compression settings in itunes - u probably aren't using mp3 encoding for ur songs when imported into itunes. setting to mp3 encoding will help keep the file sizes down and allow u to get more songs on ur ipod:

1. start itunes
2. click the "edit" menu, then click "preferences"
3. click the "advanced" tab, then click the "importing" tab - change the "import using" option to "mp3 encoder"

the more efficient mp3 encoding/compression applies to songs u import after making this setting change, so u may have to reimport some or all of ur song library to really see a difference in terms of how much storage space itunes says ur songs require.

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Answer 2

It sounds like you encoded them into Apple Lossless (which is only about a 50% reduction over the filesize of original CD tracks), or an unusually-high bitrate of some other format (which will sound better, but chew up both the capacity of your iPod and the battery power during playback).

To check this, pull down the Edit menu, select Preferences, click the Advanced tab, then the Importing tab, and make sure that the "Import Using" selection is set to "AAC format" and the "Setting" selection is set to "128kbps". You'll probably need to reimport all of your CD tracks if it's already set to AAC with a higher bitrate, but if it's Apple Lossless or some other format, you can convert them all by highlighting every track, pulling down the Advanced menu, and selecting "Convert Selection to AAC format", which could save you a lot of trouble over reripping your entire CD collection.

Answer 3

They could be really big songs.

Or you might have movies too, and those are really big.