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Guide on Copying Songs from iPod BACK to your computer
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rex2040
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9. January 2006 @ 11:55 |
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Lethal_b
i have a new ipod 30gb video. again, another person had their computer crash and i lost all of my songs, i have posted a couple of threads, but no replys, when i try to use sharepod to copy songs back to computer, it says that it failed because it cant find the file on my ipod, now it gives some weird file name, like hzhl.mp3 instead of the album or artist or song title, how can i correct that? or is that what ipod does, is rename the files, i can get some songs to copy over, but not all of them, after about 9 songs, thats when it fails. please help, im going crazy
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chuy01
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9. January 2006 @ 17:11 |
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great guide I used his last approach without software by just clicking show hidden items and it worked perfectly except i dont know why the songs have wierd names but i just wanted to be able to restore them later so it worked perfectly
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AngryWite
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11. January 2006 @ 16:09 |
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I'm having trouble using the "traditional method" that you explain. I get to the files that are labeled F00, F01, F02, etc. but once I double click on one of them, I don't get the artist, title tags. I get a list of files each with a four letter name of scrambled letters. If I click on one of the files, it is a song from my ipod, but nothing is in order. How can I fix this?
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chuy01
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20. January 2006 @ 19:49 |
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yes the names are messed up but if you go to itunes and add folder or file and add the messed upped songs most of the names get fixed
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lilazn7
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23. January 2006 @ 21:01 |
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I have found 'EphPod' to be quite helpful,
1. Plug in your ipod using the USB Cable.
2. Install and Run EphPod.
3. It will ask you what drive your iPod, iPod Mini, iPod Video etc.. is - for example, mine is F:/.
4. Select your drive, and then click on songs, where it says Playlists, Artists, Albums etc..
5. Click on one of your songs, then press CTRL + A, and then right click it, and choose Copy Songs to selected directory.
NOTE:
Some of these songs cannot be played on a CD Player, since they are in .m4a format. This post was generally aimed at people trying to put songs unto another ipod. ( the .m4a format can be imported to iTunes.
Hope this helps,
lilazn
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24. January 2006 @ 09:35 |
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Nice spot. I wanted to include Eph in my guide, but the site was down at the time I was writing it :-)
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sapper12B
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24. January 2006 @ 11:31 |
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OK, I am writing this on behalf of my wife and the continuation of our marriage. She is driving me nuts with this. I don't know much about the IPOD, but I know enough to ask a question bout her problem. She is trying to back up her IPOD to the PC. When she does this, the names of the songs and artist, are just files. As mentioned in a previous post, a few before this. Now, she has no trouble getting the songs from the Ipod to the PC, but the files seem to be corrupt. So two questions? Does Apple do this on purpose? What software should I use to resolve it? There have been many mentioned. Thanks to anyone who can help me!
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24. January 2006 @ 11:43 |
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1. yes, the b*****ds over at Apple do this as a form of copy protection.
2. purchase the full version of Anapod for your wife, it's the safest and most consistent way of getting songs from your iPod o your PC.
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lilazn7
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24. January 2006 @ 21:14 |
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As i said...
I would reccomend EphPod, because I find its the cheapest (its free) and best program.. since it keeps all the Artist data, album data etc... but the bad thing is, you have to rate them all again.. (hours and hours of work!!!! (for me lolz ) ) but its not that bad :D
If you extract them to a folder on your hard drive.. Go into itunes and select Add files from folder, select that folder, and since they are in .mpe, .aac, or .m4a format, they are all compatible with iTunes. YaY!.
So yeah.. I feel this is the easiest way.
Hope this helps you!
lilazn
EDIT: rex2040 - You can use EphPod to put it on your iPod.. but doesn't the iTunes disc come with your iPod?? It came with mine.. It's only 37MB off the website.. You don't have to sign up or anything.. Just put your email.. and just untick the boxes to recieve emails, and you'll download it..
Hope that clears things up
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 24. January 2006 @ 21:15
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DarkmanX
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25. January 2006 @ 15:45 |
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Lethal, You seem to be the man in this topic, so I'll give you a shot. I am using Sharepod, and from what I've read you can transfer up to 500 songs at one time. I get to about song 250 using drag and dropping multiple files through explorer window and then I get Run Time error '6' Overflow. I copied 200 songs after this and then saved them to my IPO with success. But when I re-open Sharepod, to continue, after about 3 songs, I get the overflow error again. Do I have to transfer the songs off of the Ipod into Itunes to transfer additional songs to my Ipod? I was under the impression that Sharepod could function as an mp3 manager without using Itunes?
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lilazn7
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25. January 2006 @ 20:53 |
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EphPod can replace iTunes.. :D
What is so hard about downloading iTunes!!
Just use EphPod for uploading songs back to your computer, and iTunes for playing it and putting it unto your iPod.. You can use EphPod for putting it onto your iPod.. but eh, who really cares..
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26. January 2006 @ 00:20 |
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As I say, have used EphPod Before, but their site was down whilst I was writing this; so I will add it later on once I get home..
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lilazn7
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26. January 2006 @ 01:04 |
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Sorry for the misunderstanding..
I was telling 'DarkManX' what my reccomendation would be, in uploading songs..
Hope this clears things up =)
lilazn
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emma321
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27. February 2006 @ 12:40 |
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hey i was just wandering..when i plug my iPod to my comp. it starts to update but not from my librbary...it updates with all the stuff in there. Does anyone know how to copy all the songs in my iPod list to my library list?
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netaholic
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27. February 2006 @ 14:13 |
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me personaly i dont like the itune libary list updater its to much work when all u can do is drag wha u want from a file to your ipod list. and by the way that sharepod is tight i had lost all my music on my external hard drive,but lucky i had put some on my ipod video. so i got sharepod and i got some back on my pc and i feel better now. thanks again.
HELLO DARLIN!!!!
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1. March 2006 @ 13:45 |
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No worries. Welcome to the forums :-)
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finn25
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4. March 2006 @ 05:33 |
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Great guide!
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4. March 2006 @ 08:24 |
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Thanks. Welcome to the forums, and I hope you enjoy your stay!
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ctkillerz
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24. April 2006 @ 22:29 |
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or just get EphPod
google it
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danbooky
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11. May 2006 @ 22:56 |
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Lethal B,
is there any software like this which support the Video also?
Thanks
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c.trigger
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15. May 2006 @ 23:38 |
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<===cool text coming soon===>
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lilazn7
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17. May 2006 @ 03:32 |
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Is there a program that lets you save the ratings as well as the songs? I can't be bothered back-upping all my songs as well as doing ratings again..
I only found one and it was shareware... Im cheap... so no...
any freeware?
Thanks in advance,
lilazn7
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c.trigger
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17. May 2006 @ 23:52 |
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if you back up the itunes .xml file that should contane that sort of information
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lilazn7
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18. May 2006 @ 01:59 |
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Thanks, I'll try it later
lilazn7
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zsumsion
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22. May 2006 @ 09:32 |
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Hi there. In attempting to copy songs from my old iPod to my new iPod (which are not on my iTunes), I saved the songs to my computer, and then attempted to drag and drop them to my iPod bot through iTunes and through "My Computer"(I since have learned I should have imported). Now the songs show in my iPod, but will not play. They do not show up in iTunes at all, and if I try to delete them through "My Computer", they are back in there as soon as I disconnect and then reconnect the iPod.
This forum can easily walk me through the correct way to copy to iTunes, but in the meantime, I have lost nearly 4g off of my iPod for songs that won't play. How do I get them off if they won't show in iTunes!!!
Your help is much appreciated.
thanks,
Zach
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