seriously what am i missing here?

[hdeck]

ok brother got ipod for christmas blah blah blah. installed everything. put the cd in and it shows up in itunes. i used this guide from the itunes site. pushed the import button and it flies through every song and then they show up in the itunes library with each of them having a length of 700+ minutes (yeah it's messed up). try to play the file and it lasts for less than a second then moves on to the next song. looking at the files they are all less than 50kb.

wtf am i doing wrong?

 

[hdeck]

ok seriously i've tried 3 different cds with different encodings and everything. he's crying here.

 

[Injury]

uninstall and reinstall?

Use correct forum?

 

[randomlinh]

what settings do you have for importing? is everything at least named properly? and how long before it shows up in the library?

 

[Pepsi90919]

step 1. obtain sledgehammer

 

[sniperruff]

use WMP/real to rip

 

[Tea Bag]

I second using WMP 10 to rip.

 

[ElFenix]

eac/lame ftw!

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
eac/lame ftw!

seconded

 

[hdeck]

yeah except my brother is 11 and i'd rather not try to explain a multitude of steps to get songs on this thing. i don't see why pushing the import button isn't good enough on its own.

 

[Tea Bag]

Well if he's 'crying', the above suggestions are a quick and dirty solution to get some songs on there in the interim so he can play with his toy on christmas!

 

[CKent]

I ate so much I'm fighting off sleep here, is the problem with ripping the CD, or with putting the (successfully ripped) CD onto the ipod? If the former, it could be copy protection. The latter, well, I'd suggest ephpod honestly. It's not difficult to use, an 11 y/o should have no problem with it. Even if he likes itunes, something that actually does what he wants it to should be viewed as welcome.

 

[sswingle]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
step 1. don't buy apple products

Fixed it for ya

 

[pontifex]

don't use itunes, use ephpod

 

[ironcrotch]

Always worked fine for me, could it possibly be a copy protected cd? Make sure youre playing the songs from the library and not trying to drag the songs from the cd library.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker

Originally posted by: ElFenix
eac/lame ftw!

seconded

Thirded

People recommending WMP/Real/iTunes/anything that's not EAC+LAME need to have their ears filled with hot lead, they wouldn't be able to tell the difference

 

[ShadowBlade]

i dont even use itunes to copy music to my ipod
I do have to use it with itunes copy-protected stuff i buy

NOTE: i use winamp+ipod plugin and cdex to rip
For movies i use dvd decrypter, autoGK, and videora ipod converter, for plain videos i use videora ipod converter

i hate itunes

 

[hdeck]

i ripped the cd successfully with wmp to put on there for now until i can figure out why itunes isn't getting the job done.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: sheik124

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker

Originally posted by: ElFenix
eac/lame ftw!

seconded

Thirded

People recommending WMP/Real/iTunes/anything that's not EAC+LAME need to have their ears filled with hot lead, they wouldn't be able to tell the difference

itunes/wmp/real = extremely simple for a non-computer person. EAC+Lame... not quite so.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: randomlinh

Originally posted by: sheik124

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker

Originally posted by: ElFenix
eac/lame ftw!

seconded

Thirded

People recommending WMP/Real/iTunes/anything that's not EAC+LAME need to have their ears filled with hot lead, they wouldn't be able to tell the difference

itunes/wmp/real = extremely simple for a non-computer person. EAC+Lame... not quite so.

Not really, once you have EAC/LAME set up, its only a 1-click affair.

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: sheik124

Originally posted by: randomlinh

Originally posted by: sheik124

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker

Originally posted by: ElFenix
eac/lame ftw!

seconded

Thirded

People recommending WMP/Real/iTunes/anything that's not EAC+LAME need to have their ears filled with hot lead, they wouldn't be able to tell the difference

itunes/wmp/real = extremely simple for a non-computer person. EAC+Lame... not quite so.

Not really, once you have EAC/LAME set up, its only a 1-click affair.

exactly. you have to set it up. WMP is set bit-rate then click copy to disk. dummies like me can't afford to learn new crap!

actually i use dbpower AMP.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: sheik124

Originally posted by: randomlinh

Originally posted by: sheik124

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker

Originally posted by: ElFenix
eac/lame ftw!

seconded

Thirded

People recommending WMP/Real/iTunes/anything that's not EAC+LAME need to have their ears filled with hot lead, they wouldn't be able to tell the difference

itunes/wmp/real = extremely simple for a non-computer person. EAC+Lame... not quite so.

Not really, once you have EAC/LAME set up, its only a 1-click affair.

you obviously have never dealt w/ the average normal joe. after you work some kind of retail or support job.. you realize how stupid the general population is. That and ppl are lazy, they want one click or two clicks and it should be done for them. And not everyone is an audiophile, not everyone has the sound system that can make a damn of a difference.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Have you installed the latest versions of Itunes & rebooted a couple of times?

I had a similar problem getting daughter's set up, I got everything going the week before Christmas for her so this wouldn't be a problem.