troubleshooting ipod shuffle

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ise702

20-04-2005 21:43:03

Can I tell you what hell I had getting my ipod shuffle to work on my computer...after 24 hours of hell I found out that I need microsoft service pack 2 installed (which I only had 1) and the installation cd wasn't formatting my ipod shuffle in the end I formatted it my self and it worked automatically (this was after a few reinstallations latter)...boy I sure learned a lot about my computer....kudoos to all those computer techs and anylsts out there

keyspacer

20-04-2005 22:20:02

huh, I just plugged it in and it showed up on my itunes. I already had all the latest updates. So, I guess that might be why. I didn't have to format the little thing though.

theysayjump

20-04-2005 23:49:58

i dont have SP2, only SP1 and it worked fine......i thought itunes was slow as shit though.

PodTopia

20-04-2005 23:53:07

Same as above, and iTunes was FAST for me though (even with 5000+ songs).

theysayjump

21-04-2005 00:02:00

geez......i ended up using Real Player to save the songs from CD to the computer and then just drug the contents of the folders i saved, into the library in itunes.......on itunes i was getting speeds of about 9-11kbps and on Real Player i was getting upwards of 31kbps. plus it was also taking an age to play just one song in itunes.....dunno WTF is up with it.

mnx12

21-04-2005 15:31:14

[quote2ad59b500a="theysayjump"]geez......i ended up using Real Player to save the songs from CD to the computer and then just drug the contents of the folders i saved, into the library in itunes.......on itunes i was getting speeds of about 9-11kbps and on Real Player i was getting upwards of 31kbps. plus it was also taking an age to play just one song in itunes.....dunno WTF is up with it.[/quote2ad59b500a]Generally iTunes purposely uploads the cds to the computer slower, because it saves quality.

jhennson

21-04-2005 23:11:47

hopefully u get everything working fine....mines works great! )