iPod, iTunes Question

I'm considering getting one of those new iPod classics, due to the phenomenal battery life, size and the fact that my Creative won't sync with the Mac side of my computer, which is bugging me to no end.

I never quite understood what the proprietary nature of iTunes really meant, but from what I gather, does it mean that everything that is on an iPod needs to also be on iTunes? And if this is true, are there any quick fixes so this doesn't need to be so?

I use my Creative for music, and for plugging it into TVs to watch shows when travelling, rather than lugging around DVDs. If I can't delete bits and pieces of the iPod as I want, without having to annoyingly have the same amount on my laptop at the same time, I wouldn't want one.

Thanks for any help.

 

No, any of your (non WMA copy protected) music on your ENTIRE HDD will be added to your iTunes library & you will be able to have them on your iPod. It is the same with any new music thats not from iTunes but, you may have to add them manually.
You can delete any file from your Computer & you will have it on your iPod still & Vice-Versa.

 

No, but once I put stuff on my iPod, I would want to delete them on my HDD so they don't take up so much space. But each time I resync with iTunes, I don't want it all to be deleted.

 

Qouted from my post are you just connecting your iPod as what you call ''re-syncing''?

 

Mmmm.... I'm not sure, since I've never owned an iPod before.

I noticed when using iTunes for the first time that whenever I deleted something on there, it said it wouldn't be available on any iPod I might have.

 

You could use some reverse-engineered methods to use an iPod without iTunes ... but iTunes is the only realistic option.

iTunes is awesome for playing music and simplicity, but it's really slow. Like ejecting an iPod classic can take 1/2 a minute instead of instantly. The program itself is not snappy, and iTunes goes nuts with resource usage if you play a video, use "Coverflow," or play any music not encoded in 128Kbps AAC. Quicktime is also a mandatory install when you install iTunes, but it can be removed and replaced with Quicktime Alternative.

iTunes, after detecting a connected iPod, starts an "auto-sync," mirroring iTunes's library onto the iPod. You could use some inconvinient work-arounds, but it's not really worth it.

Don't get an iPod if you object to iTunes.

 

You can choose to manually manage your files on an iPod, so you choose what tracks or movies are on the iPod. That will probably solve you problem.

Also, you can customize iTunes so that fully watched TV shows or movies aren't included again when you sync your iPod with iTunes, but those videos won't be deleted from your iTunes.

 

There are options to disable ''auto-syncing'' dave in iTunes.

 

There's a program called "xnjb" that is supposed to support the Creative players on Mac OS X. I have no idea how good it is.

 

I was having the same problem with the OP. I don't want my MBP harddisk space to be filled with movies. That's what my 80G Ipod is for.

So, I put all my movies in an external drive. Turn off the "copy files to iTunes music folder while adding" option in the iTunes preference. Sync the Ipod with the iTunes with the external drive connected to transfer all the movies to the Ipod. When I sync the Ipod without the external drive connected, the Ipod doesn't erase the movie, it left it alone.

This method will also work with network drive.

 

Got a quick question here. I just picked up a 3rd gen Nano and have been messing around with it. I set it to where I could manage the files on the iPod manually, but how do I apply the changes? If I just unselect a song/video, it doesn't really remove it from the iPod, but if I click "Sync" it syncs the entire library, including Photos, Movies, and Music. How do I actually remove the particular song/video from the iPod?