a lot of earbuds do but most over-ear and on-ear do not, right?
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 21 September 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
old lunch and lechera, totally with you in this recent revive
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 21 September 2017 21:39 (six years ago) link
the shorting battery trick for the wall plug made me go mad when trying to revive my last ipod
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 21 September 2017 21:43 (six years ago) link
recently managed to revive mine and feel the same as everyone else here esp Old Lunch's "I understand that your kidney is giving out, how about we replace it with this beer can with a whistle glued to it" analogy
zero interest in streaming services
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 21 September 2017 21:49 (six years ago) link
I figure I have at least another couple years with this one, but after that it's gonna be sadtimes I expect
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 21 September 2017 21:50 (six years ago) link
Fine, okay, I will finally invest some time in figuring out how to get one of my handful of old iPod classics working and let y'all know when my new business is officially open.
― Scott Staph (Old Lunch), Thursday, 21 September 2017 22:57 (six years ago) link
now you're talkingyou live in chi area iirc? don't be a stranger!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 21 September 2017 23:34 (six years ago) link
I figure I have at least another couple years with this onedon't drop it! that's what happened to me everything was going well and then there was a collision with the sidewalk :(
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 21 September 2017 23:35 (six years ago) link
Gah, I finally had to break the glass a few months back on the emergency iPod I bought when they ceased production of the Classic, and I've already dropped the thing, what, 3? 4 times? Butter. Fingers.
(Yeah, I'm local, LL. I'm probably only like a mile away from you, iirc. I need to be occasionally reminded that people interact with one another outside of their homes and workplaces.)
― Scott Staph (Old Lunch), Friday, 22 September 2017 02:28 (six years ago) link
i traded a coworker for her old ipod nano! this thread helped me get over some of my obsessive fear about this. i know the problem isn't going to go away, but at least i have a plan. yay!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 October 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
People are selling unused 7th gen classics on ebay for like 200 uk pounds, seems reasonable to me
― heaven parker (anagram), Thursday, 5 October 2017 19:23 (six years ago) link
The nano is a nice little imp. Of course its modest capacity will force you to sweat who comes on and off your library but that contest can be fun if you're not mentally ill in the way I am.
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 5 October 2017 19:40 (six years ago) link
it's not going to totally solve my problem -- how can i carry the collected works of ____ in my bag at all times just in case? -- but it will help for the time being
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 October 2017 19:41 (six years ago) link
Nanos are great, forces you to switch up your library and I find I actually listen to the same albums consistently. Whereas a 30 gb or more is too many options for me personally. I dunno I want to avoid ADD listening streaming trends, I've seen how it's affected my friends - they hardly even listen to a full album now
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 5 October 2017 19:49 (six years ago) link
I dunno, it's been super nice listening to hour after hour of Tara Jane O'Neil's discography today but it's also super nice knowing that that isn't my only option.
― this is ridcolus (Old Lunch), Thursday, 5 October 2017 19:56 (six years ago) link
Fair enough, I totally get how it could be limiting
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 5 October 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link
the best thing to do with an ipod when you don't know what to listen to is just go to alphabetical list of songs, pick a good starting spot, and just let it go
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 October 2017 21:34 (six years ago) link
just as good as random + you get a funny list of song titles
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 October 2017 21:35 (six years ago) link
^^yes!
I gave in and bought an iPod Touch 128GB this week. While my 16GB phone works fine in the car - where I do most of my listening - sometimes the limited storage frustrated me. Started filling the Touch yesterday and after it felt like I'd put a lot on there's still 75GB of storage left!
― willem, Friday, 6 October 2017 07:23 (six years ago) link
ipod crapped out couple months back and now i'm a convert to iphone/itunes combo, which has made it a lot easier (take the plunge). little weird to play the entirety of an album tho, it tends to shuffle songs - anyone know how to turn that off?
― Music is confidence (Ross), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 14:24 (six years ago) link
When you have something playing, go to the large album art playing screen (if you're not there, click on the small album art in the lower left corner) and scroll up. You'll see the shuffle and repeat buttons appear and you can turn shuffle off. If that's not the issue, only other thing I can think of is maybe your track # metadata is missing, which you can fix in iTunes. In my experience the tracks play in alphabetical order in that instance.
― early rejecter, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 15:05 (six years ago) link
i absolutely hated my few months of trying to use my iphone as an itunes-driven music player
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 15:06 (six years ago) link
Rejecter that fixed it! Cheers.
Yeah Jon the transition hasn’t been smooth
― Music is confidence (Ross), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link