I have not used iTunes or an iPod before. I do not understand how easy it would be to set the tags on lots of untagged files. I use an Archos, and don't store all the files on it on my HD at the same time. I transcode from OGGs (spare me the quality lecture). I would like to know whether the iPod/iTunes combination would work in a situation like that. In other words,
can you move files to the iPod without 'syncing'?
does iTunes have some kind of file list storage so that I can create playlists of the stuff on my iPod on my computer even if the computer doesn't have the files?
does it handle untagged files gracefully or have a feature to get the tags on new files quickly (I'm talking legacy - the new files I rip have tags, the old ones didn't always)?
I own an Archos (20g Recorder). I bought it because it seemed like the only player that had a good chance of playing OGGs (I later found out that I had badly misread the Rockbox FAQ, and that OGG support on the Archos is like the second coming). The Zen seemed only to be supported on Windows and I use Linux. The iPod didn't seem to have such an active firmware hacking community.
Anyhoo, I like the fact that I can manage the music on the device like a hard drive. I can plug into friend's computers without having to carry around a disk with drivers.
Just a last thing about all the sorting and stuff. A lot of my music files don't have tags, 'cos I ripped them way back in the day before I knew better and wrote them on CDs. So where does that leave me when everything is organised by tags?
My Archos is simple, reliable, and it was cheaper than the competition when I bought it. Case closed.
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I own an Archos (20g Recorder). I bought it because it seemed like the only player that had a good chance of playing OGGs (I later found out that I had badly misread the Rockbox FAQ, and that OGG support on the Archos is like the second coming). The Zen seemed only to be supported on Windows and I use Linux. The iPod didn't seem to have such an active firmware hacking community.
Anyhoo, I like the fact that I can manage the music on the device like a hard drive. I can plug into friend's computers without having to carry around a disk with drivers.
Just a last thing about all the sorting and stuff. A lot of my music files don't have tags, 'cos I ripped them way back in the day before I knew better and wrote them on CDs. So where does that leave me when everything is organised by tags?
My Archos is simple, reliable, and it was cheaper than the competition when I bought it. Case closed.