Two iPod Lessons Learned Today
My Nano bricked out last week and I had to reset the firmware. Whatever firmware update that occurred to my iPod Nano ruined something because it acts differently now than it did before. Specifically, when I have a podcast, it won’t just let me copy the file straight onto the iPod and use it like any other music file. It no longer shows up on the iPod. So, after playing with the “sync” features for a while, I got the iPod to sync my podcasts onto my iPod. They were still only available through the “podcast” menu within the iPod and wouldn’t show up in the regular music files.
I played around with the Podcast files themselves, added an “Album Artist” by selecting the song, right-clicking and editing the info. After warning me that I might not want to do that, it let me change it. After changing the “Album Artist” to be the same as the “Artist” field, I was able to copy the files onto the Nano AND see them and play them like they are just single songs. WHEW!
Why won’t the Nano let me see those files if they don’t have the “Album Artist” field filled in on the file’s data?
While I was playing with the file info, I noticed another option that will come in very handy. There is an option to select “Remember playback position.” While I am an XM subscriber, I record the Opie and Anthony and Ron and Fez shows to listen at my convenience on the iPod. Those end up being three hour long files. If I lost my place, or wanted to listen to something else for a while, I either had to remember where I was and fast forward to the spot, or I had to search through those giant audio files to find my place in a multiple hour show. Not any more. Click on “Remember playback position” before you copy it to the iPod and it will go straight to the point where you just were.
Sweet.
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