Use an iPod as a USB drive ?

[Thomas McGrath III]

Alex,

I think this is all misleading to you. You do not need to instal the  
music files twice. If you copy the files to the HD of the iPod you  
CAN play them on a remote computer!!!

It is pretty straight forward. The ipod has two sides to it. The  
first side is the side that the firmware hides from you and that is  
the iPod software that lets you listen to music on the ipod itself  
and the second side if enabled is access to the hard drive it self  
which is visible to you when you plug the ipod into your computer.  
These two sides are separate.

Now if you want to transport an application or document or a music  
file to another computer and you do not care if they have iTunes  
installed then you would want to use the HD side and just drag the  
file to the iPod in your computer. But if you want to listen to the  
music file as well 'on the ipod' then you might consider installing  
the music file via iTunes. But to listen to the music file from the  
computer either way will work. It is only whether or not you have  
iTunes installed on the remote computer and whether or not you want  
to use it to listen/copy the song to that computer that matters.

If you just want to listen to the music file on another computer you  
can do it either way. So if the other computer has itunes on it then  
you can use itunes to put the file on the ipod and you can use itunes  
to listen to the music. BUT if you are not sure and want to play it  
safe then just copy the file to the HD of the ipod and when you get  
to the other computer just copy the music file to iTunes or any Music  
player directly and you will be able to hear it on that computer.

  I do this for transporting some of our sound loops and have always  
put a back up of our presentations on the HD of the ipod. Where as I  
use iTunes to install the music I want to listen to 'on the ipod'.

HTH

Tom

On May 11, 2006, at 4:24 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote:

> Marian Petrides wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure why this surprises either of you.  Items copied to  
>> one's  HD but not loaded into iTunes won't play in iTunes.
>
> That may be a Mac restriction (though I doubt it), but it doesn't  
> apply on Win. I double click on any MP3 (or other audio) file and  
> iTunes plays it (maybe there's a hair to be split - maybe iTunes  
> "loads" it into iTunes on the fly, but in terms of the effect for  
> me as a user, this restriction doesn't appear to apply).
>
>> Likewise items  copied to the iPod's HD as data won't play on the  
>> iPod. To play on  the iPod they need to be loaded onto it from  
>> iTunes on your computer-- which then allows the iPod's software to  
>> recognize them as music  rather than data.
>>
> I guess I can't see why iPod's software can't figure out that an  
> MP3 file can be played, just like any other piece of software can.
>
>> >>>you can copy files to an iPod being used as an external disk,  
>> but  can't then play them as tunes.
>>
>> All you need to do in this case is to ALSO load them onto the  
>> iPod  using iTunes--so that the iPod's software recognizes them as  
>> music  not a data file.
>>
> All I need to do is make two copies of it, taking twice as much  
> time and space. Yeah, OK, but that's exactly what I find  
> disappointing.
> And I can't see any reason for that restriction other than DRM, and  
> putting the DRM requirements before the user's convenience.
>
> But I can't think of a way to drag this back on topic for the Rev  
> list, so I'll stop now. Thank you again for taking the time to go  
> look this up and let me know. Even though I'm mildly irritated by  
> this misfeature, I am glad to know the iPod is a practical  
> solution, and can go buy one for myself as well as the "client" for  
> whom I need to put Rev stacks on an iPod.
>
>
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