Just Got My G5 Ipod!
Oct 23, 2005 at 11:23 PM Post #107 of 119
There are roughly three people on various forums who've reported skipping with VBR MP3s. I tend to think those posters are just trolls, because the problem has never been reproduced in a public demonstration. No one on Head-Fi has ever claimed to have this problem. (Except one guy, who it turned out was not getting skipping; he was getting clipping by trying to drive unpowered speakers with the headphone jack of his iPod.)

A separate issue is whether VBR AACs created with Nero ever have skipping. I haven't followed things closely enough to tell what the situation is there (beyond what's known about the Shuffle, specifically). In any case, if you're not going to be using Nero to rip your files, it's a non-issue.
 
Oct 23, 2005 at 11:26 PM Post #108 of 119
My nano skips. Quite often. Annoying to say the least.. it's more like a glitchy kind of noise.. stuttering..
 
Oct 23, 2005 at 11:27 PM Post #109 of 119
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Originally Posted by LFC_SL
Q: Does it scratch like Nano?


It's not like the Nano is any more easily scratched than previously iPods. iPods have always been easily scratched and I am sure this 5G is no exception.
 
Oct 23, 2005 at 11:35 PM Post #110 of 119
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Originally Posted by kloan
My nano skips. Quite often. Annoying to say the least.. it's more like a glitchy kind of noise.. stuttering..


Can you find a copyright-free music file that skips and post it, so that other people can check whether theirs skips as well, to determine whether this is a widespread problem or it's just your Nano that's defective?
 
Oct 23, 2005 at 11:39 PM Post #111 of 119
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Originally Posted by Wodgy
Can you find a copyright-free music file that skips and post it, so that other people can check whether theirs skips as well, to determine whether this is a widespread problem or it's just your Nano that's defective?


I'm ordering mine tonight!!! How long do you think it will take Apple to ship to Missouri? with standard free shipping? with 3 day shipping for 12 bucks?
 
Oct 23, 2005 at 11:51 PM Post #112 of 119
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Originally Posted by Wodgy
Can you find a copyright-free music file that skips and post it, so that other people can check whether theirs skips as well, to determine whether this is a widespread problem or it's just your Nano that's defective?


Well it happens quite randomly, but I can to find a copyright-free track that's VBR to test out.. dunno where I'd find something like that though.
 
Oct 24, 2005 at 12:29 AM Post #113 of 119
To bad they don't make a hybrid Ipod with a hard drive and a gig or two of flash memory. Then you could load you movie into the flash and not run down the battery so quickly by running the hard drive.
 
Oct 24, 2005 at 12:34 AM Post #114 of 119
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Originally Posted by kloan
Well it happens quite randomly, but I can to find a copyright-free track that's VBR to test out.. dunno where I'd find something like that though.


That's EASY: http://www.archive.org/audio/etree.php

LOTS of copyright-free, awesome music, in lossless, Ogg, and VBR MP3.

I have a Nano, have used it less than 10 hours, but no skipping so far.
 
Oct 24, 2005 at 1:49 AM Post #115 of 119
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Originally Posted by Wodgy
There are roughly three people on various forums who've reported skipping with VBR MP3s. I tend to think those posters are just trolls, because the problem has never been reproduced in a public demonstration. No one on Head-Fi has ever claimed to have this problem. (Except one guy, who it turned out was not getting skipping; he was getting clipping by trying to drive unpowered speakers with the headphone jack of his iPod.)


Actually, I could find at least two threads running on HydrogenAudio.org about this issue.
 
Oct 24, 2005 at 2:47 AM Post #116 of 119
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Originally Posted by Skylab
That's EASY: http://www.archive.org/audio/etree.php

LOTS of copyright-free, awesome music, in lossless, Ogg, and VBR MP3.

I have a Nano, have used it less than 10 hours, but no skipping so far.


cool, well people can go there and test theirs out and come to their own conclusions then.. mine skips, but i thought it was for all of them. if it turns out its a defect, im taking it in. it'd be nice if i could just exchange it for the 60gb video and pay the difference..
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Oct 24, 2005 at 7:21 AM Post #118 of 119
It seems like this skipping issue is largely confined to the Nano and the smallest capacity Mini, and AAC tracks encoded with iTunes seem to be fine, but the problem is still disappointing to see.
 
Oct 24, 2005 at 7:23 AM Post #119 of 119
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Originally Posted by mightymouse
That's actually a pretty good idea- but imagine the practicality of it..


Its actually not a good idea and would use more power, starting and stoppping the drive.
 
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