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Originally Posted by pank2002
Now is it really?
iRiver if you have free time to manage your collection
you have to order it in artist\album\ structures as there's a limit for how long filenames can be if one wants to use the dB. On the other hand tag needs to be tighty if one use the iPod -- mostly done by sodtwear when you rip anyway.
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With the iPod you must make sure that every song is tagged proparly.
That's much more of a drag then just creating a folder. And if you download your music from p2p then tagging can be a real pain in the ass.
Besides, almost every program can extract to any folder structure you want.
And the thing is that you can set it in whatever structure
you want.
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Originally Posted by pank2002
create playlists,
If one wants to listen to the music in another way than the file structure this is true.
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Perhaps, but that's also true for the iPod.
And if you want "anything but the file structure" then you can always turn on the shuffle.
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Originally Posted by pank2002
read instruction manuals, consult online forums for solutions,
So true with iRiver products. If you want to know all the features you gotta read manual or visits forum whereas the iPod "works" out of the box. I mean it says read manual carfully before use on the manual and for a cd player it's 46 pages! .
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Well, it's easier to learn how to operate a recording function when there is no recording function if you know what I mean.
The iHP takes more time to learn because it have more features! Very simple equation. And you really don't need the manual for the basic operations on the iHP.
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Originally Posted by pank2002
experiment with different 3rd party software, and rename some of the songs in your collection.
you have to this 'cause you don't wanna manually edit all of your folders to desired structure (ie arist\album\.) J River Media Center is good for this.
you could also just drag 'n' drop with explorer but that'd suck for most people compared to the syncing feature of the iPod.
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You can use whatever you want. With the ipod you must use iTunes.
What can I tell you.. if managing a few folders on your computer is hard for you then it's your own problem. I'm using "Total commander" and it's a breeze.
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I vote iPod. 20 gigs are plenty of space, trust me.
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And 40 gigs are twice as plenty. And just because it's enough for you doesn't means that it's enough for everyone. I'm already running out of space on my iHP-140. Storage capacity is like money - more is better.
