Most people that I have seen on this list that are Windows users and get an iPod after having other mp3 players struggle with this - I was one of them.
I wouldn't use Windows Media Player to rip MP3s, I would use iTunes. If you let iTunes handle your music files you don't have to spend time managing folders. iTunes will put the music in a folder that you can specify and it will automatically arrange the folders by artist then album. It really doesn't matter because you never really need to look at those files. You just need to back up the music folder occasionally. You need to learn to let go! :)
If you use iTunes, when you put a CD in, iTunes will automatically load it and ask you if you want to add it to iTunes. You can set up in the options what method you want to use to import these files. For instance, I have mine set up to convert to MP3s st 192 kbps, variable bit rate. It will add the songs to iTunes with all the meta data and automatically add it to the file folder.
If you have MP3's from another source, say on a USB drive or whatever, you can just drag them over to the iTunes music window and it will add them and automatically add them to the iTunes music folder.
If you set up iTunes to manually manage your music, which I have done because I haven't totally let go of my Window folder manipulation ways yet, and you want to delete 20 albums from your iPod, it is very easy. Just plug your iPod in, highlight the songs on those albums in your iPod music window and hit the delete key. It is pretty much instantaneous. The longest part will be finding the 20 different albums, but it is really not that long because iTunes has a great search function.
To add 20 albums, assuming you already have them in iTunes, just go to the iTunes music window, highlight the songs and drag them over to your iPod music folder on the left side if the iTunes window.
An easier way to do this is with playlists. Other people on this list are more experienced and are big users of playlists. I have dabbled in it but haven't used them that much, but I need to take the plunge.
Anyway, what I am trying to say is that iTunes and an iPod is a very elegant, versatile system that can do most anything you want it to do, faster and better than you can with manual file manipulations.
Some people can't let go of that control and struggle with letting iTunes handle the work. If you are one of those people (I was), you might take this into consideration. I have learned to let go mostly and am starting to marvel at how well iTunes will work as I let it handle most of the duties.
No I do not work for Apple - I am a Windows XP user but just love this Apple iTunes/iPod system.
Carl
----- Original Message ----
From: jdk77550 <jdk77550@yahoo.com>
To: AppleiPod@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 8:14:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Apple iPod] trying to decide if iPod is for me
First
of
all,
thanks
for
all
the
info
Carl.
You're
very
helpful.
The
main
concern
I
have
left
before
buying
an
iPod
is
the
ease
of
copying
MP3's
back
and
forth.
Most
of
my
MP3's
will
be
on
an
external
hard
drive
and
will
be
ripped
by
Windows
Media
Player.
They
are
mostly
in
folders
arranged
by
album.
Let's
say
I
have
a
high
capacity
iPod
and
want
to
remove
maybe
20
albums
and
copy
20
new
albums
from
the
hard
drive.
How
long
would
it
take
someone
who
is
experienced
with
iTunes
to
do
this?
Would
I
have
to
go
into
each
folder
and
copy
the
songs
individually,
or
can
I
copy
the
entire
folder
at
once?
Do
the
MP3's
have
to
have
the
album
information
saved
onto
the
file
itself
("Properties")
in
order
to
browse
it
by
album
on
the
iPod?
One
other
thing
I
was
wondering.
Is
it
convenient
to
charge
and
play
at
the
same
time?
I
think
one
thing
that
I
will
be
doing
frequently
is
hooking
the
iPod
into
my
home
stereo
system
at
night,
setting
it
to
shuffle,
and
have
it
play
music
until
the
next
morning.
I
assume
it
will
need
to
be
plugged
in
while
doing
this
or
else
it
will
run
down
most
of
the
battery.
Is
the
charging
equipment
amenable
to
this?
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