iPod Shuffle

[TmasterT]

i was contemplating on whether to get the 512 mb shuffle for 99$ or not. i work out at the gym and would enjoy the very small mp3 player to use in school and at the gym. it seems pretty cool, but i hate iTunes. if i got the iPod shuffle, would i have to use iTUnes? or can i just drag the mp3 files onto the iPod? i think i read i can do that, but i want to be like 100% sure of it before i buy one.

[PrototypeX2]

i was contemplating on whether to get the 512 mb shuffle for 99$ or not. i work out at the gym and would enjoy the very small mp3 player to use in school and at the gym. it seems pretty cool, but i hate iTunes. if i got the iPod shuffle, would i have to use iTUnes? or can i just drag the mp3 files onto the iPod? i think i read i can do that, but i want to be like 100% sure of it before i buy one.

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Yes, all the lines of iPods is only compatible with iTunes.

[Azadre]

Yes, all the lines of iPods is only compatible with iTunes.

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Bull. Take your player: Real, Winamp, musicmatch, etc

[Enrickey]

If you don't really care about it not being an iPod, I would go for a Sandisk MP3 player. They are slightly larger, but they have more features (ie: a screen), the same capacity and the same price as the iPod shuffle.

[TmasterT]

yeah but can i just drag my mp3 files to the drive (without itunes) and be able to listen to it? or do i HAVE to use iTunes?

[dEs0lAt0r]

you can use the shuffle as a flash drive, but I think you have to put your music on the shuffle using itunes to listen to it.

[djsaad1]

yeah but can i just drag my mp3 files to the drive (without itunes) and be able to listen to it? or do i HAVE to use iTunes?

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whats the difference you can just drag and drop your files onto the shuffle from itunes

[dEs0lAt0r]

whats the difference you can just drag and drop your files onto the shuffle from itunes

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I'm assuming that he doesn't want iTunes installed.

[chmsant]

here....

iTunes is REQUIRED to load playable music to the iPod (you can use for data storage but anything loaded through this method will not allow playback). The iPod uses an index/database to keep track of the music that is on the unit, thus requiring iTunes to transfer the music. Granted, you can use WinAmp, etc... to load music if you so desire, (with extra plugins and such), but overall iTunes provides a much cleaner interface, and it interfaces great. There is nothing at all wrong with the iTunes software, and even before I bought my iPod a year ago, I was using it.

[Jesse Carlton]

...you just contradicted yourself there, it's not required, as you can tx songs without it.

[Merlin1823]

So I came across this tiny app from Hack a Day I think that lets you use your Shuffle to load snngs minus iTunes. It's what I use now because the whole 'drag to library - drag to Shuffle' thing sucks. Here, enjoy. iPod Shuffle Database Builder

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[TmasterT]

thanks for all your help