Uncheck the 'hidden' button and click 'apply'. Right click this and pull up 'properties'. Now you should see a greyish color folder in your explorer window 'iPod_Control'. Select the radio button, 'Show hidden files and folders'.į. Select the 'Tools/Folder Options' menu of the explorer window.ĭ. Open an explorer window for 'My Computer', find your iPod, and open an explorer window for it (either double click, or right-click 'explore').ī. If you have disk space, or some alternate means of backing up data, back-up your iPod (at least temporarliy). If you find yourself terribly 'lost', you can always 'import' the library back up made earlier.Ħ. Remember that removing things from your iTunes library doesn't 'delete' the file, it only removes it from your iTunes 'library', so if you loose something you need here, you can later find your 'iTunes' folder and add the stuff back in if needed. Now take some time to clear everything from your iTunes library that is not related to the iTunes store, is in the mp4 format, or that you otherwise do not want iTunes to touch. One way to permenantly unlock music you buy from the iTunes store is to use iTunes itself to burn your purchased music into a redbook audio CD (the kind you play in your car or on your stereo), and then 'rip' that disk to mp3 with Media Monkey. A registered iTunes install, and your registered iPod will be the only way such music can be played. You will have to rely on iTunes to manually unlock such music and place it on your iPod. Any music you 'buy' from the iTunes store will most likely be in a 'locked' mp4 format. If you have a 'large' collection of mp4 files, then you'll definately want to convert them, or realize that Media Monkey currently (without user tweaks, scripts, and plugins) isn't the tool you want for your iPod. If you have a small collection of mp4 files on hand, you can manage them 'manually' via iTunes, or better yet, convert them to mp3 so that Media Monkey has full control over them. Media Monkey out of the box currently does not support mp4. If you've been aquiring music for your ipod using iTunes default settings.there's a good chance some of your music may well be in the mp4 format. Make a back-up of your current iTunes database and give it a name and location you won't forget. Before doing anything else, decide which applications you want to manage which types of data on your iPod. Click the little box by "Display Album Art Work on your iPod" so that there is check mark within.Ĥ. Select the 'Music' tab at the top of the large window pane on the right.Ĭ. In iTunes click on your iPod in the left most window pane.ī. If you want artwork on your iPod, go ahead and enable it in iTunes, even if you are not using iTunes to sync will help avoid problems in the long run.Ī. Make sure all of the check boxes are unselected except for:Ģ. In the left most window pane of iTunes click on your iPod.ĭ. Anyone wishing to use any software besides iTunes to manage their iPod should first open iTunes and disable any and all auto-mount and auto-sync functions.Ĭ. If your heart is set on mp4.look dia monkey currently doesn't support this out of the box.ġ. In short.if you want Media Monkey primarily as an iPod tool, then mp3 is the format you'll most likely want to migrate into for all of your music, for reasons of speed and convience. Media Monkey supports mp3, ogg, flac, (and some others, but notice mp4 is not in this list). I see many posts concerning setting up iPods to behave better with Media Monkey.
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