Okay, so I have a Macintosh based iPod, but I'm using it on my windows desktop, via a program called Xplay. If you google it, you could probably look it up and find it.
But for some reason today when I was using it, it just went haywire. Now it won't put any new songs on it. Example, I bought Death Cab for Cutie's new album, ripped and put it on iTunes, and tried putting it on my iPod. Some warning box came from the icon manager, and said that the songs didn't write onto the iPod. I've never had a problem using this program before, why is it giving me trouble now? And also, it won't let me play certain songs from my computer from my iPod, it just has the exclamation mark next to the song, as if the song isn't found on the iPod. But I'm pretty sure the files are okay...
If anyone is more knowledgeable in this subject, I could really use your help. I don't wanna lose the some 9,100 songs on my iPod... that would be bad. I really hope this is just a one time thing...
We have a PC and use iTunes to manage our kids iPods. I'm not familiar with the program you mentioned. :(
-MJB
Okay, so I think the problem with the uploading songs was just a one time weird thing, but I still can't play certain songs on my iPod... I made a question up on Yahoo! Answers, and somebody said that the licenses on the songs could be messed up... and I have no idea how to fix any of that. So, am I screwed or what?
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And just an FYI, Xplay allows the iPod to be read on the desktop. I still use iTunes as normal to manage all the songs, but Xplay basically makes it so the iPod can be read on Windows, even though it is a Mac iPod.
Was there any particular reason you got a Mac iPod if you don't have a Mac? For the songs that you can't play (through the computer), pull up a Properties page for each of them (right click the file icon, select Properties at the bottom of the menu), Click the Summary tab on the top, and make sure you're looking at the Advanced view, not the Simple one (button towards the bottom). Under the Origin heading, see if they say Yes for being Protected. Odds are that they are, and the DRM is keeping you from playing them through that path. Can you play the problem files normally on the iPod (when not hooked to the computer)?
Quote from: Panther_Gunn on May 20, 2008, 02:00:12 AM
Was there any particular reason you got a Mac iPod if you don't have a Mac? For the songs that you can't play (through the computer), pull up a Properties page for each of them (right click the file icon, select Properties at the bottom of the menu), Click the Summary tab on the top, and make sure you're looking at the Advanced view, not the Simple one (button towards the bottom). Under the Origin heading, see if they say Yes for being Protected. Odds are that they are, and the DRM is keeping you from playing them through that path. Can you play the problem files normally on the iPod (when not hooked to the computer)?
Actually, we do have a Mac. The reason I'm using it on Windows is because the Mac sorta died on us (It was a laptop). So to put songs on my iPod I have to use this method.
Okay, this is really weird... I plug in my iPod, and explore it. I look into the songs, like for example one of them is a Fall Out Boy song. It won't play on the iPod, or when it's plugged into the computer, but it says it's not protected... is the hard drive dying, or is it corrupt? Since the files seem to not be protected, but they still won't play, what does that mean?
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Also, for some weird reason, some songs will play, even though they have the exclamation mark. Like for example, the Metallica song "Master of Puppets" won't play when it's plugged in to the computer, but I can still listen to it on my iPod... what the crap? :angry: