Converting bitrate while syncing from itunes to ipod?

Hello.
My itunes library is mainly in MP3 320kbit. I would like to have the files converted to MP3 128kbit on the ipod (nano or 5G), but the files on the pc should remain in 320kbit.
Is there a way for this?
Thanks,
Michael

The shuffle was (is?--not sure if new version still does this) the only player that could convert song files on the fly. It would be a great feature on Nanos and iPods!
I've saved all of my music as 320 kps MP3s too. The drawback is that these are large song files and you can't get very many songs on a 4gb Nano. I have a very large music library, so I have to make a playlist for my Nano anyway. Occasionally, I'll convert the playlist to smaller AAC files (this takes a while, though). I'm not very patient, so I tend to change the music on my Nano frequently and just live with fewer songs and the bigger file size.
When I have converted the songs to the smaller file size, I end up with duplicates in my library. I uncheck all of the AAC files so I only have one workable version of each song when I play an album in my library.

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