Doesn't hold as many songs as it used to...

Question

I still get about 940 songs but I used to get 1000 (at one point I even had more then that) - it seems everytime I updated it it holds less and less. Like this morning, it had 970 or something and I wanted to add two new cds... so you would think I would have to delete two cds to add the new ones... no I had to deleted at least 5 cds. I know some cds are bigger then others, etc. But I have checked files sizes and they are all about the same.
I used to have it formatted for windows... seems it might have held more then.
I don't know... does it maybe need a reformat? Or would that not make a difference?

Answer 1

so should I rate everything as 5 and then decrese the stars when its something I dont like?
Generally, no. The default is no stars.
You can create multiple Smart Playlists and use the rating as part of the Smart playlist.
For example, as you listen to the songs, rate them how you like them.
I create one Smart Playlist called Silver iPod Music.
It is 3700 MB at random and rating is not one star.
This give a variety except for one star songs.
Next I create a few other Smart playlists.
The first criteria in these is Playlist is Silver iPod Music.
These do not load songs on the iPod but will simply look for songs already on the iPod
To these Smart playlists, I also add as criteria such as;
- Rating is greater than 3 stars and have not heard in last two months.
- Have not rated
- Rated 5 star and play count is less than 3
- Have not heard in last 2 months
Put these in the Prefs to sync also.
You can select and listen to these playlists on the iPod also.
No need to delete music from your computer unless you are running out of room (get a new hard drive) or you absolutely do not want to hear it ever again.
This will keep your music on the iPod varied.