Hardisk on Laptop to small for Ipod's capacity

I only have 60 GB on my Laptop, which I constantly use and have a internet connection, so podcasts are downloaded here, but most of my music/podcasts is scattered on a computer without internet connection or on DVD/CD and 2,5" harddisks.
What is the smartest way to put all the music on the ipod?
To manage it manually would be the easiest way, but I like to group playlists in folders which only seems to work with syncing. Or just throwing music on it like using an external harddisk without itunes would be even easier.
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To manage it manually would be the easiest way, but I like to group playlists in folders which only seems to work with syncing.
You can create playlist -folders- (once you have your ipod tab openend by itunes) in your ipod. You cand drag and drop songs (or videos) from your external source to this playlist and continue to sync manually.

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hey there oddball35,
It sounds like you are trying to update your iPod with your new computer. Without knowing the specific symptoms, I recommend you start with choosing the iPod model you have from the following website:
iPod Troubleshooting Assistants
https://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/
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Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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Does the iOS devices connect to other networks?
Does the iOS devices see the network?
Any error messages?
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Did the iOS device connect before?
Try the following to rule out a software problem:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
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- Power off and then back on the router
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Tutorial: Converting Video for iPod (Read BEFORE You Post)

Since 1/2 the bandwidth is about the same question - how to convert (Filetype X) to iPod video (MPEG-4 or H264) - here is the simplest and FREE method using one piece of FREE software and the ability to do a bunch at a time in a batch process.
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Open in Streamclip
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Select Apple Animation as the codec for Compression at 100% quality
Same sound setting as above
Pick the frame size that says (Unscaled) next to it such as
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Make Movie - this results a huge file. But you can get rid of it later.
Open that huge file in QT Pro.
Do file export and pick the preset at the bottom that is "Movie to iPod"
It will figure out the settings. It may (it will)take a while but you get a M4V file in H264. My clip done this way took about 40 seconds to the Animation step and about 10 minutes for the QT to H264 step.
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H.264 is going to be slow. No doubt about that. It's still a new codec so it's expected to take a while to compress versus MPEG-4.
I remembered when MP3 was still new ... my 233 MHz P2 machine was just chugging along.
When Ogg Vorbis came along, I would expect the encoding time to be somewhat slower. I was right to a point but that was when I have yet to own a computer that's 1 GHz.
The same deal with compression schemes. For instance, I have found RAR, StuffItX, and 7zip to take it's sweet time, if using the highest settings, compared to ZIP on max compression.
I expected no different with H.264, albeit the encoding time is a bigger difference compared to, say MP3 vs Ogg, but I have learned that when new codecs and compression schemes come by, I expect them to take longer than what I've been accustomed to as I used different machines. It's either that or I buy a faster computer. For the record, it takes me between 2.5~4 hours to convert a 24 minute video to H.264 using my iBook listed below, depending on the complexity of the video.
The quality of H.264 is rather nice for 320x240, sometimes even better than MPEG-4 using the same bitrate and resolution setting, but the output filesize is sometimes smaller than the H.264 cousin because it compresses rather well.
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after a virus on my laptop i had to restore it back to factory setting's now the only copy of my iTunes libury is on my ipod nano 8GB. I purchased the laptop and the ipod at the same time back in 2006 thus can prove its not second hand or stolen. So apart from loading all my cd's back on to the computer how can i get my music back on my laptop.
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Hello afish,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
*For future reference, always remember to maintain some type of backup of your data!*
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[5 Ways to Copy Music OFF your iPod and onto iTunes|http://www.metaphoriclabs.com/articles/5-ways-to-copy-music-off-your-ipo d-windows-mac-os-x>
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Music
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