* help * - ipod playing up. . .

hi there. i've got an ipod mini which has No songs on it whatsoever... its totally blank, yet when i load up iTunes its says i have over have the my ipod full of songs!?
i've reset my ipod twice... reinstalled iTunes, nothing is happening, whats going on?
can anyone help at all?
thanks alot for your time

Have you tried to restore your iPod to factory settings?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983

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hi i have ipod photo when i play a song it works for like 20 sec then just cuts out then trys to goto another song.
please help i tried restoring everything but still wont work.
thanks in advance

For Mac computer
1. Open the disk utility, hope your iPod appears there (left hand side), highlight it
2. Go to Tab “Partition”, click either “Delete” or “Partition”, if fails, skip this step and go to 3
3. Go to Tab “Erase” , choose Volume Format as “MAC OS Extended (Journaled), and click Erase, again if fails, skip it and go to 4
4. Same as step 3, but open the “Security Options....” and choose “Zero Out Data” before click Erase. It will take 1 to 2 hours to complete.
5. Eject your iPod and do a Reset
6. Open the iPod Updater and click “Restore”
For Window computer
Go to folder “My Computer”
Hope you can see your iPod there and right click on the iPod
Choose “Format”. Ensure the settings are at “Default” and that “Quick Format” is not checked
Now select “Format”
Eject your iPod and do a Reset
Open the iPod Updater and click “Restore”
In case you do not manage to do a “Format” on a window computer, try to use some 3rd party disk utility software, e.g.“HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool”.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=501330&tstart=0

PrObLeM WiTh IpOd pLaYiNg ViDeOs WiTh No SoUnD!! HELP ME!!

i have a ipod nano 8gb 3rd generation i just got a couple of weeks ago. i got it, read the directions, got the latest downloads, loaded itunes, put my music, videos, everything on itunes, and connected my i sync all of my music on mai ipod with no problem. but when i sync my videos onto my ipod....THERE IS NO SOUND!! the videos were previously converted before i synced them on the ipod. PLEASE HELP ME RESOLVE THIS PLEASE!!

QuickTime expects video files with separate video and audio tracks, but many MPEG formats used a muxed (multiplexed) single track that contains both. Therefore, when you convert videos in iTunes to iPod format they only show the video and no sound since iTunes (really QuickTime) is not looking for the audio track within the video track and it gets lost.
iPod plays video but not audio of some exported files
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302588
One way to work around this is to use MPEG Streamclip to convert the files to fix this issue...
http://www.squared5.com/
but there are other applications besides MPEG Streamclip you can try as well.
Frequently asked questions about viewing and syncing video with iTunes and iPod
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302758
The Complete Guide to Converting Video to iPod Format (Mac)
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/the-complete-guide-to-convert ing-video-to-ipod-format-mac/
See other tutorial articles over at iLounge...
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/tutorials/
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IPod plays music, shows artwork, doesn't display artist or song details

My iPod plays music, shows the artwork but doesn't display the artist or song details. I think someone has been messing with it, but i can't find any settings that let me switch the song details back on.
Can anyone help?
Thank you

Puch the center button to switch between volume -> scrubber -> rating -> artwork -> lyrics.

TS1404 ipod plays but no menu display

my ipod plays but i cannot see anything on the display. I have reset it, saw the apple logo but still no display. how to I reset it back to normal.

Hello,.. You've probably reset your "Backlight" function to not show at all,... Take the iPod into a well lit area,.. Maybe a florescent (brightest lighting area) and you should be able to see the information on the iPod. Get it to the "main menu> settings> backlight>,.. Then adjust it to the "Seconds" timeout, or No timeout,.. I hope this helps.

Ipod plays MPEG-4 but not MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)??

I've converted a bunch of DVD's to MPEG-4 AVC H.264 using Xilisoft's DVD Ripper Platinum. But to my surprise my iTunes doesn't even transfer them to the Ipod. It says on Apple's Tech Spec's that the Ipod plays H.264 format.
The video's are converted in 320x240, 30fps, 768Kbps, all according to "what's allowed". Xilisoft also converts DVD's straight to Ipod format, which plays without a problem. But the problem for me is, that it is in MPEG-4 format and the file is TWICE as big as in H.264!!
It is possible to use in "iTunes->Advanced->Convert selection for Ipod" too. This converts the MPEG-4 AVC H.264 file to a .m4v file, which works fine on the Ipod and all.
But i'm still wondering why the Ipod doesn't play from the beginning the MPEG-4 AVC H.264 file? So if i want a small file that plays in my Ipod i need to convert twice, DVD->H.264 and then H.264->.m4v?? Just sounds so crazy...What am i missing??
I would appreciate it very much if somebody could help me with this, i have tried to search in just about every single forum on Google but none has really helped me.

Do you have a check box or option for baseline
profile under h.264?
Yes, it says on the upper right corner, after you choose in which format you want to conver the file to, in which codec it is. So when i convert it to MPEG-4 AVC it says h.264 and when converted to "Ipod format" on the drop down menu, it says on the upper right corner mpeg-4.
I am just really dwelled with this and i have updated all softwares, but no luck whatsoever.

Ipod plays classical tracks as singles

My 80g ipod plays my other genres in sequence but only plays the first track (movement) on the classical albums and stops. the display says track 1 of 1 even though on the info in itunes it says track 1 of (10) I read as many forum questions as I could find and was not able to see anything close to this. Maybe I missed a setting I couldn't see. Please help!

It depends a bit on how you are locating the music to play it, i.e. via the Cover Flow, Album, Artist, Playlist or Search menus. Do all your tracks have the minimum standard information of track no, track name, artist name & album title? Is the artist value the same on all tracks?
The following describes the issues & workarounds with getting iTunes & iPod to treat albums as complete entities.
*Grouping tracks into albums*
The iPod (and iTunes to a lesser extent) conflates two or more albums with the same title, most obviously with *Greatest Hits*. On the iPod this can result in one album acting as a combination of two or more. Selecting any cover gives all the tracks of all albums with the same title. The workaround for this "Greatest Hits" bug is to give each album a unique title - I tend to go for *Album - Album Artist* as this reads clearly in the iTunes browser. Alternatively you could use the wording as it appears on the cover, append different numbers of spaces for each different album or set different values for the Sort Album.
iTunes relies on the Gracenote CDDB database when identifying CD's. This often marks collections or anthologies of an artist's work as a compilation. In iTunes, however, the compilation flag has the logical function of grouping together tracks with the same album name, but different artists on each track, e.g. "Now That's What I Call Metal 666!". These compilations are then all grouped together at the end of cover flow. Most of us however, would expect "Greatest Hits" albums to be listed with the other albums by the same album artist. For albums which are essentially by a single album artist or group it is best to set the appropriate value for the album artist and clear the compilation flag.
Sadly the iPod ignores the Album Artist field when grouping albums which causes problems when some tracks list guest artists. You can simply mark the entire album as a compilation which seems to be the way iTMS handles it, however that's not an ideal fix. Short of waiting for Apple to address this issue (and as far as I can tell it goes back to the 1st gen. of iPods) we need a workaround. What I do is to put any additional artist info. in square brackets after the song name. E.g. *Track \[Feat. Guest\]* and then set *Artist=Album Artist* for each track. For anthologies where the Album Artist is credited as part of another group, e.g. for Cream tracks on an Eric Clapton anthology, I use *Track \[As Group\]*. For a track where the main Album Artist doesn't receive a credit, e.g. the first track of the Slim Shady LP credited to Jeff Bass, I just set the track name to *Track \[Guest\]* while still setting the artist to the album artist. N.b. I use square brackets to indicate this is not part of the actual song title and also use this style for Mix/Live/Bonus info.
iTunes may split albums into two or more sections if some tracks from the album have different values for Artist, Album Artist, Album, No. of Discs or Part of a Compilation. Tiny differences such as trailing spaces, accented characters or variants of symbols can sometimes be quite hard to spot. The iPod is also more sensitive to case variations and may split or reorder an album that looks okay in iTunes. Normally overtyping the desired value for each shared field will complete the grouping of the album into one entity. Occasionally, however, this method seems to fail. When this happens I've found that you can force every field to update properly by adding some extra text - e.g. a trailing X, which once applied seems to complete the joining of the tracks into one album. Once this has happened the extra data can be removed and the album should remain properly grouped.
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Multi-disc albums are often listed as *Album (CD1)* for CD 1, *Album (CD2)* for CD 2 etc. To display these properly using just one cover, each disc should have the correct *Disc X of Y* values set, and then the entire album should be given the single title Album. Being somewhat obsessive I also renumber the tracks sequentially, working backwards from the last track until I reach disc 1.
With classical music you also need to be wary of alternative representations of artist/composers names. The menus will work best if for each composer you standardise on just one form of their name. E.g. make a choice between Mozart, W.A. Mozart or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and then apply it consistently. I tend also to use the Composer as the Artist & Album Artist and either discard performer details or place these into the Comments field.
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IPod plays only while connected to computer

I handed my Ipod (10GB dock connector) to a clumsy giant the other night and he dropped it. I immediately got the dreaded "!-folder icon." I tried resetting; that's when the ipod started clicking, restarting and restarting ad infinitum, and then... finally--the !-folder icon again. So I tried restoring using the software on my hard drive. At first, the ipod didn't appear on the desktop or in iTunes when I connected using Firewire, so there wasn't any apparent way to restore. After disconnecting from the computer and several resets, I decided to put the ipod in drive mode. I reconnected and the ipod icon showed up on the desktop. I tried restoring but it didn't work. I used the Apple Disk Utility on my Powerbook to verify the drive and it said it was OK. Unable to do anything, else, I used the ERASE feature in Disk Utility, reformatting to Mac OS Extended as prescribed (I did not create any partitions). I was then able to do an ipod software restore, and finally managed to put some mp3's on the gadget. As soon as I disconnected I got the !-Folder again and the infernal clicking. I reconnected, and a pop-up window told me that I needed to update the ipod to the latest version. I did. I then opened iTunes: the ipod played as long as it was connected to the computer. I ejected the ipod and tried to operate it, but still the !-folder and clicking. Tried another reset (Menu-Play/Pause-6 seconds), but still the dreaded folder and more clicking. Connected to the computer again and pop-up window tells me I need to update ipod to latest software version--AGAIN!!! I update again but updater never indicated completion of update. Disconnect. Reconnect. Same pop-up!!! I bypass pop-up and open iTunes. Songs still play. But when I disconnect I only get the !-folder. And everytime I reconnect, I am told to update. I have updated several times. I have even downloaded the most recent (Sept 2005) Ipod updater and updated. And then I updated to iTunes 5 when I discovered that while I was updating...and updating...,Apple had also updated iTunes. After all this, the ipod only works while connected to Powerbook, and Disk Utility still says the disk is OK. But I still am asked to update every time I connect, and the ipod refuses to work solo. It just clicks at me.
Can anyone help?

It sounds like a battery issue to me. When you connect it to the PC it draws power from the computer and thus it is able to function. Apparently it doesn't have enough of its own juice anymore. You probably just need a new battery.

I've downloaded a TV show for my ipod classic, it shows up on my PC ipod librargy but it does not show up on my Ipod play list

I've recently downloaded a 3 TV shows from the Itunes store onto my Ipod classic. It shows up on my PC Itunes playlist, andI can play it on my pc but will not show up on my Ipod play list. I've searched all of the directories and can't see it there.
I have plenty of space on the drive so that's not the issue.

I think the issue may be that these TV shows are in HD. Would that keep them from playing?
Yes. Sounds like you are trying to sync the HD version of the TV Episode. You should try to download the Standard Definition copy instead and sync that to your device as HD content is not compatible with the Nano. See here for more information:
iTunes: May be unable to transfer videos to iPhone, iPad, or iPod
To prevent HD versions from being downloaded in the future head to the iTunes Store, click the Purchased link, and then select TV Shows and remove the tick mark next to Download HD when available. You should be able to download the SD version now from under this same page.
B-rock

My ipod 5 was stolen but I have find my ipod installed on it but my ipod isn't/never was connected to a wifi network when it was stolen so how will my ipod play sound or go on lost mode and if there's no wifi connected to it?

my ipod 5 was just recently stolen in a waterpark (same with my best friend) and when i went on to find my ipod I pressed play sound and lost mode but it never successfully did all those things because my ipod wasn't or isn't connected to a wifi network as it says in the app. so how will I ever find my ipod if it never is going to connect to a wifi network without the thief accessing my ipod (I have a passcode). and also when I check the app once in a while it says ipod is online but cannot find location, so does that mean the thief is using my ipod or is trying to get in?

Yo are correct. It has to connect to internet for the FindMyiPhne features to be transmitted to the iPod
lost/stolen
No app on the iPod is required.
- If you previously turned on FIndMyiPod on the iPod in Settings>iCloud and wifi is on and connected, on a computer browser go to iCloud: Find My iPhone, sign in and go to FIndMyiPhone. If the iPod has been restored it will never show up or conbtinue to show off-line.
- You can also wipe/erase the iPod and have the iPod play a sound via iCloud.
iCloud: Erase your device
iCloud: Use Lost Mode
- If not shown, then you will have to use the old fashioned way, like if you lost a wallet or purse.
- Change the passwords for all accounts used on the iPod and report to police
- There is no way to prevent someone from restoring the iPod (it erases it) using it unless you had iOS 7 on the device. With iOS 7, one has to enter the Apple ID and password to restore the device.
- Apple will do nothing without a court order
Reporting a lost or stolen Apple product
- iOS: How to find the serial number, IMEI, MEID, CDN, and ICCID number

PLEASE HELP--gotoandPlay plays through frames I dont want it to.

Hello--I am an architecture student and I am having problems
with my Flash website. I have uploaded my half-done website on
http://ilocker.bsu.edu/users/msgoyak/WORLD_SHARED/
My animations end on frame 311, where I have five buttons
linking to different frames (The Resume button links to 312 and the
About Me button links to 313 using
on (release) {gotoAndPlay(frame number);
I also have "back" buttons on 312 and 313 which link back to
311. All three frames have the stop command applied.
My problem: Whenever I publish and try to click on Resume or
About Me, it will only play to 312 due to the stop command, thereby
not allowing me to get to the About Me frame (313). I have tried
taking away the stop command but then when I click on the About Me
button the timeline plays through 312 to get to 313 and you can
actually see it flash through on-screen. I just want ithese buttons
to jump to their respective frames and stop, without seeing
anything in-between or stopping where it shouldn't. Is there a
specific actions script that needs to be applied or would it be
easier to create new flash documents for each link?
Hopefully someone can help m after viewing the website
itself.
I have version 7 MX 2004.
Thank you if you can provide any feedback!!!!!! Hopefully
this frustration thing can be corrected.

A: PLEASE HELP--gotoandPlay plays through frames I dont want it to.

Use the gotoAndStop(frame number): instead of play.
The playhead will stop on the disignated frame, and you won't
need a stop
action on it.
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
news:f0b17u$5ot$[email protected]..
> Hello--I am an architecture student and I am having
problems with my Flash
> website. I have uploaded my half-done website on
>
http://ilocker.bsu.edu/users/msgoyak/WORLD_SHARED/
>
> My animations end on frame 311, where I have five
buttons linking to
> different
> frames (The Resume button links to 312 and the About Me
button links to
> 313
> using
> on (release) {gotoAndPlay(frame number);
>
> }
> I also have "back" buttons on 312 and 313 which link
back to 311. All
> three
> frames have the stop command applied.
> My problem: Whenever I publish and try to click on
Resume or About Me, it
> will
> only play to 312 due to the stop command, thereby not
allowing me to get
> to the
> About Me frame (313). I have tried taking away the stop
command but then
> when I
> click on the About Me button the timeline plays through
312 to get to 313
> and
> you can actually see it flash through on-screen. I just
want ithese
> buttons to
> jump to their respective frames and stop, without seeing
anything
> in-between or
> stopping where it shouldn't. Is there a specific actions
script that
> needs to
> be applied or would it be easier to create new flash
documents for each
> link?
>
> Hopefully someone can help m after viewing the website
itself.
> I have version 7 MX 2004.
> Thank you if you can provide any feedback!!!!!!
Hopefully this frustration
> thing can be corrected.
>
>

What is the highest mp3 bit rate that Ipod plays without disk problems

I have a 60gig iPod. i note that iTunes can encode to mp3 at a bit rate of 192. Can the 60gig iPod play these files without any disk problems. If it can are there any other considerations?

the current ipod (5th gen) specification says...
Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV
http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html
btw the ipod disk isn't the limiting factor, sound files are played from buffer memory, the disk only runs when the buffer needs to be refilled

Ipod Plays 2 seconds of a song, the freezes 3/4 seconds, then plays fine?!

Basically ive got the latest firmware, my Ipod plays the two seconds at the start of any song.
The thing then freezes for about 4 seconds!
The ipod photo then continues to play the song quite happily?!
It seems to do it every time i use it. Is it due to the amount of music I have on it (almost full / 30 gb)? I guess its not. Im lost .
Any ideas??

Yeah I had to restore it . Shame, had a lot of music that i now have to put back on. Oh well, problem solved .

How can i do to make the iPod play the next album when the albums that it's playing finish?

How can i do to make the ipod play the next album when the album that is playing finish? because when tha album that i'm listening to is over ihave to select another, and i want to listen all the albums continuously
Thanks

To change the iCloud ID you have to go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, then sign back in with the other ID. When you delete the account it will prompt you about what to do with the iCloud data. If you need to migrate it and merge it with the data in the new account choose Keep on My iDevice; then choose Merge to upload the data and merge it with the new account. If your data is already in the other account and you don't need to migrate it to the other account, choose Delete from My iDevice.

! Error when copying song from Purchased to IPod play list. How to fix?

Hi
Try the iPod for windows forum http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=826
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* help * - ipod playing up. . .

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