Ipod Classic Lost will my library fit on a Nano?

Having lost my iPod Classic I need to buy a new one and am considering getting a 16gb Nano. When I had my classic I could when synching it see how much of it's capacity was used. Now I don't have it is there a way that I can see how much space it would take on the Nano? I don't want to get a Nano and run out of capacity soon after. Bill.

iTunes has a new (in 9.1) feature by which it can compress songs to 128 kb/s "on the fly" as it syncs the iPod, without changing the library copy. So even if your library exceeds 16GB, you might still fit it all on a Nano.
Very roughly figure about 4000 songs in 16 GB, but the actual number will vary, so don't cut it close.

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