Ipod song capacity

ipod specs says it can hold about 500 songs, but my shuffle only sync'd about 250, does anybody know how to fix this, is it possible??? help!!

The storage estimate is based upon 128kbps songs of about 4 minutes length. Do your songs match this?

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    IPod 60G; IPod 20G   Windows XP  

    i hate how apple says you can fit a certain amount of songs on the ipod, it gives people the wrong impression.
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    There's nothing misleading about their estimates if you read and understand how they arrived at the estimates.

  • Ipod songs don't show up on my work computer

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    Otherwise, if the entire library will not fit or you don't want to fill up the iPod with only songs, you need to set up syncing based on Selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres.  Below that setting, set up the rest of the Music tab to tell iTunes what playlists, artists, albums, or genres to sync.  Only the songs included in your selection will sync to the iPod, so if you purchased new songs, they will not sync to the iPod unless thay are included in the selection on the Music tab. 
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    My iTunes library contains 19.55GB of music. I automatically update my ipod, so that the files are the same in iTunes and my iPod, yet the iPod has 27.69GBs on it. I have no additional files stored on my iPod. Does iTunes include the space of album art when calculating the size of the library? In other words, could this be album art taking up space on my iPod that isn't accounted for in iTunes? Or is it something else?

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    3.As WinDoze doesn't see the iPod nativley, it opens it like a generic USB device. It knows it's an iPod because you have iTunes installed. because of this you may find that there are hidden files on your iPod (usually drivers for other USB devices). These can just be deleted by showing hidden files.
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    5.If you sync your photos to the iPod, you can have the full file coppied over, uncheck this as they take up a lot more space than the thumbnails.
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  • Song capacity question

    I'm a bit unclear on song capacity. I'm pretty sure my ipod mini 4gb was promoted as holding 2000 songs. Now the 4gb models have a claimed 1000 song capapicty and you now need 8gb to hold 2000 songs. What's the real deal? Thanks.

    Yeah, I'm sure Apple avoided that pitfall of Creative, which was an extremely good move on their part.
    Simply put, get a nano, and you won't go back. Just remember to either:
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    I transferred some old ipod songs onto my itunes. When I try to play I get this message: "This computer is not authorized to play "song name" Would you like to authorize it"
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    3) Manually manage songs and playlists. You can also choose to transfer music to the iPod manually. This allows you to drag and drop individual songs and playlists from iTunes to the iPod.

  • Song capacity for iPhone

    I have ran a search for this question but nothing came up. How many songs can you load onto the device? I have a library that is over 2,000 songs, and was interested in purchasing an iPhone this summer.
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    Up to 3500 songs is also based on having no video or photos.
    You can't get caught up with the up to number of songs advertisement, since the actual capacity varies by content.
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    You won't have a full 16GB of storage capacity either. This is the decimal equivalent, which is not the actual. The actual storage capacity for my 8GB iPhone is only about 7.3GB. This takes into account the difference between the advertised storage capacity and the actual - which is less than advertised for all hard drives and flash drives. The same applies to your hard drive's actual capacity on your MacBook. And OS X takes up roughly 500MB or so of the actual.

  • Song Capacity for 4gb Nano

    I am currently thinking of purchasing the 4gb Nano. It states a 1000 song capacity, does anyone know, if you do not use it for photos, will it store more songs?

    Try not to think in terms of song quantity. It's merely an estimate.
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    If they are encoded at a higher bitrate, and are typically longer than 4 minutes each... you'll fit less songs.
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  • *GB iPod Nano Capacity

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    If you have imported uncompressed files they can be converted in iTunes, have a read of these articles:
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  • Ipod mini capacity

    Hope someone can help me here!
    I understand that 1500 songs doesn't actually mean 1500 songs, due to Kbps and length etc but when plugged into PC and itunes is open, my ipod mini capacity states "348 songs, 23.3 hours, 1.56GB" at botton of window......however, above that it shows a bar almost full (grey colour) showing 5.59GB used and 95MB remaining.
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    ipod mini   Windows XP  
      Windows XP  

    The usual fix for an apparent space conflict such as this is to restore the iPod to factory settings, then reload the songs.

  • Ipod songs wont play

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    Grey text when you look at the content and lock symbol at the bottom of the screen simply shows that your iPod is set to "automatically update songs and playlists". . If you want to access your iPod directly, play it through your iTunes, connect it to a second computer etc. you just need to change the update method to "Manually manage songs and Playlists" in the iPod preferences. For more detail see this tutorial: Managing Your Songs Manually
    One thing to be aware of with manually updating is that the iPod also has to be manually ejected before the "Do Not Disconnect" message will go away. Safely disconnect iPod
    For info: iPod 101
    The iPod offers three ways to transfer music from your computer. You can select one of the following update modes from the iPod Preferences menu in iTunes (Edit>Preferences>iPod>Music tab):
    1) Automatically update all songs and playlists. This is the default mode, in which your entire music library, including playlists, is automatically synced to your iPod. If the music library on your computer exceeds the iPod storage capacity, you are prompted to select a different update method.
    2) Automatically update selected playlists only. With this option, iTunes automatically copies the playlists you have selected to the iPod when you connect it to the computer.
    3) Manually manage songs and playlists. You can also choose to transfer music to the iPod manually. This allows you to drag and drop individual songs and playlists from iTunes to the iPod.

  • One laptop died.  I have a new laptop now.  How can I get my Ipod song list on the new laptop without downloading each c.d.?

    My first laptop died.  I have a new laptop now.  How can I get my Ipod song list on the new laptop without downloading each c.d.?

    See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different ways to copy content from your iPod to your PC.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
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  • Here goes. My iPod touch has all my songs on it. I have changed computers several times and iTunes has a library of similar but not as many songs as iPod. When I plug iPod in ans go to sync it says that iTunes library will replace iPod songs.

    Here goes. My iPod touch has all my songs on it. I have changed computers several times and iTunes has a library of similar but not as many songs as iPod. When I plug iPod in ans go to sync it says that iTunes library will replace iPod songs. I don't want this to happen I want the I pod songs to sync with iTunes. What do I do?

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