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[BTown]

^I'm really tired of ipods and I don't want to spend a ****load onanother touch because the only IPod I can see well are the touches due to my awful vision, and i also like the Zune interface a lot more.
Do you know of any free converters? Also, would I have to convert one by one or can I do all of it at the same time?

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by BTown787

^I'm really tired of ipods and I don't want to spend a ****load onanother touch because the only IPod I can see well are the touches due to my awful vision, and i also like the Zune interface a lot more.
Do you know of any free converters? Also, would I have to convert one by one or can I do all of it at the same time?

You know, there are other MP3 players out there besides iPOD and Zune. You should try scouting around and weighing your options. Might even save a lot of money that way. But if you're committed to getting a Zune, then definitely spend some time researching free format converters.
I don't know any music-related converters offhand, as I don't have a use for them, but I know there are plenty out there. Unless you're asking me to Google something for you, then the best advice I can give is to spend some time searching until you find something that meets your needs.

And yes, most format converters allow for batch conversion, which lets you select any number of files of a specific file type, and converts them one after another without any user intervention. Most often, the only interaction you have with format converters are the setup of your output file specifications, and identifying the files you want to be converted.

It's a very straightforward process. You just have to find a program that meets your needs. The rest will be self explanitory.

[BTown]

Ok, thanks a lot, I'll look into it.

[Captain Awesome]

Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

If the USB controller lost communication with your USB device for any reason, that could have caused it. Being that USB devices are based on PnP technology, simply pulling them out and re-inserting them usually brings them back up without any other necessary intervention.

I'm not sure if your "docking station thing" is a USB hub (device that allows you to plug multiple USB devices in while only using a single USB port), but I never had any luck with maintaining a fast, reliable connection using them with multiple devices plugged in because the USB bandwidth and voltage per port is limited.
I would recommend that for any USB device that requires stability, you plug that device directly into its own port on the PC.

thanks for the advice, earlier i put the USB device directly into a usb slot at the front of my computer about a minute later the screen went blue and this giant message came up i didn't have time to read it all but it said something about performing an emergency shut down. Next thing i know my computers restarting but after it restarted itself everything seems to be working.

go figure. lol

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by Captain Awesome

thanks for the advice, earlier i put the USB device directly into a usb slot at the front of my computer about a minute later the screen went blue and this giant message came up i didn't have time to read it all but it said something about performing an emergency shut down. Next thing i know my computers restarting but after it restarted itself everything seems to be working.

go figure. lol

Yea the Blue Screen Of Death is quite an Oh Shit moment, but as long as you're back up and running without any further incidents, you can chalk it up to a random error as long as it's not a constant thing.

[Arya Stark]

Originally Posted by BTown787

^I'm really tired of ipods and I don't want to spend a ****load onanother touch because the only IPod I can see well are the touches due to my awful vision, and i also like the Zune interface a lot more.
Do you know of any free converters? Also, would I have to convert one by one or can I do all of it at the same time?

So you're moving from an iPod to a Zune?

Because I did that, too. I didn't have to convert anything. It takes music from everywhere you ask it to take music from.

[Odyshape]

Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Yea the Blue Screen Of Death is quite an Oh Shit moment, but as long as you're back up and running without any further incidents, you can chalk it up to a random error as long as it's not a constant thing.

you can often make the computer boot from a recovery disk instead of HDD if you into bios so you can repair your computer,

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by Odyshape

you can often make the computer boot from a recovery disk instead of HDD if you into bios so you can repair your computer,

Removable media is usually set higher than the hard drive the OS is on, by default from the vendor. But yea, if it happens to be set so that the hard-drive boots first, then the user would have to enter the bios and change the boot order if he/she wanted to boot from a disk.

Captain Awesome doesn't need a repair disk though, so I don't see how it's relevant.

[lucifer_sam]

has anybody else's MediaMonkey crapped out on them because they needed a new version of Quicktime?

i have a bunch of m4a files in my library and i can't seem to play any of them because it keeps giving me the same error message: "new version of Quicktime required to play this song." i tried downloading it and installing but it didn't make a bit of difference.

[FETCHER.]

Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

It's likely an MSN program fault then.
What version do you have? (You should be able to check this by going to "help" then "about" in the messenger interface.)

sorry i totally forgot i asked about this, its stopped recently. but i would still like to know what was going on etc .

i have version 2009 (build 14.0.8089.726).

anything useful amounst that?