# iPod Issue - converts audio files to data **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-issue-converts-audio-files-to-data/422376 "2007-10-11T19:39:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stink\_Stank\_Stunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Stink\_Stank\_Stunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stink_Stank_Stunk)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-issue-converts-audio-files-to-data/422376/1 "2007-10-11T19:39:11Z")
My iPod has been converting all of my audio files to data files when i dont request it to do that. Any clue what might cause this? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-issue-converts-audio-files-to-data/422376/2 "2007-10-11T20:58:59Z")
[QUOTE=Stink Stank Stunk] My iPod has been converting all of my audio files to data files when i dont request it to do that. Any clue what might cause this? [/QUOTE] Can you be more specific about the types of files? What are the file extensions before and after? ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-issue-converts-audio-files-to-data/422376/3 "2007-10-11T23:46:58Z")
Are you just copying the files to the ipod through windows explorer? It won’t recognize those files as music if you do that. You have to sync it through a player like Itunes. ---
**Author:** ![Stink\_Stank\_Stunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Stink\_Stank\_Stunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stink_Stank_Stunk)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-issue-converts-audio-files-to-data/422376/4 "2007-10-12T13:19:49Z")
I am not sure how to check on the file extensions that are on my iPod. I have iTunes, so the songs are originally put onto the iPod in whatever format iTunes uses. The rub is that every once in a while, I plug my iPod in, and it looks like it is synching up, but when it is finished the status bar is all orange (signifying data files). If i go into my iPod it shows that I have no music, but I am still using 33 gigs of my 40 gig iPod. ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-issue-converts-audio-files-to-data/422376/5 "2007-10-12T15:09:36Z")
iTunes does not convert files for the iPod (unless you’re using a Shuffle, and even then it just converts to a 128kbps AAC if you check that option). Just a guess here, but do you have a location selected for syncing photos? It might be syncing a lot of photos and using space? Though I think photos are yellow, not orange on the “full meter” icon in iTunes. Also, what kind of iPod is it (touch? classic? Nano? 3G? 5G?) and are you running on a Windows machine or a Mac? ---
**Author:** ![Stink\_Stank\_Stunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Stink\_Stank\_Stunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stink_Stank_Stunk)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-issue-converts-audio-files-to-data/422376/6 "2007-10-12T15:49:55Z")
Thanks for th input everyone. I am getting an iMac today though, so i think my problems should end with that. I have been using a shitty windows computer and i think that is the problem