My 7th Gen iPod has approx 10,500 songs and says its approx 62% full. The average song track is around 4.3 minutes.
Theres a few podcasts, but its almost all music. FWIW, all the album art is there. (I dont think the album art takes up that much storage)
At my current rate, this iPod will max out at around 17,000 songs; a far cry from the 40,000 that is touted.
1000 songs are bought from iTunes. the rest are imported from my CDs.
I see iPods on ebay (etc) modified to 240GB, (mine is 160GB) but that means I’ll get 25,000; not the 60,000 that they advertise.
What gives?
I’m guesssing I might get more if I degrade the file quality. Is that so? (No way will I do that)
Do I have any options other than a modded iPod, or degraded sound files?
check the fine print. quoting the storage capacity as “# of songs” depends on the bit rate. from the iPod page at Apple:
“Song capacity is based on 4 minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding; in 256-Kbps AAC format, song capacity is up to 20,000 songs; actual capacity varies by encoding method and bit rate. Video capacity is based on H.264 1.5-Mbps video at 640-by-480 resolution combined with 128-Kbps audio. Photo capacity is based on iPod-viewable photos transferred from iTunes. Actual capacity varies by content. Battery testing conducted by Apple in August 2009 using preproduction hardware and software. Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced (see www.apple.com/support/ipod/service/battery). Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See Batteries - Apple for more information.”
What format/bitrate are you using when ripping songs from CD?
I assume the higher bit rate. I’m not really all that knowledgeable about the tech stuff.
Whatever the default is.
if you’re using iTunes to rip CDs, I think the default setting is “iTunes Plus” which is 256 kb/s AAC. Most recent iTunes Store tracks are iTunes plus as well, so your projected capacity of 17,000 songs doesn’t seem too out of line.