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Beastmouth:

--- Quote from: tommydski on 29 Dec 2007, 11:37 ---I wouldn't advise that. It scrambles the information deliberately. You'd end up with a bunch of files called 'au6584jk.mp3' or whatever.

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I understand that it leaves the ID3 tags alone, tho, so you can just c/p the ipod onto c:\ or /foo/music or wherever, and then import it into the itunes library and it'll be fine.


Assuming you tagged your music, of course.



Also, I love my ipod because the only other option available in Saigon was Sony, and I think Apple's business practices are shiny pretty compared to those creeps. 

Ernest:
I hope you're right, but it's not as if stuff like that hasn't been said maliciously on these boards before.

Statik:

--- Quote from: KharBevNor on 30 Dec 2007, 01:28 ---The Archos is cheaper than the equivalent ipod. It also has longer battery life than an ipod.

You guys should calm down. Maybe you are frustrated because your ipods batteries died?

Anyway, it's not like the Archos is the only mp3 player better than an ipod.

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Archos is cheaper because they charge you for additional functionality that ipods come with out of the box (for obvious reasons apple doesnt support WMA)  Lets compare, just for shits and giggles.
Archos 605 base: $279.99  iPod Classic 160gb base: 349.99
now lets add a web browser ($30), AAC support ($20), and HD video support ($20) to your Archos.  Heeey, now its $349.99!
And in what world is 13.5 hours of audio playback and 4.7 hours of video under IDEAL conditions better than 45 hours of audio playback and 9 hours of video under REALISTIC conditions?  You should go talk to some mathematicians, because if you can bend numbers like that, well, you need to get a job showing them how they have been wrong for the past couple thousand years.

See that word I bolded?  It's whats known as an "opinion,"  it's like an asshole, everyones got one, and it sure as hell doesn't mean we want to see the shit thats associated with either one of them.

This was a thread requesting help with something related to ipods, and you come in with your holier than thou attitude about portable music / video players, and shit all over it.

KharBevNor:
The 605 does closer to seventeen and a half hours audio and five and a half hours video. Also, I would like to see where you obtained those figures for ipod battery life from, as they are completely different, by a factor of over 100%, to the ones on apples own website. The 80 gig ipod, the equivalent of the particular Archos I own (though there is a 160gb model), does UP TO 20 hours on a full charge, with the disclaimer that


--- Quote ---Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings.
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Which pretty much tells us that these are ideal conditions we're operating under.

Also, ipods don't support a web browser at all, except the ipod touch. The mpeg-1 firmware upgrade is only necessary for ripping DVDs, and, lets me perfectly honest: who really needs AAC support?

Oh, wait.

Did I mention, by the way, that you can plug an Archos into any computer and transfer media with asbolutely no software (except windows media player, if you're not being a fucking idiot and using a mac).

It is amazing how mad someone can become from the knowledge that their life choices are inferior!

Cernunnos:
So when someone asked for advice, you told them to throw out a three hundred dollar mp3 player and buy another one. There are enough threads that end up being ipod angst. This should not have been one of them. It's rude and not at all constructive.  If you can't help the original poster solve their problem, don't post on the thread. I'm sorry if i seem to be overreacting. i probably am. all i really should say is that this isn't the thread to argue the pro's and con's of mp3 players. this is the thread to help someone get their mp3 player to do what they want. If this thread morphs into such a hardware choice thread, that's fine. But not with such snide remarks on everyone's part.

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