Posted by Odd Bob on 04/23/07 15:39

"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote in
news:fv8p23d8o6hf464iffd54r48seotna1ije@4ax.com:

> Per housetrained:
>>Is there a way using iTunes (or another) to copy the music from the
>>iPod to the computer?
>
> AFIK, it's a one-way path with iTunes: PC database ==> iPod.
>
> If you want to capture the tunes from an iPod to some other
> computer, just let it come up as a removable drive and drag/drop
> the music folder to the PC.
>
> After you've done that, you'll have a bunch of directories like
> F01, F02, and so-forth containing files with names like ASYK.mp3,
> AQLF.mp4, and so-forth.
>
> Do get those back to "real" names, use something like FooBar2000
> - which has script capabilities that will let you do that.

If the files have proper ID3 tags (don't have iTunes so I don't know if they do) then MP3Tag has a very
easy to use feature (Tag -> Filename) that can rename all the files in a jiffy.

-- Bob

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