On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...

[vovat]

Well, actually, it was my true love bethje's relatives who gave me gifts. I got two shirts, an electric razor, a Game Boy carrying case (so I don't have to borrow Beth's anymore), a new wallet (which I desperately needed), the Posies' live CD In Case You Didn't Feel Like Plugging In, and some candy. I really appreciate that Beth's relatives gave me presents.

After opening those presents, Beth and I watched the extras on her new Texas Chainsaw Massacre DVD (which she had also opened last night, it being one of the items from the Amazon order that hadn't arrived until after we had exchanged gifts for the first time). Most of the deleted scenes didn't have audio, which was kind of weird. We'll probably listen to the commentary pretty soon.

To change the subject, I'm kinda-sorta considering getting an iPod. I know some people who read this have their own iPods, and I have a few questions, so I might as well ask them here. I've heard that you have to use iTunes (which doesn't work on my computer, but I'd probably be able to use it on Beth's) to transfer songs to the iPod. Is this true? If so, will it only work with CD audio tracks and stuff downloaded from iTunes itself, or can you add other music files from your computer? Also, how can you hook it up to play in the car? And how is the technical support, if something goes wrong with it?

I keep forgetting to get a haircut. I really do need one.

Hmm, whoever put this CD information into the Windows Media Player database mixed up two songs.

Comments

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I used to have a CD-to-cassette adapter, and while the adapter part worked fine, the cords that I plugged into the cigarette lighter for power kept going bad. I guess that wouldn't be a problem if the MP3 player had its own power source, though.

I don't really know much about Rio. Do you know if that's a reliable brand? It's weird, because I always see people on the Internet mentioning how non-Apple brands of MP3 player have more capacity, but when I look at stores, mostly what I see are more expensive players that don't hold as much. I guess the higher-capacity ones have to be mail ordered, or else I'm just missing them.

[onib.livejournal.com]

Rio seems to get pretty good reviews all in all. I can't speak from experience since I've never used an MP3 Player. I just have a CD player that reads MP3 discs - that way, I burn what I want to CD and swap them out. I think I've fit all of my TMBG material on about 4 discs, but that's ripping songs at 320kbps for best possible quality, you could fit a lot more on if you weren't as anal.

You can check out a lot of MP3 Players on Amazon, which has reviews. Also, I'd suggest you take a look at Epinions, which has very thorough reviews of hundreds of players.