To switch or not to switch?

First off, yes MC9 is the best. :D

There are so many advantages to it I won't go into them all here. You can check out the program for yourself.

But as to your problem. There's a real simple way to get those files off of the ipod so you can re-upload them.

This is an interesting dilemma though. MC9 supports on the fly conversion, so it will convert your songs for you at upload time. This (as you know) takes a long time. Any consecutive syncs you do, MC9 is smart enough to skip any files already converted.

Now, what my solution was going to be was to copy the MP3s off of the iPod in My Computer, then reformat the iPod, then reupload them. Then I realized you don't want to keep these MP3s on your PC. You want the MPCs on there.

So, there's really no way to get those MP3s off and to get MC9 to recognize that mp3 x came from mpc file x. That is, unless you do it through MC9 and let MC9 do the conversion.

Do you get my drift? This is kind of confusing.

I'd say the best thing to do (sadly) would be to reformat and let MC9 to the reconversion for you on sync. Then everything will be "mapped" correctly.

Sorry about that, but I highly suggest you try it out, it's well worth it.

Oh, to answer your other question, yes, that would be possible, just to copy off the Music folder, import all the tunes into MC9 and then do a sync. But one thing about MC9, it really requires that you keep the tunes on your PC, that's why I said to go the route I recommened. If you can keep the mp3s on your PC then go this route. You can use MC9's Rename Files From Properties feature to automatically organize the songs into Artist/Album subfolders and rename the files to a convention you like.

Adam

I agree...

convert to mc9 and all worried are over...

blissful use of your ipod with MP3 management worries a thing of the past

What is OSMPX--never heard of it. I think most people (not all, but most) would consider EAC/LAME the best overall--MC9 is a close second; it rips in digital secure, and has a LAME encoder option...

About OSMPX you can read here: http://www.orlsoft.ru/?en .

And yeah, of course if you want a real digital copy of your CD you should stop using ALL-IN-ONE programms and use special utilities (EAC/OSMPX) .

Ive transfered all my collection (finally!) to iPod with MC9. Thanx a lot guys! Now Ive to figure out, how this thing works and thats it! And it seems to me a bit better, than ephpod!

Ben:

I'm working w/Steve on getting that done. I sent him a playcounts file last night as a test. Apparently, the playcounts files isn't being saved on his iPod because he doesn't have a dock. I'm going to question that, it just doesn't seem to make sense.

Anyway, I know he's starting on it. He's usually pretty quick on this. Expect some bugs for the first time out. It's the way they develop, but it get the product in the hands of the users faster and get feedback directly from users during the development phase, so the end result is a product better tailored to real world users.

Adam

Turns out Steve was a little confused by the post about 2.0.1 on the Apple Web site. It says that 2.0.1 is for iPods w/the "Dock Connector". He read that as meaning he had to have a dock. :D

So, I corrected him. He upgraded and now he's testing w/his iPod. Probably won't need files anymore.

Also I nudged him to make sure that we capture the last played date and also get that added to MC9's database on sync.

This will be so great...!
Adam

I think he does, are you referring to the link "otto" posted a while ago?

Might wanna post it in the IPOD SUPPORT thread over at JRivers boards.

Adam