AW: Questions from a neophyte

> 1. The EphPOD introductory material suggests that the MusicMatch CD to =
> MP3
>    translator is (very) inferior to LAME. Does anyone have any details =
> of
>    the difference? Are there significant audible effects? I have > =
converted
>    about 250 CDs (so I don't want to do this all again!), but > I have =
not
>    noticed any significant drop in quality at the "CD equivalent"> =
setting
>    which uses ~900 KB per minute.

I think it's up to you: as long as you don't hear any loss in quality I =
see no need to rip it again;)

> 2. I have found two bugs in MusicMatch, though. In some cases > it =
clips a > few
>    seconds off the end of a track and glues it onto the next track =
(as> if
>    it doesn't flush a buffer under some circumstances). I also have> =
managed
>    to delete an album (~16 tracks) from the iPOD but not from the iPOD
>    database. This is clearly not a serious problem, but I did want to
>    clean it up. Has anyone else seen this? I don't know what > =
sequence of
>    actions I took with MusicMatch to do it. It has been > suggested to =
me
>    that I could fix it the problem with EphPOD, which leads > to the =
next
>    question.

To rebuild the database on the iPod use the "Rebuild DB from iPod" =
function inside ephPod:)

> 3. The EphPOD documentation seems to refer to the Mark I iPOD version
>    which only ran with Macintosh, or required something > called =
MacOpener
>    to convert the file system formats. However, if I make hidden files
>    visible on my W-XP machine then I can see all the iPOD > files =
without
>    using any such conversion. Also, in the iPOD settings, it > states =
that
>    the iPOD is using the "Format: Windows". Thus, my > conclusion is =
that
>    the EphPOD program is designed for the Mark I iPOD only. > The =
question
>    is will it work with a Mark II (firmware 2.01) set up with > a =
Windows
>    file system? If it will, does it really require a Firewire card, as
>    my iPOD connects quite happily to my PC via the USB cable=20
> I purchased>    from Apple.

You're right, the welcome page of ephPod is very confusing, I made the =
new german translation of ephPod and didn't notice that this page is =
only focused on the older models. I will change it after writing this =
email;)

ephPod works with any iPod, all it needs is access to the iPod drive. So =
you can still use your USB cable and everything is fine! (as long as the =
iPod gets a drive letter and is accessible with the explorer).

Regards, Roland Fischer

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