Been A Long Process

Back in August, I finally figured out a way to grab music from my broken iPod. When I finally transferred the music folders to my hard drive, the real work began.

I had about 50 folders of music, each containing about 100 or so songs. The problem is that not all of the songs were in a format I could play anywhere but the iPod. So I had to find a program where I could convert the songs in the Apple format to MP3. That wasn’t the issue. Actually, there were a couple issues.

First, there was no way to convert multiple tracks at one time. Each song had to be converted one at a time. The other issue was that when you put a song on your iPod, it changed the name. Example: She Loves You by The Beatles becomes ZQTD in the folder. When played in the car, the Title is correct, the artist is correct and the four letter new name is nowhere to be found.

Every song that I convert or transfer has to be renamed it’s original name. So ZQTD now needs to be renamed and saved as She Loves You. To say that the whole process is tedious is an understatement. We’re almost through February and I have just two folders left. The end is in sight.

Once I get all the songs converted, I have to go through the ones that transferred over that I cannot convert. These are mostly songs I purchased from iTunes. I think the count was 273 songs that I cannot convert. That list is one I will go through next. Some of the songs I have other places, and I can replace them quickly. The other’s I will have to look at the used CD place, or go through my CDs to see if I have them.

The reason it is taking so long is that I am doing this while on lunch at work. I can’t really find time anywhere else during the day. As I go song by song, I am finding songs that I can sort to other folders: Christmas, Christian, Classical and Songs I am not sure I still want. I can put all the Christmas, Christian, and Classical on separate thumb drives. The other folder, I will go through again for a final sort.

It’s nice to be close to being done.