I'm thinking about buying an iPod and put all of Prince's albums in it but wondering which one to get; which would accommodate them all...anyone has suggestions??
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I'm thinking of this one here...



[Edited 7/17/05 23:02pm]

20 gig

I have all of P's albums and NPG stuff on a 4 gig dvd.

Me too.
There are 40 albums (incl. the best of and npgmc stuff)
I just love to listen to them on a shuffle mode.

It`s great

I have a Prince and related playlist in my 40GB iPod but they would fit in a smaller one.

no bootlegs though, but I've substituted some album tracks for the extended versions and added the b-sides to the end of each album

all the good ones and tons o boots

I have about 300 songs on my iPod Mini, which takes up almost 2 gig. It's 25 - 26 hours worth of music. I have all the official releases and just a couple un-official things.

It has taken me weeks to download all those off CDs. During that time, I have become simply overwhelmed at the amount of music Prince has put out. I can't even come up with FIVE original tunes, much less 300+.

I have 3 CD-rs full of mp3s i use in my car stereo


no ipod for me, my mp3 player is 256 mb good enough foe the workouts

other than that...im in my car

RodeoSchro said:

Same here. And I have tons of bootlegs too tee hee

Yep! But I don't have an iPod. I have a Zen Micro.

I have put just about all of his albums and bootlegs in my iPod. It is very overwhelming because of how much stuff he's put out but it's sooooo worth it.

WaterInYourBath said:

smart

I have a 40GB iPod, and I have all of Prince's albums, the majority of released B-sides and those songs from The Work that feature his vocals on there. I could've fit the rest, but I don't need to hear those that often.

I also have everything else that I officially own on there.

My CD collection is ripped at 192kbps AAC. I could've fit more on there but I wanted the higher bitrate for better sound.

No, I made the mistake of filling the one my daughter got me for Mother's Day, first with over 9 hours of Miles Davis, and now I can't get it back from my husband!

lilgish said:

im confused
if it would require a 20gig ipod
how did you fit them on a 4gig dvd-r

i just bought a dvd burner a couple of days ago
and had no idea you can store music on them

i'd love to carry all his albums on a few cd's

more info pleeeeeaaaaaseee

funkii said:

he should get a 20 gig Ipod...or even better a creative.

I have all of P's albums, NPG, and a few boots on one DVD...4 gigs.....

lilgish said:

oh i get it now
you gotta be talking mp3's right?????

my car stereo doesnt play mp3
i wonder how many wav files i can fit onto a blank dvd

i have a "Selected Prince" playlist on my iPod but i do have Parade and The Black Album on there in their entirety.

I nearly have 18 GB (including many video files)
of Prince on my harddisc
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roddiekay said:

I have a 40 GB loaded with Prince stuff, in total ....wait for it ... with all my official stuff and boots ... 1021 prince songs / 3.2 days / 4.19 gb. Love Prince and Love my iPod.

Speaking of ipods - I'm a complete idiot regarding ipod type devices but am wanting to buy one to work out with. Can anyone give me any tips if ipod brand is the best option? (I went to Best Buy to buy one and walked out confused with nothing!) Do you have to pay for all the downloads if you already have them on cd? Sorry if this is a stupid question. Thanks a lot.

You can put your own mp3's on an ipod

bigtimefan said:

You just use iTunes or whatever program you like to "rip" (encode) your CD's into MP3's, WAV's, whatever you want. Then you just copy them to your iPod or other portable digital player.

The iPod is virtually skip-proof, since it has a small internal memory buffer.

bigtimefan said:

Don't go to best buy to get an ipod.It comes out more expensive b/c they make you buy their warranty. The best idea is to go and buy the mini ipod[depending on how much you wanna spend,200$,4gigs,1000 songs] at the ipod store. There's always one at certain malls or just order it from apple.com

boomboomboom said:

We have a winner!! Can you make me a copy of all of those????

I have a Mp3-cd player so I put all of my Prince albums, boots and proteges
on about 5-6 cds.

at about 700mbs a cd thats about 3.5-4 Gbs. BUT I ripped my stuff
at about 112kbps so I could make them smaller.

If you buy an Ipod smaller than 4Gb its safe to say, 90% of what
you hear is gonna be Princey

I know this is probably another stupid question, but once you download songs into the ipod can you change your mind and delete/add as often as you want to? Also, is ipod the best brand to buy? Thanks.

bigtimefan said:

The answer is yes to both questions (of course, I'm biased towards iPods) but I like it because of its ease of use (from my experience anyway). I ended up just getting an iPod shuffle where I can only download up to 120 songs max, so I rotate between Prince albums, plus I have more chances of being able to listen to all the songs in it and I change the songs every day through the "Autofill" feature.

bigtimefan said:

First tip...don't buy an iPod unless you want to spend a lot of money for a "cool brand".

For less money, get a Creative Zen Touch (20 or 40 GB). It's cheaper than the Ipod and the battery life is amazing (24 hours on a charge). Go out and buy a bunch of CD's with the money you'll save.

thanks a lot Alexander. Do you have any idea where can I buy the Zen Creative Touch or the approx. price?