Slowly learning old new tech

[drcpunk]

As jlighton pointed out, the mp3 player mnemex gave me has its own software on a CD. I installed this, and spent some time copying CDs to my laptop, and thence to an SD card. I am astonished that 13 CDs is just a bit over half a gig, having gotten the idea that music files are Very Big.

mnemex showed me how to put the card into the player, and I exempt myself from shame for not figuring this out on my own. To put in the card, one has to open up the section where the AAA battery goes in, take out the battery, put the card in the slot behind the battery, then put the battery back and close the machine. Ick.

But, I have now played a song on my mp3 player. Next, I should learn to load it directly, rather than through a card, and perhaps figure out what playlists are, how to make them, and why I might want them.

Comments

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

Playlists are what they sound like: preset arrangements that you can load with one click rather than setting up the particular songs in order each time. They're good for two things: (1) keeping albums together, if you like to play them that way, and (2) putting together arrangements that you want for any purpose you can imagine. People have playlists for exercise, for work, for laughing at or crying to, for parties, and for no good reason at all. Go thou and have fun with them! :-)

[jl8e]

I am astonished that 13 CDs is just a bit over half a gig, having gotten the idea that music files are Very Big.

They are. Depending on the quality and format at which one rips them, you're talking a meg a minute or more. (Uncompressed music is much bigger. You'd get a short uncompressed CD in your half-gig.)

Storage is just Even Bigger nowadays.

As for playlists, I use them mostly for "best of artist" type stuff. I suspect you'll want to use them to group music together, to make loading it onto your player easier.