[Voorburg03]

I purchased a 20 gb iPod about 6 months ago.
I installed iTunes 4 and also the latest iPod software upgrade. However, I haven't heard if the current 4,000 song capacity of 20 gb iPods will be increased with new AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) compression. I assume it will and I'm sure Apple will not want to comment on it. Can some of you add your thoughts on this topic ?
If this is true and AAC song quality is much better then I will likely delete my current 1,500 song list and start importing the songs again from scratch. Does anyone know if all of the songs within iTunes can be deleted with one or two mouse clicks ?
Thanks a lot.
bc

[rockinphotog]

You can delete songs as simply as selecting it in your mail iTunes library (not a playlist) and hit the delete key. It will probably ask you if you want to delete it from your disk.

[Voorburg03]

I just want to clarify one of my earlier points............
If I decide to delete my entire 1,400 song catalog within iTunes, can I delete ALL of these tracks in one big swoop with just a few mouse clicks ? I'm aware that individual tracks can be removed by simply hitting the "delete" key but hitting the "delete" key 1,400 times in succession will be a pain in the arse.

Thanks.
bc

[Altos]

AAC does not directly save space. 128kbps is a measure of space (Kb) over time (seconds). So, at 128Kbps an AAC encoded song will take exactly the same disk space as with MP3 encoding (give or take a few bytes). The difference will be in sound quality. To get a sound quality equivalent to MP3 at 128Kbps, you should be able to encode in AAC at a lower bit rate which will take up less space. How much lower ? I don't know. As these things usualy go, I would doubt that if follows a simple linear relationship. It will require some experimenting.
As for reencoding all your songs, unless you are going for a lower bit rate to save space or want a sound quality improvement, I don't think it's going to be worth the trouble. I am assuming that you have the original CDs because if you want to reencode them from the MP3 files you'll actualy be losing quality even at the same bitrate.

[rockinphotog]

like any folder or directory, you can hit command+A to select all, then hit delete /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[mystery_stain]

If you want to make sure, select the LIbrary (not any playlist), select all, then do Command Delete. This will bring up the dialog about deleting the actual files from disk, not just deleting the song names fronm the list. Then empty trash.

[saxophonemn2]

I'm in a simialr situation except I'm at school and all of my cd's are miles away at home. I don't have aenough room to back up my entire ipid with xpod, does anyojne know of any pplications that would let me take some files off of my ipod so I can renecode them?
For most mp3s I've tried so far 64kbps for the m4a file is very good