iPod Uses

[lemonfridge]

Hi there,

My first post here, so hello to all.

I've been fiddling with my beloved (iPod, not wife), and thought i would share what i do with mine, and see what you do with yours!

1. Walkies - Nothing quite like walking on the beach with Urban Chill in my ears and sand between my toes
2. In-Car - the tape adapter and ipod work wonderfully, 2k+ songs aaaall the way to work. very rarely get repeats!
3. At Home - again the tape adapter connected to my stereo bring the wonders of iPod to myself (and my neibours).
4. On The Web - my iPod also playes music via winamp, which in turn updates the "iPod Recently Played" box on my site (http://www.lemonfridge.com)
5. GTA3 - I just figured out how to get my iPod into games to! i can now drive around in GTA3/VC with a full 2k+ playlist (http://www.lemonfridge.com/playlist.html) on the in-car mp3 station :)

I'm a happy lad indeed. SO, what do you do with yours?

[AMG]

cool site and I love the idea of using your ipod playlist in GTA3. I'm a big winamp fan too!

[stasyna]

Walking around town listening to metallica recently ( st.anger rules ).

at home jamming it with 1500+ songs :-)

showing it off to friends ;-)

[torchedlh]

back up all your important documents....

[MonkeyIceCube]

Hello Lemon - I know you from the computerarts forum!
Nice to see you here as well!
I am using mine just for the music - and a copy of MC9.
Getting all my playlists ready from my trip round Asia and Australia!

[lemonfridge]

the internet gets smaller everyday MonkeyIceCube!

showing my ipod off to friends and strangers is a big part of may day too! they do make a good talking point anyhoo.

[MonkeyIceCube]

They do indeed - just hold on to it tight when you show strangers though! lol.

[RollerMog]

How exactly did you get GTA to play your playlist? And how did you get your iPod playlist to post to your site? Just curious. Love those ideas.

[ozsmac]

Monkey, i'm about to move back to Australia after spending a number of years in London. If you're cruising through Melbourne flash your white shiny thing out the Window (i'm talking about your iPod).............might just see you.

Have a great trip.

[MonkeyIceCube]

I'll Be there dude - no worries!!!!

[twiggy85]

I dont understand what you mean when you say that your ipod plays music via winamp? What do you mean?

[lemonfridge]

ok
1. iPod & Winamp: I use XPlay, so all i do, is view the files or playlists i wanna listen to, and then right-click and Play. it runs winamp and plays the sweet sweet sounds.

2. iPod & The Inter-web-net: Using the above method to play music means u can use winamps plug-ins. i download the DoSomething (http://www.oddsock.org/tools/dosomething/) plug-in, and set it to generate a "recently played" box, and also to upload it. (FYI - i then used SSI to load it into my site design)

3. iPod & GTA3: using XPlay again, i went to the Songs menu, selected everything, then hit Copy (waited 5min for it to work), then went to the mp3 folder in GTA3, and hit Paste Sort-cut. again i had to wait for it to create all 2k short-cuts.
once that was done, it all worked. BUT, it takes a few min for the game to start now. if it doesnt start, re-start the game, and then hold the iPod to your ear, if it isnt crackling away like a busy little HDD, the game has crashed. just re-start. it'll work 80% of the time.

have fun.

[Preppy]

####, I was hoping you found a way to get the iPod to work with the PS2 version of GTA :)

[theflyingbeagle]

Chris,

Great site and great playlist.

I use my ipod with MC9. I also have the ex71 sony headphones. Recommend very much. I use the ipod on the way to work (only a short 20 minute walk) and then listen at my desk all day. I support an ERP software system throughout Asia (over 2000 users submitting help calls) so the music helps keep me sane. At home, I have bought the new creative speakers advertised here on this site and the sound is awesome....great bass.

A question? Your playlist has a lot of similarities with mine and therefore am intrigued by one band I have never heard of. Apollo Forty Four. Who are these like and can you give me some album titles?

Cheers,

Paul

[lemonfridge]

Electro Guide In Blue
Getting High On Your Own Supply.

Im not a big fan of Apollo Four Forty, i got those 2 albums off a friend when i first got my iPod. I keep them around for using on videos i make.