I had a music folder of about 20 gb in my hard drive then i wanted to put that folder into my ipod, so i added that folder to my library in itunes, then plugged mi ipod and updated it, so far everything is good right?, but when i checked my C drive in my computer it had 20 gb less of free space than it did before, why?? now i even unistalled the itunes but i still didnt get my 20 gb back? why is this happening?
There are two possibilities, you either have iTunes set to consolidate your library, or your music files weren't in an iPod compatable format [such as WMA] so iTunes converted all of them to AAC. If iTunes had to convert all of your music files [you would have noticed it takes a pretty long time] the only real solution is to delete the folder your files were in originally. If your music was originally in MP3 or AAC format then you can open up your prefrences in iTunes and go to the 'Advanced' tab. Under General there will be a check off thing that says 'Copy Files To iTunes Music Folder when adding to library' So make sure that is unchecked. And if you want your 20 gigs of space back find the folder named iTunes Music Folder and delete it. Just make sure you still have a copy of all of your music!
Hey thanks for helping me out, a found the itunes music folder and deleted it, i downloaded the sharepod, it seem to be a little bit easier to understand, im trying to figure out how to put videos in my ipod, they are already converted i used videora, but when i try to add the folder that contains the videos, a windows pops up saying "run-time error 11 division by zero" whats up with that??
