I have an iPod. (I guess it’s 20 GB…I don’t remember exactly. I got it for Christmas in 2004. No video.) I have lots of music on it, but mostly Phish. What is a good way to put downloaded audience recordings on it? I was able to do it very easily, but the files were HUGE. I have lots of other shows on there (mostly from LivePhish CDs,) and they are nowhere hear that large. What is a good way to convert the files? I’ve heard AAC is the best. What is the best way to convert to AAC? Does anyone know what I’m talking about? Do you do the same thing: put downloaded shows (from etree) on your iPod? I also remember reading that there is a way to eliminate the brief break between songs, but I’ll have to look for the info again. Thanks.
I’m aasuming that you currently have your Phish shows as .wav files, these will be huge. Depending on how much quality you are willing to sacrifice, you can make them pretty small. Using iTunes, go to the Edit menu, then click on Preferences, go to the Advanced tab, then the Importing tab. Here you can specify what you want to convert your songs into, iTunes is best at AAC.
Once you have those setting to your liking, simply right click on a song, then click “Convert Selection to ***” you can also select more than one by shift-clicking.
OOOH thats good a real good question…im talkin bout eliminating the break between songs on itunes/ipods? anyone know how to do it???
Ghost, on your itunes preferences there should be an advanced tab then an import tab. Select that, select AAC, then save or apply. (Standard size is 128. You can change that by manually selecting the size. the larger the number, the larger the file size. Apple lossless is there too. That cuts the wav files in half without loosing any aound quality.) Go to your itunes library choose a large file sized show and select them all. Right click with your mouse over the selected songs and choose convert to AAC. Once completed delete the large files. Those are probably .wav (Standard cd files). That should do it for the conversion. If you have more questions, just let me know. I don’t know how to get rid of the gap between songs. If you find out, share that info with me please. Thanks!
yeah…if anyone knows how to eliminate the break in between songs id love to know
Thanks for all the help. I was able to convert the tracks to AAC which makes them much, much smaller. Since I just started downloading from etree, and I just learned how to put the shows on my iPod, I’m really happy about all this. I should chill out in a couple days. 
As far as eliminating the gaps between songs, I guess I imagined reading about a way to do it. It’s nothing more than a hope for newer iPod technolgy. The only way to come close is to make a whole set or show one big track. Then you lose individual song names and stuff. I’ll stick with the brief gaps.
after fiddlin around for a while. this is closest i got to eliminating the gap between songs. go to preferences>playback and select crossfade playback, and drag the bar to 0 seconds. it eliminates the gap, but the timing is ever so slightly off. i perfer it hands down to the gap between songs though.
buy an mp3 player that isn’t made by apple!
Since my laptop isn’t usable for any extended Phish jams, I got my iPod out. It’s been awhile. It took a few seconds to wake up and start charging. Tense moments. 
Now Phish is back in my ears. There are at least a couple shows from most years through 2004. All the LivePhish CD releases. (CDs provided by SirChompsAlot in 2004.) Clifford Ball, Great Went, Lemonwheel, and all of Big Cypress. All of Fall 1997. Lots to listen to.
The iPod also has all Bob Marley albums and a few other random songs by random musicians.
Since my laptop isn’t usable for any extended Phish jams,
Laptops don’t have speakers?
Clifford Ball, Great Went, Lemonwheel, and all of Big Cypress. All of Fall 1997.
Kinda all you need there.
IMO laptop speakers aren’t worth listening to
IMO laptop speakers aren’t worth listening to
True, but I plug it in to normal speakers when bumping shows.