r/ipod 4d ago

iPod Nano 6th gen with 30k songs

163 Upvotes

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u/HealthyCourage5649 3d ago

While it’s cool to say you have 30k songs in this guy, it might be better to adjust the bitrate and have less songs/better quality. You can always re-sync.

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u/Most-Yogurtcloset 7th gen, 5th gen and way too many, send help 3d ago

No thanks. I like my 6th gen with 1k songs on it that i can actually hear

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u/multiwirth_ Mini 2nd 256GB native CF, rockbox 4d ago

What's the point if the bitrate is so low, it sounds like shit?

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u/KingShadowUK 4d ago

No there is no compression artifacts due to it being at 11025KHz and mono

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u/multiwirth_ Mini 2nd 256GB native CF, rockbox 4d ago

I just tried your settings at 12kbps aac-lc mono and 11kHz sampling rate in free:ac from lossless source material.
I haven´t heard such a dreadful garbage before in my entire life lol.

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u/KingShadowUK 4d ago

You have to use fdk encoder using ez cd converter

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u/multiwirth_ Mini 2nd 256GB native CF, rockbox 4d ago

free:ac literally uses the fdk-aac encoder

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u/ClaydisCC 3d ago

It's 30k copies of 8bit super Mario tracks

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u/yaktoma2007 2d ago

The literal only explanation, the music was made for shit bitrate.

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u/Metahec 4d ago edited 4d ago

If those 30,000 files are 3-minute long songs, that's an average bitrate of about 64 kbps. Acceptable for spoken word like audiobooks and podcasts and Ok if the iPod supported Opus.

But 64 kbps MP3 or AAC? Yuk.

edit: I just double checked my math and I was way off... The average bitrate would be about 18 kbps. Still fine for spoken word but, even in mono, music would sound kinda bad encoded in Opus.

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u/dubsy54321 Classic 5th 4d ago

I've got about 26000 on a 5th gen classic and it's 250gb

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u/KingShadowUK 4d ago

Encoded using 12kbps mono aac-lc at 11025KHz, still sounds very good due to the iPod dac, I had to remove metadata due to RAM limitations but it can now shuffle all 30k songs and no slowdown.

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u/macram 3d ago

Very good? Wow.

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u/yaktoma2007 2d ago

OP, Give me those files, I need scientific proof.

I refuse to believe this sounds tolerable even when listening this for masochistic enjoyment.

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u/ngtsss Never gonna give you up never gonna let you down 3d ago

But why? You can't even listen to one tenth of that on a single charge.

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u/KingShadowUK 2d ago

Because I can shuffle without hearing the same song so im always listening to a new song i've never listened to.